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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you in support of these activities and audits, where is the evidence showing it helps? Frankly I find myself so overtly skeptical of this whole new industry that I find myself less inclined to want to help anyone. I miss MLK, Jr.’s message. I am not sure I completely buy into the message that focusing on race is better than trying to move beyond it. [b]Change is slow and we have come a long way. Suddenly it’s not enough and we need all this training[/b]. Why? Is it helping? Who is it helping other than these new trainers and auditors?[/quote]

Just because we’ve come a long way doesn’t mean we’ve reached the goal.  And it’s not suddenly not enough, it hasn’t been enough all along.  And what’s the measure of a long way?  No longer allowing slavery? No longer have  separate White’s and Colored bathrooms or separate schools.  [b]Make no mistake, there is still dramatic differences to how students of color are treated in classrooms and what they and their parents are informed about in term of opportunities. [/b]You not seeing that is actually the point.  The racism or problems are not all resolved, folks have just gotten better at hiding it.[/quote]

These are serious questions, not trolling:  Do you have some sort of report or documentation about this?  Is it documented at the system level, grade by grade, or even school by school?

I ask only because at Magruder, I don't really see any differences.  White student enrollment is about 22%, so perhaps that's why.  Perhaps schools where BIPOC kids are minorities are different, but there are not many of those.   A school by school analysis would help identify issues that may differ by enrollment.

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