Another observation stemming from the DNC. Obama’s speech [which you can read it its entirety here] disussing anti-intellectualism, further discussed by the New York Times. Librarians take note.
“Go into any inner-city neighborhood and folks will tell you that government alone can’t teach kids to learn. They know that parents have to parent, that children can’t achieve unless we raise their expectations and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.”