{"id":365268,"date":"2021-11-11T03:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mcdonalds-ceo-apology-shows-erasing-the-race-gap-takes-truth\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T03:57:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:57:30","slug":"mcdonalds-ceo-apology-shows-erasing-the-race-gap-takes-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mcdonalds-ceo-apology-shows-erasing-the-race-gap-takes-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"#McDonald&#8217;s CEO apology shows erasing the race gap takes truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#McDonald&#8217;s CEO apology shows erasing the race gap takes truth<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t be a gang-banger and a good parent, no matter how much you love your kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That headlined a Chicago Tribune column <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fayobserver.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/06\/02\/dahleen-glanton-you-cant-gang-banger-and-good-parent-no-matter-how-much-you-love-your-kids\/7461198002\/\">by Dahleen Glanton<\/a> in May, after Jaslyn Adams, 7, was shot dead while sitting in a car with her father at a McDonald\u2019s drive-thru. \u201cA man who puts his child in danger, even for love, is not a good father no matter how much he claims to be,\u201d Glanton wrote. \u201cWhen a bullet meant for him kills a child, he becomes an unwitting accomplice in the murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Jaslyn\u2019s death \u2014 and that of another Chicago youth, 13-year-old Adam Toledo, shot by police a split-second after tossing his gun \u2014 McDonald\u2019s CEO Chris Kempczinski sent a text message to Mayor Lori Lightfoot about the \u201ctragic shootings\u201d: \u201cWith both, the parents failed those kids, which I know is something you can\u2019t say. Even harder to fix.\u201d The text became public recently, calls for Kempczinski\u2019s resignation followed, and the CEO has embarked on an apology tour.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing to apologize for. Jaslyn\u2019s father, who was injured but survived, has a long criminal record and acknowledged on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> that he knew he was a target for gang retaliation. Adam Toledo\u2019s encounter with police occurred at 2:30 a.m. He and a 21-year-old accomplice \u2014 a repeat gun offender \u2014 were captured on video shooting at random moving cars when someone called the cops on them. Gunpowder residue was found on the boy\u2019s hand. When an armed seventh-grader dies while roaming the streets in the middle of the night with a felon, are we not allowed to discuss parental supervision?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Chris-Kempczinski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski with a Happy Meal at McDonald's Headquarters on Friday, Aug 13, 2021 in Chicago.\" class=\"wp-image-20104724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Chris-Kempczinski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Chris-Kempczinski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Chris-Kempczinski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>McDonald\u2019s CEO Chris Kempczinski rightly pointed out that irresponsible parents are failing their children in Chicago, leading to tragic violence in the streets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jean-Marc Giboux\/AP Images for McDonald&#8217;s Corporation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kempczinski was stating a plain truth. The problem, as he also noted, is that stating plain truths has become verboten \u2014 especially in regard to the behavior of racial and ethnic minorities like the victims in Chicago. We are supposed to pretend that the high rates of violent crime and other social pathologies among low-income blacks and Hispanics can be blamed entirely on systemic racism and that the individuals themselves are blameless.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>How can we address these and other social disparities if we can\u2019t have honest conversations about what\u2019s driving them? And the political left\u2019s attempts to silence truth-tellers will only delay those conversations. Earlier this year, a Georgetown University law professor was terminated for musing aloud that year after year, many of her black students tended to have the lowest grades. Not long ago, a University of Pennsylvania law professor was reprimanded for similar remarks.<\/p>\n<p>In neither case did anyone present evidence showing that what the professors said was untrue or that they harbored any ill will toward black students. They were attacked \u2014 as racists, no less \u2014 for saying something well-known among academics at elite institutions but impermissible to discuss.<\/p>\n<p>But why wouldn\u2019t black students admitted to highly selective schools with poorer academic credentials struggle? College admissions tests do a fairly good job of predicting how a first-year student will fare. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of studies have shown that blacks at elite colleges have GPAs that place them somewhere between the 15th and 20th percentile of white students,\u201d write Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr. in their 2012 book \u201cMismatch.\u201d Moreover, \u201conly 5 percent of blacks and less than one-tenth of Hispanics end up in the top fifth of the class, and blacks are four or five times as likely as whites to end up in the bottom tenth.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Adam-Toledo-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"This March 29, 2021, photo from Chicago Police body cam video photo shows Chicago Police performing CPR on 13-year-old Adam Toledo after being shot by Chicago Police March 29, 2021 in Chicago.\" class=\"wp-image-20104780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Adam-Toledo-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Adam-Toledo-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Adam-Toledo-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Where was Adam Toledo\u2019s parents when he roamed around the streets past midnight \u2014 armed with a 21-year-old accomplice?<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chicago Police Department via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If schools knowingly admit <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>licants with lower test scores than the institution\u2019s average student, it\u2019s no great shock that those students concentrate at the bottom of the class. Racial preferences in college admissions set up smart kids to fail, and school administrators take it out on professors stating the obvious. The student who would do fine at less-selective Michigan State gets shoehorned into the more-selective University of Michigan because affirmative-action advocates care more about racial and ethnic diversity than about graduation rates.<\/p>\n<p>The learning gap in education is no less a concern than the gun violence in our inner cities. There\u2019s a strong case to be made that the two are closely connected, given that our jails and prisons aren\u2019t teeming with college graduates. We ought to be having serious discussions about how best to move forward on both fronts. But that\u2019s less likely to happen if well-intentioned people can\u2019t state simple truths without having their character assassinated and their livelihood threatened.<\/p>\n<p><em>From The Wall Street Journal<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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