Asians Stop Being People Of Color When It Doesn’t Fit The Arguement

The San Francisco Chronicle featured “Children of color being left behind. State test results show persistent achievement gaps”.

“For decades, our education system has provided kids of color less of everything that research says makes a difference in public education - even to middle-income kids of color,” said Russlynn Ali, executive director of Education Trust West, an Oakland think tank. “Whose fault is that? Everyone who makes up the system.”

Well, that isn’t really true because if you look at what is happening , “The test results reveal that, in math, poor white and Asian students outperform black and Latino students whose families are not poor. In English, non-poor Latino students barely outperform poor whites, and non-poor African Americans lag further.”

NewsBusters points out:

“Writer Rebekah Denn once wrote that [racial] disparities in Seattle schools’ discipline rates were “puzzling” and “unpleasant.” Asserting that teachers’, administrators’ and parents’ views on the matter are “inadequate,” Denn goes on to note how black students get singled out for “acting black.” If you’re pondering just what “acting black” means, take a look:”

“We, as a people, are loud,” said Jacob Ellis, an African American counselor at Nathan Hale High School, who mentors a group of African American students.

African American students often speak to adults more as equals than as authority figures, because that’s the way many speak with their families.
African American students are frequently more out-front with their emotions.

Many African American students bring particular styles of learning, speaking and behaving with them from home — and schools are quick to punish those styles.

Some staff and students also say “play-fighting” leads to many disciplinary actions. And a number of school officials said these mock battles are more prevalent among African American boys and too often are misread as being real.

I can’t speak for any of you, but it seems to me that these kids don’t lack for excuses. Excuses made for them by the adults that are being paid to educate them. It seems to me that the adults are the ones failing..

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