Young Men of Color
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Anonymous
Not at all. I just wanted to be clear that EVERYONE is okay with segregating schools by race (and sex). Personally, I'm skeptical. However since it's no big deal to anyone else, I'd rather enroll my daughter with only Asian girls and some white girls to take up the other empty seats (since there are so few Asians in DC). I trust no-one has any problems with this. |
Anonymous
You do know that there at least a dozen Francophone countries in Africa, right? 
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Anonymous
I think you should do some research as to why black males might need a school catered to them. And if you're still going to throw these kind of comments around then it's a you problem and you can continue to live in your privlidged bubble. (And why is this even still an argument when it has been shown in his thread that the school isn't just for males of color) |
Anonymous
| Single sex public schools are permitted by the U.S. Department of Education and not unconstitutional when they conform to federal regulations. Look it up or would you rather continue to spread your uninformed speculations? Also, where does it state the school is only for black and brown young men? Just like Banneker is open to ALL, certain any white families interested would be able to enroll their ds. You get an F for effort. |
Anonymous
Exactly. Just like white families don't apply to Banneker even though it's the best performing school and almost as central in the city as one can get. Eyeroll. |
Anonymous
Kids at wilson, walls and latin outperform banneker. And those schools are closer to home for many. That is why whites do not send kids to banneker. |
Anonymous
And basis. |
Anonymous
| Banneker is hard to get to if you live a stretch away from Banneker. It also lacks diversity, so if you have diversity as a value (and many don't!) Banneker would not be a draw. |
Anonymous
| Banneker could be diverse but white folks don't want to go there. Integration is up to white folks now. We black folks tried with housing and schools and everything else - it failed. It's your turn to figure it out. We're done. |
Anonymous
That Washington Latin school seems to be doing that diversity thing quite well. The white folks I know would try to saddle a mule in order to get in there -- but they can't get in, along with tons of others waiting in line. Doesn't that example display an interest by white folks in attending a fully diverse school? |
Anonymous
Banneker isn't populated by 99% of the same minority group. |
Anonymous
Bullshit. Banneker is closer to many white families than Latin. And any high school could could easily get there via bus or metro. |
Anonymous
Wrong. |
Anonymous
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I think it would be great for DC residents of ALL colors to support this school. Men need good male role models and I think male teachers provide a benefit to schools.
I also think all people of color deserve to be able to go to a school where there are teachers and role models of color too. I cannot imagine any family protesting because a white or Asian male wanted to attend this school. I imagine that a white or Asian male would also succeed at a school even if all the teachers were black/Latino and that's because there are many role models for white/Asian men (and some amazing ones for blacks/Latinos too such as Malcolm XYZ, Cesar Chavez etc but not on the same scale). I don't understand why we cannot support each other more and want to tear each other down. |
Anonymous
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Well, they may have changed the name of "Young Men of Color" school to be more welcoming to all, but DCPS is quite clear that the Reign program is for "young women of color."
Antoine Wilson's email about it today says, "The data shows that we need to support our young women of color in several ways. For example, Black female students have the lowest student satisfaction among all DCPS students at 77 percent, compared with 92 percent for white female students. Across all students in DC, 25 percent of female middle school students have had suicidal thoughts, compared to 15 percent of male middle school students, and 34 percent of high school female students in DC report feelings of sadness or hopelessness, compared to 20 percent of male high school students." Note that those statistics are about female vs male students, except for the one bout the DCPS survey. So white girls are excluded because they answered more positively. I would think that a racially-integrated program for girls would help foster a connection across between all girls. But, no. Racial segregation is alive and well in DC. |