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Obama Administration Hunts Phantom Classroom Racism

dahni Wrote: Aug 08, 2012 12:06 PM
Disciplinary problems had gotten worse for several years, and support for the education of those who were there to learn was reduced greatly. After the meeting, when I approached my car I saw that it was scratched up, and that the Black boy and 5 of his friends were standing about 20 feet away, pointing and laughing at me. The main problem boy said, "next time the scratches are gonna be on you, White Honkie MFot^u5erfu&&6ker. I phoned 911 immediately. The police got there in 5 minutes or so. A Black and a Hispanic team. I explained what happened, and said I wanted to press assault charges. They talked with the boys, who all just stood there, and came back and said it's just your word against theirs.
Editors' note: this piece has been adapted from the summer issue of City Journal.

In March 2010, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that his department was “going to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement” in the nation’s schools. What was the pervasive racial injustice that led Mr. Duncan to redouble such efforts? Black elementary and high school students are three and a half times more likely to get suspended or expelled than their white peers, according to federal data.

And so the Departments of Education and Justice have launched a campaign against disproportionate minority discipline rates, which show up in...
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