basketball enlightenment coach carter

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Basketball changes destiny, affects the destiny of a generation

A group of basketball teenagers who were born in the slums of Richmond. Most of their elders are selling drugs, working in factories, even going to jail and being killed. They deeply know that these fates are likely to be their futures, and they dare not think about them. Nor can it change.

Coach Carter appeared. As a basketball teenager who came out of Richmond, he went to college with his own efforts and opened a gorgeous sporting goods store. At this time, someone invited him to be the coach of this group of basketball teenagers. 4 Monthly time, give a good remuneration. The teenagers were a bunch of boys who only knew how to play, a bunch of athletes who had never won a game.

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  • Coach Ken Carter: Well let me tell you what I see, I see a system, that is designed for you to fail, now I know that all of you like stats so let me give you some, Richmond high only graduates 50% of it's students, and of those that do graduate only 6% go to college, Which tells me when I walk down these halls and look in your class rooms, maybe only one student is going to go to college, Well damn Coach Carter if I ain't going to college where am I going to go? Well that's a great question and the answer for young African-American men in here is this, probably to prison, in this county 33% of black males between 18-24 get arrested, so look at they guy on your left, now look at the guy on your right, one of you is going to get arrested, growing up here in Richmond you're 80% more likely to go to prison than college, those are the numbers, those are some stats for ya ass, now I want you to go home and look at your life's tonight, look at your parents lives, and ask yourself do I want better, if the answer is yes I'll see you here tomorrow, and I promise you, I'll do everything in my power to get you to college, and to a better life.

  • Principal Garrison: Your intentions are good, Mr. Carter, but your methods are a bit extreme.

    Coach Ken Carter: You painted an extreme picture. No one expects these kids to graduate, no one expects them to go to college.

    Principal Garrison: So you take away basketball, the one area of their lives where they have some success?

    Coach Ken Carter: Yes, ma'am.

    Principal Garrison: And you challenge them academically?

    Coach Ken Carter: Yes, ma'am!

    Principal Garrison: And if they fail?

    Coach Ken Carter: Then WE've failed!

    Principal Garrison: Unfortunately, Mr. Carter, both you and I know that for some of these kids, this basketball season will be the highlight of their lives.

    Coach Ken Carter: Well, I think that's the problem. Don't you?