... city of Detroit started to die down. Leaving behind an immense jobless population, Detroit began to portray the dark side it is associated with today. Detroitism then, a term used to define the city's seemingly incredible progress is now known to be a term of the past, "what it used to be". LeDuff's What killed Aiyana Stanley Jones argues the environment of the ... as follows; 80% of eighth graders have difficulty with basic math. Only about 35% of Detroit school kids graduate their schools. There are 10,000 unsolved crimes since the 60's. Illiteracy, child poverty, and unemployment rat...

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