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maybe only one student
is going to go to college.
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"Well, damn, Coach Carter, if I ain't
going to college, where I'm gonna go?"
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Now, that's a great question.
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And the answer for young
African-American men in here is this:
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Probably to prison.
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In this county,
33 percent of black males
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between 18 and 24 get arrested.
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So look at the guy on your left.
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Now look at the guy on your right.
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One of you is going
to get arrested.
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Growing up here in Richmond,
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you're 80 percent more likely
to go to prison than college.
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Those are the numbers.
:18:49
Those are some stats for your ass.
:18:52
Now, I want you to go home...
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...and look at your lives tonight...
:18:57
...and look at your parents' lives...
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...and ask yourself, "Do I want better?"
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If the answer is yes,
:19:06
I'll see you here tomorrow.
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And I promise you...
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...I will do everything in my power
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to get you to college
:19:17
and to a better life.
:19:44
I don't understand this.
It's a letter, how can it be a number?
:19:48
How are balancing
those equations coming?
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- I can't do this.
- Hold on. Come on, son.
:19:53
Don't give up yet, son.
:19:54
Here's a story out of California
that's getting national attention.
:19:57
The entire boys' basketball team
at Richmond High School