The Mis-Education of the Negro 2010

In 2010 it still seems that African Americans are still being mis-educated. Whenever the attainment of "knowledge" takes you further from your community there is a problem. Anytime the attainment of "knowledge" helps us to fashion an ideology where we begin to mimic the critiques of dominant society there is a problem. Education is a tool to empower and instill pride in a people. We must ask ourselves if the education we are receiving is helping us to do that. Or is it simply brainwashing us into thinking and behaving like the oppressor. And when I say oppressor,I do not simply mean white people. That is to simplistic, I mean those who benefit from us becoming complacent. Those who like to see us become more selfish and less concerned with the plight of others. If the education we receive does not open our eyes to the oppressive nature of the society we live then what good is it? I raise the question does your education make you want to change the system or simply become a part of it?