- Feb 2019
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www.thenation.com www.thenation.com
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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.
As a education minor and international student, It becomes clear everyday that racism is too ingrained in so many aspects of every day life. And yet, it frustrates me even more that people decide to ignore this statistics.
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pre-kindergarten classrooms are among the city’s most racially divided, potentially extending the scope and depth of educational segregation.
I was not aware of this, but it actually makes a lot of sense. It is just really frustrating to think that people of color trapped in this cycle of inequality.
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school-to-prison pipeline, the pattern of harsh disciplinary practices that lead to the suspension, expulsion, and criminalization of kids of color.
I had never connected the problem of incarceration of people of color with the harsh policies that are implemented in school and target poc.
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Many communities are formed [as] not a result of voluntary choice but exclusion
This is the argument that I always use when I try to explain to my friends who are international and refuse to believe that racism in the U.S. is a thing.
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So by the time the Supreme Court integrated schools in the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, white families who didn't want their kids to go to school with black children had a very clear opt-out choice: the suburbs.
Still surprises how easy it is for white people to simply move from town to town. It is really frustrating to see that the circle of inequality and racism in the U.S. continues and many people don't realize it or ignore this issue.
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In response, some white families are moving even farther out into exurbs
It still surprises me and makes me angry that white people would just take such extreme measure just to stay away from people of color
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This led to bomb threats, protests, and recall elections for the four school board members who voted for this plan. Ultimately, the Michigan state legislature blocked the plan from going forward.
It is frustrating to see that they would stop the plan to integrate merely because white people did not like it
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