School districts across the country, primarily in major, Democrat-run cities such as Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Oakland, have been offering segregated classes in the hopes of battling a decades-long, race-based achievement gap.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, Evanston Township, a suburb of Chicago, is the latest to introduce the controversial strategy designed to enhance the education experience of students of color – particularly in advanced placement courses. The local school’s 3,600-student high school is 44% white, 24% black, 20% hispanic and 5% asian in a mix of wealthy families and lower income families.
Some have suggested that the voluntary segregation of black, latino, and white students raises crucial questions about the progress made since the Civil Rights Movement. “Our black students are, for lack of a better word…at the bottom, consistently still. And they are being outperformed consistently,” said Monique Parsons, Evanston school board vice president, adding “It’s not good.”
A white standard?
According to Dena Luna, who leads black student-achievement initiatives in Minneapolis Public Schools, “A lot of times within our education system, black students are expected to conform to a white standard,” underscoring what proponents have argued is a need for spaces where students of color can thrive – which, for some reason, Indian and Asian students of color don’t typically require.
The district offers middle- and high-school students electives focused on African-American history and social-emotional support, taught by teachers of color. Created in 2015 for Black boys, the format has expanded to Black girls and will soon expand to Latino students. An internal study showed improved attendance for Black boys in the program in 2017 and average GPAs of 2.27, compared with 2.14 for Black males districtwide.
“In our spaces, you don’t have to shed one ounce of yourself because everything about our space is rooted in blackness,” said Luna.
First the blacks wanted intragration , now they want segregation,. Go figure!
Remember > They NEVER Satisfied !!!! Even Leo Terrell says so & he is BLACK !!!!!! Fox News !!!!
Since Indian and Asian students CAN meet the standard, I would suggest their underperformance is NOT related to the educational environment.
I have also seen conformance to the standard. Implying that the standard is valid.
You want to be lazy and underperform – go for it!
9:45, you stated what I was thinking
School CHOICE should be the Law !!!!
No Race Gap today !!! Whites are behind now with Blacks getting all the college !!!!! Ban Affirmative Action !!!
9:45- That is half correct the fix..it is the family and reversing everything LBJ did to destroy the black family unit.
They under performe because the majority do not have solid a home life, no dads kicking there asses when needed. All due to the welfare state.
Ttump was turning this around but of course he had to be stopped. The democrats did own this and continue to keep funding the destruction of famlies. Instead of finding another way!!GOOD JOBS!!
How ironic…I guess you only want equal rights when it’s convenient for you. If you have to actually pay attention and work hard it’s racist. I can’t wait to see their curriculum!
this is just another contrived excuse to once again make it easy for those who refuse to get of their asses and do the heavy lifting. think about it, When you need an operation or a pilot or whatever do you want the best or someone who was passed along for the color of their skin?
Great point 7:19