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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These people pretending there is no racism in education just astound me. I’m  white and went to a very diverse high school, and it was obvious even to stupid, young, blue collar grievance Rush Limbaugh loving me that the black kids weren’t getting a fair shake. Never got extra help because they had potential, never got the benefit of the doubt in a fight, never got recognized for demonstrated skills and accomplishments, never got put in the AP classes. I got all those things and got out, learned better, did better. Black kids smarter and more respectful, polite, and refined than me got stuck.

White boys got IEPs and diagnoses when they acted out. Black kids got suspended. In first grade.

Not all teachers were like this, but enough. Usually the ones that lived in our town and moved away when it got too brown for their tastes and raised their own kids somewhere lilly white. They weren’t calling anyone the n word but they didn’t need to. They didn’t even realize what they were doing was racist.

This was 20 years ago, and those folks are still teaching. Think about how much potential in that town was wasted due to their shit attitudes. [/quote]

This was very well put. The same thing seems very obvious to me as well. The elementary kid sitting next to mine has no power. There is nothing to be gained  in teaching him/her to be race neutral.  That will happen much later with any luck when he/she attends university and has their minds broadened so to speak.

My interest is in making sure that the teachers in the classroom and the administrators are invested in making sure that little black boys aren’t being denied a fair and equal education.

I don’t want to have to waste my time or limited school resources on getting IEP services for my kid who doesn’t need them for any reason other than without one he has one less legal protection.
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