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  1. Feb 2020
  2. www.thenation.com www.thenation.com
    Segregation Begins in Pre-K
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    1. jocelinrobles 06 Feb 2020
      segregation and discrimination begin on the very first day of preschool.

      I agree. This statement reminds me of when I was younger. I went to a preschool that was all people of color (mostly Latinos) from a low-income background. I went to an elementary school (two years later), a few blocks away -- it was also the same type of population of students. That is because the surrounding neighborhoods were composed of all people of color, from low-income backgrounds. I grew up thinking that segregated based on race/color schools was normal.

    2. jocelinrobles 06 Feb 2020
      preschool classes should be an ideal place to start correcting inequality, right?

      I used to work for the city as Recreational Aid for 5-10 year-olds. At one of our trainings, we were taught to address inequality at our sites. We were taught to be inclusive of all identities and address discrimination. We were told that preschool students probably won't understand this concept, but if you break it down in a simple manner -- they can. We should not underestimate our students. They absorb these concepts very well, if explained correctly.

      I truly liked that idea, because it is one that is usually not addressed.

    3. jocelinrobles 06 Feb 2020
      In one-sixth of all pre-K classrooms, more than 90 percent of students come from the same racial or ethnic group, whereas only one-eighth of all kindergarten classrooms has that same level of racial homogeneity. Across both grades, just one in five classrooms is highly racially diverse, with no racial or ethnic group comprising more than 50 percent of enrollment.

      Yes. This brings me to the first the first comment I made; I attended a predominantly Latino Pre-K. Diversity needs to be widely focused on; it exposes students different experiences, knowledge sets, historical contexts, and identities.

    4. jocelinrobles 06 Feb 2020
      Yet educational diversity is critical, not just as a way of redistributing resources but as an imperative for a diversifying, globalizing society.

      Yes, I firmly believe that students should be taught about diversity. I taught at an elementary school last summer, and learned that my students of color were not used to seeing books that represents them. I started to bring books and coloring sheets that represents their cultures, race/ethnicity and gender; I was able to notice a significant shift in their views. Students engagement and literacy interest increased. Students also started to show pride in their identities.

      This goes to show the difference that educational diversity can create.

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    School segregation didn’t go away. It just evolved.
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    1. jocelinrobles 06 Feb 2020
      “Those students do not contribute financially,” one organizer wrote. “They consume the resources of our schools, our teachers and our resident students, then go home.”

      This is problematic -- why are these students not being treated like human beings,? It makes it seem like they are a burden. Why do whites get to claim everything at those schools? The wording of this frustrates me because it shows how those schools were purposely designed for whites only

    2. jocelinrobles 06 Feb 2020
      Eight other communities — yes, eight — had previously seceded from the Jefferson County school district, all for very similar reasons. They didn’t want to be subject to racial integration orders that involved busing, and they didn’t want to share tax dollars with people who were less fortunate. {"requests":{"csi":"https://csi.gstatic.com/csi?"},"transport":{"xhrpost":false},"triggers":{"adRequestStart":{"on":"ad-request-start","request":"csi","sampleSpec":{"sampleOn":"a4a-csi-${pageViewId}","threshold":1},"selector":"amp-ad","selectionMethod":"closest","extraUrlParams":{"met.a4a":"afs_lvt.${viewerLastVisibleTime}~afs.${time}"}},"adResponseEnd":{"on":"ad-response-end","request":"csi","sampleSpec":{"sampleOn":"a4a-csi-${pageViewId}","threshold":1},"selector":"amp-ad","selectionMethod":"closest","extraUrlParams":{"met.a4a":"afe.${time}"}},"adRenderStart":{"on":"ad-render-start","request":"csi","sampleSpec":{"sampleOn":"a4a-csi-${pageViewId}","threshold":1},"selector":"amp-ad","selectionMethod":"closest","extraUrlParams":{"met.a4a":"ast.${scheduleTime}~ars_lvt.${viewerLastVisibleTime}~ars.${time}","qqid":"${qqid}"}},"adIframeLoaded":{"on":"ad-iframe-loaded","request":"csi","sampleSpec":{"sampleOn":"a4a-csi-${pageViewId}","threshold":1},"selector":"amp-ad","selectionMethod":"closest","extraUrlParams":{"met.a4a":"ail.${time}"}}},"extraUrlParams":{"s":"ampad","ctx":"2","c":"${correlator}","slotId":"${slotId}","puid":"${requestCount}~${timestamp}"}}

      This is saddening to read. It goes to show how they have negatively internalized people of color. It would make sense if they had concrete/legit evidence that gives them a reason to secede. Racism should have not been a reason.

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    vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/27/16004084/school-segregation-evolution
  4. Feb 2019
  5. www.thenation.com www.thenation.com
    Segregation Begins in Pre-K
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    1. jocelinrobles 08 Feb 2019
      Yet educational diversity is critical, not just as a way of redistributing resources but as an imperative for a diversifying, globalizing society.

      Yes, I firmly believe that students should be taught about diversity. I taught at an elementary school last summer, and learned that my students of color were not used to seeing books that represents them. I started to bring books and coloring sheets that represents their cultures, race/ethnicity and gender; I was able to notice a significant shift in their views. Students engagement and literacy interest increased. Students also started to show pride in their identities.

      This goes to show the difference that educational diversity can create.

    2. jocelinrobles 08 Feb 2019
      In one-sixth of all pre-K classrooms, more than 90 percent of students come from the same racial or ethnic group, whereas only one-eighth of all kindergarten classrooms has that same level of racial homogeneity

      Yes. This brings me to the first the first comment I made; I attended a predominantly Latino Pre-K.

    3. jocelinrobles 08 Feb 2019
      preschool classes should be an ideal place to start correcting inequality, right?

      I used to work for the city; at one of our trainings, we were taught to address inequality at our sites. We were taught to be inclusive of all identities and address discrimination.

      I truly liked that idea, because it is one that is usually not addressed.

    4. jocelinrobles 08 Feb 2019
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      I agree. This statement reminds me of when I was younger. I went to a preschool that was all people of color (mostly Latinos) from a low-income background. I went to an elementary school (two years later), a few blocks away -- it was also the same type of population of students. That is because the surrounding neighborhoods were composed of all people of color, from low-income backgrounds. I grew up thinking that segregated based on race/color schools was normal.

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