-- when i left the aapac. i got the p.t.a. to fund the aapac at my school. now the issue that we have here is there's not many african american families that are involved like we would like. they're for many different reasons, many that i don't know. i am a product of children being bussed outside of their school districts back in the 90's, and i'm from louisiana. that can sum some of it up. so with that being said, i feel like a lot of the parents feel worn and beat down by what they experience in their personal lives, being african american and having someone in this world where a lot of things can be hidden, but you can't hide the color of your skin. and children are feeling this because we have passive racism. we have racism where you smile, you speak, you act as if you're directly caring about a child, but yet, you don't motivate them in class. the moment something happens, you don't give them the pass as you would someone else, and right now, i've feel like we've come too far in one way, but we're still