You used the term at-risk, and I also have questioned at-risk of what?
However, I do stand corrected for using disadvantaged and inner-city
inter-exchangibly(a word?) An assumption based on my life expereinces. I am
a person of color who was raised in the inner-city(maybe I've allowed others
to deifne me, too much. Oh the pangs of "dual-consiousness"(smile I hope)
see W.E.B Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk) And yes, I realize the
inner-city of SOME places are culturally rich, but not until recently have
some these institutions reached out to the poor who occupy the inner-city.
Any label can be challenged, especially by those wearing it.
Shana Chambers
GNA2000.aol.com