Seems racist to me
-Geaux
--------------
School field trip causes controversy among some parents - ABC57 News - See the Difference Michiana
A South Bend school field trip turned into a conversation about race after students at local primary schools were offered a chance to visit three area colleges. The trips are only for African-American students.
Some parents have told ABC 57 they believe this is discrimination but the school corporation says this is all just a misunderstanding and it is not meant to be a discriminatory trip.
“We should be able to do everything together and not separate,” says parent Charles Yost.
“I feel like all kids should be going,” says Deirdra Mullings who has a son going on one of the field trips.
“It creates a double standard,” says parent Kelley Garing.
Several planned field trips for South Bend, Indiana elementary school students have many parents up in arms over what appears to be a deliberate double standard, since all three of the trips are closed to anyone who isn’t African-American.
As part of a plan to encourage Black third-graders to take their education seriously and aim for earning a college degree, Dr. G. David Moss, director of African-American student/parent services at South Bend Community Schools Corporation, arranged a series of outings to bus youngsters to area colleges. On the campuses, the kids will be given the opportunity to chat it up with university students, who Moss hopes will become mentors for them and encourage them to aim for higher goals in life, since they may not otherwise get such positive messages.
SBCSC officials say they never intended for the trip to be discriminatory, but by specifying the opportunity is only open to one race, they created a debate over race relations, whether it was intentional or not.
-Geaux
--------------
School field trip causes controversy among some parents - ABC57 News - See the Difference Michiana
A South Bend school field trip turned into a conversation about race after students at local primary schools were offered a chance to visit three area colleges. The trips are only for African-American students.
Some parents have told ABC 57 they believe this is discrimination but the school corporation says this is all just a misunderstanding and it is not meant to be a discriminatory trip.
“We should be able to do everything together and not separate,” says parent Charles Yost.
“I feel like all kids should be going,” says Deirdra Mullings who has a son going on one of the field trips.
“It creates a double standard,” says parent Kelley Garing.
Several planned field trips for South Bend, Indiana elementary school students have many parents up in arms over what appears to be a deliberate double standard, since all three of the trips are closed to anyone who isn’t African-American.
As part of a plan to encourage Black third-graders to take their education seriously and aim for earning a college degree, Dr. G. David Moss, director of African-American student/parent services at South Bend Community Schools Corporation, arranged a series of outings to bus youngsters to area colleges. On the campuses, the kids will be given the opportunity to chat it up with university students, who Moss hopes will become mentors for them and encourage them to aim for higher goals in life, since they may not otherwise get such positive messages.
SBCSC officials say they never intended for the trip to be discriminatory, but by specifying the opportunity is only open to one race, they created a debate over race relations, whether it was intentional or not.
Last edited:
