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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread.  SMH[/quote]
+1000 Seriously.

In a probably futile attempt to add something sensible to this thread ...

I think a major problem with only looking at race is that you don't control for Socio-Economic Status or other impacts such as Special education students, including those coded with emotional disabilities. In my experience as a teacher, there is a correlation between poorer students having more disrupted home lives, which leads to more challenging classroom behaviors. I do not deny that there are studies that show that teachers will tolerate certain behavior more from white students than black/brown students. But there is also likely to be more disrupted behavior from poor students, who are more likely to be black or brown. Whittle this data to show only students from families with HHI >$100k, and the disparity will likely be much less.[/quote]

This is the belief that so many people point to as an explanation for what is going on. Unfortunately, in studies done throughout the U.S., the discrepancy between discipline rates for the same behaviors holds true when the black students in question are from high-SES families. At that point, I think you need to concede that racism is the explanation.[/quote]

Not sure why people get so offended at this point. This country was founded and built on racism. It’s in this country’s veins and we continually see it in most aspects of daily life. If you know anything about our history, What should be surprising is to *not* see racial disparities and unequal treatment, especially when it comes to school discipline.

I find the mental gymnastics used to dismiss these points by playing minorities against each other (e.g. references to Asians/model minority myth—-an old strategy folks...) and citing age old mythical stereotypes about  “black culture”  not valuing education and poor parenting, is cowardly. My message to these people (who happen to spend an inordinate amount of time in the MCPS forum), Have integrity and own your biases and negative beliefs and stop wrapping it unproven BS. At least the bigots of yesterday weren’t afraid to own it. Instead you hide behind pseudo science, circular reasoning with a healthy dose of ignorance. Pity.[/quote]

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