Well let me tell you what I see, I see a system, that is designed for you to fail, now I...
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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
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
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Well let me tell you what I see
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I see a system that's designed for you to fail
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Now I know you all like stats so let me give you some
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Richmond High only graduates 50 percent of its students
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And of those that do graduate only 6 percent go to college
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Which tells me when I walk down the halls and I look in your classrooms
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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
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Those are some stats for your ass
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Now I want you to go home
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and look at your lives tonight
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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
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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
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and to a better life
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Movie Summary
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.
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Coach Ken Carter
