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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at a school with a significant percentage of Asian-American students but mostly white teachers. We've noticed over the past year that when teachers have a choice to choose students for leadership positions such as for panels, if they have a request from an outside entity for students to speak with, student hosts for assemblies, or for leaders for class project they are not selecting AAPI students. It's really striking and when parents first brought this up to us I was skeptical but then we saw it happen again and again. They will choose students from other minority groups who comprise only a small percentage of students at the school so it is not all white students who are being chosen.

We moved to the area from California where we were at a school with a similar percentage of AAPI students and did not see this issue. What is going on? Is it just gross stereotyping that AAPI students are not good leaders or speakers? Are we just at a terrible school?[/quote]

First, I'm skeptical of this idea of teachers choosing leadership positions.  I've been a teacher for a long time, and we don't usually choose people for that.  They volunteer.  At the very least, we would choose from volunteers.  And in general, if there is something a teacher needs to choose someone for, they will likely choose a very outgoing student, without regard to race (even the racist ones).  So I'm not sure how you can attribute something that really isn't very common in the first place to racism.  The sample would have to be pretty small.  If you have a child in the school, and your child is not being chosen for something, then I would suggest 1-has your child made his/her desire to step up known?  And 2-perhaps ask the teachers about your child specifically.[/quote]

I'm not sure you're actually a teacher. Your view is so myopic. Teachers at DC's school pick kids for things all the time. No they don't always take volunteers or applications. They chose heads for projects. If there's a request for a student speaker they don't tell anyone about it and just pick someone. Earlier this year there was a request for a group of students to do something special involving a field trip. A teacher secretly chose his favorites. There are also club leaders and they do usually take applications for those but the teachers make the decisions.[/quote]

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