The Way I See It; Soft Bigotry of Lower Expectations
New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition › August 06, 2009
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The headline in the Seattle Post Intelligencer caught my eye: "Race Gap in school discipline persists in Seattle." The article appeared on the heels of a report released by the Children's Defense Fund entitled, "Educational Apartheid in The U.S." Both the CDF report and the article conclude that, "Compared with white students, African-Americans were nearly twice as likely to receive short-term suspensions, lasting 10 or fewer days. Long-term suspensions were imposed on Black students more than twice the time." The implication of course is that the gap is due to insensitive teachers and institutional racism.
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The Way I See It; Soft Bigotry of Lower Expectations
The headline in the Seattle Post Intelligencer caught my eye: "Race Gap in school discipline persists in Seattle." The article appeared on the heels of a report released by the Children's Defense F...
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