Parents criticized Indiana school officials Thursday for a trip planned to local colleges that was only offered to black third-graders, ABC 57 reported.
School officials defended the trip, saying the outing sends a positive message to black students who may believe the prospect of college is out of reach.
"We take them to a college campus, have them meet African-American students, modeling the idea that as a black person, college is a great place," Dr. G. David Moss, the head of the African-American services at the South Bend Community Schools Corporation, told the station.
The initiative has been criticized by parents in the community, not because of its ambitions, but because it excludes students with other backgrounds.
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Well, probably most of the white students wouldn't want to go on the bus filled with black kids anyway.
ReplyDeleteThis is pure racism.
ReplyDeleteTake a school bus full of whitey's somewhere and she what the Libtards and Mary Ashanti says?
Ignorance in the black community is mind blowing.
ReplyDeleteOMG, the MSM would be blaring now with the Jacksons, Sharptons, Holders, and Obamas had this been a group of white only third graders. This is the problem with that all consuming word: racism. It is a one-way finger, it's not considered to be racist if it's a black only thing. These officials should be fired immediately and this should be preached to the rooftops as totally unacceptable.
ReplyDeleteSegregation is the way to go this time they're making them think it's their idea.
ReplyDeleteSo! What else do you think. I'm shocked that anyone would want to go. map
ReplyDeleteMake sense to me. No need to worry about who might commit a crime. They all might.
ReplyDeleteJoe thanks for posting this. I have to say as a man who lived both in a metropolitan city and the country I see much more trouble ahead. I have lived well and still do. I have lived with my single mother and three siblings in the projects of Baltimore City. I know both sides of discrimination.
ReplyDeleteThis problem has began to reach into the medical field, teaching, and all aspects of public service. I agree ALL people deserve respect. I do not believe that any one race in America is entitled to more then another.
From a religious stand point we are all God's children. We all should be treated as equals. I remember the embarrassment of free lunch. I remember the embarrassment of food stamps. I remember being beaten up because I was the minority. The color of my skin made me a target for racist punks in the schools and the projects.
My mother fought her way out of poverty. We moved to better neighborhoods little by little. None of my brothers and sisters ended up in the man's jail. As a matter of fact we all ended up in public service. We all got one form of formal education or vocational.
I know the sting of racism. The odd part of this post is I am white as the driven snow as are my mother and my siblings.
My mother had one rule. You do not make excuses. You find solutions.
Will the real racist please stand up. I think one will see we are all racist of some form. So why the entitlement ? Americans better find a fix or it will blow trust me.
In education, programs and grouping for able learners are not allowed because there's not a proper racial mix (too many Caucasians). However, programs providing social workers, behavioral interventionists, home school liaisons and countless other positions benefit mainly minority kids, and there's no problem with the millions spent on those. Closing that gap, though, when strong students aren't taught.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't the WCBOE have a grant that funds an African American Leadership Academy or something like that for minority students? Try explaining why that's OK but not a similar academy for whites, Asians or Hispanics. It would appear that segregation is allowed.
ReplyDeleteTalk about a can't win situation. On the surface, it seems like a well intentioned idea. I don't agree with using public funds or removing children from school for the day under this circumstance, but I would be willing to bet the colleges could meet with these kids outside of regular school hours. In these days of crowd funding, etc, I find it hard to believe they can't come up with the $$$ to make the idea work without using tax money.
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