Professor Green claims white teens lack ambition and have 'just given up'
RAP star Professor Green claims white working class teenagers lack ambition.
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He reckons they have “a real lack of drive” and don’t believe they can ever achieve anything in life.
Green, 34, who grew up on a council estate in Hackney, east London, says kids are “disengaged”.
And it is leaving Britain’s white working class “in crisis”.
He met six young men from poor backgrounds for a Channel 4 documentary.
“A real lack of drive and belief”
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He said: “People have become disengaged with fewer aspirations.
“There seems to be a real lack of drive and belief in them being able to achieve anything.”
Green – real name Stephen Manderson – regularly skipped school and fell into dealing drugs.
But he now has a £1.5million house and is worth an estimated £3m.
Professor Green and Millie Mackintosh to divorce
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He claims he is the “exception” and blames high tuition fees for the fact only 10% of white boys from deprived areas go to university.
Professor Green added: “For middle-class families, your education is your life. For working-class families, in some instances school is just school.
“You are not expected to do very well. You are expected to get out and do a job and earn.
“People have to be encouraged from early on to engage with education and think it’s for them.”
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Green expressed concerns about the effect of tuition fees and the cost of going to university.
Graduates today are left with almost £50,000 of debt.
“It’s easy to see why people don’t push their kids into it,” he said.
“Why would you put yourself in that kind of debt?
“Putting yourself into £50,000 worth of debt – explain that to someone who does not have £1,000. It’s so off-putting.”