There are two approaches, one is the right way and the other is the wrong way...
I. e., one can respond by the way of an open mind, or a closed mind...
The first reflects a realization not one issue or problem is the reason Jennie or Johnny allegedly or really doesn't read etc. on the alleged or real level of young whites etc.
The second is one's own personal reactions etc. on the defensive side, which leads to rash (bad) judgement calls, and suggestion of just about everything to save our youth, i. e, in order to undo past or present eras of alleged or real levels of deliberate miseducation etc.
No our young people weren't and aren't born brain dead...
Nor do I accept lower standards to just help them play catch up...
But, they can and only will, i. e., when we quit making excuses for allowing them to be 'failures'-- and/or also making excuses for others who do, some of whom advance themselves at our expense, too...
FYI