Time to skip past the rioting & destruction of property to sue the teacher, teachers union, & school for millions. Take the money & put the white kids in private school. Major achievement gap will be achieved.
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This is wrong wrong wrong but I am going to play devils advocate and say this principal's motives were most likely benign, Schools are desperate to narrow the achievement gap and are grasping at straws at how to do so. That's why I support affirmative action - with all criteria being equal. We desperately need minority teachers. That's the single greatest factor in improving minority achievement in my opinion. The black teachers I know are good and strict and the kids listen to them.
Just my 2 cents.
And people wonder why racism continues? What message does this send to the students that were left behind? "If you have lousy grades you get to go on fun trips and if you work hard and get good grades you get stuck in class?"
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Ann Arbor elementary school bans white students from field trip, principal defends discrimination
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!" - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Remember a few years ago that the phrase "driving while black" was used often to excuse being pulled over for whatever traffic violation? Well, looks like now there is a more real racism - "learning while white." You don't get a ticket for being white. Instead, you lose your educational opportunity. From Ann Arbor.com (HT: Jennifer Gratz on FB): Field trip for black students sparks controversy at Ann Arbor elementary school
An Ann Arbor elementary school principal used a letter home to parents tonight to defend a field trip for black students as part of his school’s efforts to close the achievement gap between white and black students.
Dicken Elementary School Principal Mike Madison wrote the letter to parents following several days of controversy at the school after a field trip last week in which black students got to hear a rocket scientist.
theblogprof: Ann Arbor elementary school bans white students from field trip, principal defends discrimination
This is wrong wrong wrong but I am going to play devils advocate and say this principal's motives were most likely benign, Schools are desperate to narrow the achievement gap and are grasping at straws at how to do so. That's why I support affirmative action - with all criteria being equal. We desperately need minority teachers. That's the single greatest factor in improving minority achievement in my opinion. The black teachers I know are good and strict and the kids listen to them.
Just my 2 cents.
"In hindsight, this field trip could have been approached and arranged in a better way"
It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
"In hindsight, this field trip could have been approached and arranged in a better way"
It sounds like he realized that he was wrong.
It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
Would an all white student club called the Caucasian Sandwich Club even be allowed to be formed?
No it wouldn't.
How about the Under Achieving Whites Lunch Bunch?It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
Would an all white student club called the Caucasian Sandwich Club even be allowed to be formed?
No it wouldn't.
It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
Would an all white student club called the Caucasian Sandwich Club even be allowed to be formed?
No it wouldn't.
You have a point. However, I think that any club would be allowed as long as they allowed any kid to join.
How can you be sure that whites wouldn't be allowed to join?It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
Interesting. I think the question should then be: Why the FUCK is there a club exclusively for African Americans? What exactly do they think is going to be accomplished by having an exclusively African American club? Does the school also have an Asian American Lunch Bunch of White American Lunch Bunch?
I'm sorry, but if you start 'segregating' children at school, what the FUCK do you expect of them later in life?
This is just too fucked up and it's really pissing me off.
How about the Under Achieving Whites Lunch Bunch?It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
Would an all white student club called the Caucasian Sandwich Club even be allowed to be formed?
No it wouldn't.
All I know is that many schools allow groups to form clubs around their own special interests.
How can you be sure that whites wouldn't be allowed to join?It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
Interesting. I think the question should then be: Why the FUCK is there a club exclusively for African Americans? What exactly do they think is going to be accomplished by having an exclusively African American club? Does the school also have an Asian American Lunch Bunch of White American Lunch Bunch?
I'm sorry, but if you start 'segregating' children at school, what the FUCK do you expect of them later in life?
This is just too fucked up and it's really pissing me off.
Encouraged, probably not. But by law they'd have to let in people that were not African American.How can you be sure that whites wouldn't be allowed to join?Interesting. I think the question should then be: Why the FUCK is there a club exclusively for African Americans? What exactly do they think is going to be accomplished by having an exclusively African American club? Does the school also have an Asian American Lunch Bunch of White American Lunch Bunch?
I'm sorry, but if you start 'segregating' children at school, what the FUCK do you expect of them later in life?
This is just too fucked up and it's really pissing me off.
When a club is called the African American whatever, do you think students of other races are encouraged to join?
The name of the club tells you that no other race is welcome.
How can you be sure that whites wouldn't be allowed to join?It does sound wrong on the face of it.
When you read through the links you discover that it was a club that went to see the rocket scientist speak...a club called the African American Lunch Bunch.
The question that should be asked is do other clubs at the school go on field trips that exclude non-members? If so, then I don't see a real problem here.
Interesting. I think the question should then be: Why the FUCK is there a club exclusively for African Americans? What exactly do they think is going to be accomplished by having an exclusively African American club? Does the school also have an Asian American Lunch Bunch of White American Lunch Bunch?
I'm sorry, but if you start 'segregating' children at school, what the FUCK do you expect of them later in life?
This is just too fucked up and it's really pissing me off.
So a Swedish American club would be forbidden?How about the Under Achieving Whites Lunch Bunch?Would an all white student club called the Caucasian Sandwich Club even be allowed to be formed?
No it wouldn't.
All I know is that many schools allow groups to form clubs around their own special interests.
Yeah, special interests, hobbies, subjects, of course! There should be a chess club and young scientists club and a friggin' mountain-biking club, but what does one's ETHNICITY have to do with any 'interests' or 'hobbies' or school subjects? These are two TOTALLY different things!