little 25 years ago new york time run first profile barack obama read stun much change much not.the nyt write 28-year-old columbia university graduate barack obama become first black president harvard law review look piece today difficult understand 18 years late would become first black president unite states.let start headline first black elect lead harvard law review frankly make us think recent headline chimpanzees reach stone age despite tone piece tone paternalism waft page even quarter century late obama notably chill make point 1990 continue make relevant today tell time fact elect show lot progress encourage add important stories like mine use say everything o.k black remember every one hundreds thousands black students least equal talent get chance fear tokenism 2016 1990. nowhere apparent systems education saw justice.the u.s. high incarceration rate world mean high percentage u.s. citizens pass prison system country planet.for countries comparable demographics us 100 prisoners per every 100,000 population us rate five time 500 per 100,000. black men u.s. incarcerate eye water rate 3,074 per 100,000.this black men somehow genetically pre-disposed crime thank large part school prison pipeline average state prisoner 10th grade education 70 complete high school u.s. education system deliver disadvantage children prisons profit.the american civil liberties union describe school prison pipeline u.s. education system like disturb national trend wherein children funnel public school juvenile criminal justice systems many children learn disabilities histories poverty abuse neglect would benefit additional educational counsel service instead isolate punish push zero-tolerance policies criminalize minor infractions school rule high-stakes test program encourage educators push low-performing students improve school overall test score students color especially vulnerable push-out trend discriminatory application discipline school prison pipeline start underfunded public school school generally overcrowd lack fund qualify teachers counsellors special educational need resources even textbooks children clear get-go education invest school normally disadvantage areas first place hope aspiration encouragement learning.the implementation zero tolerance policies school turn minor infractions criminal offences saw suspensions treble 1974 2001 rise 1.7m 3.1m disproportionately impact children color.a combination major under-resourcing fear school-based shoot see influx police school instead teachers many u.s. school school resource officer patrol hallways criminalise standard misbehavior children color disproportionately represent statistics make 70 school arrest make children arrest children educate positive negative behaviours criminalise young six years old educations suspend end due punishments gift prison system.the truth disadvantage children u.s. become source profit private prison industry past four decades private prisons roll across us simultaneous explosion crime citizens suddenly become criminal poverty criminalise make way way school system.so shock see nakedly paternalistic language ny time profile 1990 think much change situation remain staggeringly similar majority black community unite states.featured image vox ny time first write obama 1990 pretty image