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Originally Posted by Guest
And thank you for seeing that. As it is exactly my point. The OP is suggesting via his link, that the collection of data based on race is somehow a new thing, and created by Obama (hint, think Black person). A 17 year old story of an investigation into the negative impact of black skin on liberty or freedom should put to rest the idea that this is all Obama's fault. For a quick read I would suggest "Black like me" written over 50 years ago. It is artificial in that the author always knew he could quit being black and had not grown up with all the disadvantages of being black. He just got a tiny piece of institutional racism and wrote about it.
If a black child is suspended for swearing in class and a white student is not, all other things being the same, is that a problem? Well not for the white kid. And if we don't collect data to see if that is the case how will be ever know? All we have now is black parents making a claim that such things are routine. If Vinnie Barbarino drops a few f bombs into his comments do we cut him more slack, given his background and the language he hears in his home and neighborhood, than if Queen Elizabeth did the same? Does one person better understand cultural expectations in the school than the other?
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EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM CITED IS NEW
EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IS NEW
EVERY SINGLE PERSON MANAGING THOSE PROGRAMS IS NEW
I happen to be one who read BLACK LIKE ME.....maybe twice as I recall. If anyone wants perfection; i.e.. white absolutely ignoring the color of a black person OR a black absolutely ignoring the color of a white person.........IT IS NEVER EVER GONG TO HAPPEN.
To even suggest that discipline in schools where blacks receive more discipline than whites is based
TOTALLY on the color of their skin, and to ignore the clear and distinct family problems facing black children is IN ITSELF A RACIST way to look at things.
BLACK LIVE MATTER is a great slogan. Instead of aiming exclusively at police and schools who absolutely try to help, aim it where it should be aimed, and NO PROGRAMS nor any admonitions toward that end exist to my knowledge.