Racism in Schools

School Psychologist's Tweets About 'Black Thugs' Stir Up Firestorm in New Orleans

Posted 05.22.2012

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A school psychologist in New Orleans is under fire for posting racially inflammatory comments online amid a debate about the school system's treatment...

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School Suggests 'African American Attire' Is 'Animal Print'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.21.2012

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A letter sent home with students at Western Union Elementary School in North Carolina didn't sit well with parents. The note asked students to wear...

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Georgia School Under Fire For Another Set Of Slavery Math Problems

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.21.2012

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Parents are outraged after 139 fourth grade students in Georgia were given a math problem referencing slavery, WAGA-TV reports. Christopher Jackson...

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'I Thought You Were Black': Teacher Tells Student To Read Poem 'Blacker'

Posted 03.18.2012

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A Virginia high school English teacher is under investigation for allegedly asking the only black student in the class to read a poem in a "blacker" m...

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Student Harassed For Essay Comparing School To Modern Slavery

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.07.2012

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When Jada Williams, a 13-year-old student at Rochester's School No. 3, wrote an essay making comparisons between a slavemaster discouraging Frederick ...

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WATCH: Girls' YouTube Rant Highlights Persisting Black/Brown Racism

Posted 02.27.2012

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There are plenty of disturbing things about anti-African American rant by two teen girls from Gainsville, Florida that went viral on YouTube last week...

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Racist YouTube Rant Forces Girls To Leave School, Issue Apologies

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.21.2012

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After two minors from Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Fla., posted a nearly 14-minute-long racist rant on YouTube, the girls are "no longer st...

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Chicago Teacher Sues For The Right To Say N-Word In Class

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.18.2012

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Lincoln Brown, a 48-year-old Chicago Public Schools teacher, has filed a federal lawsuit against the district after being suspended without pay for fi...

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'Slave Game' Outrages Parents At Elementary School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.27.2012

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Parents of students at Camp Creek Elementary School in Lilburn, Ga., are outraged after a 3rd-grader told her mother about a "slave game" students had...

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Slavery Math Worksheet Sparks Parent Protest, District Investigation

Posted 03.11.2012

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Dozens of parents and community members rallied outside a Norcross, Ga. elementary school Tuesday, calling on the school district to fire teachers inv...

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School Under Fire For Slavery In School Worksheet

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.08.2012

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Parents of students at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, Ga., are outraged at the school district's response to the reports of using example...

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Why 8,000 Eighth-Grade NYC Students Don't Have High School Placements Yet

Michele Somerville | Posted 06.04.2011

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We don't need more "selective" or "elite" schools. We need good, safe, solid, diverse high schools for every young person in the system.

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Louisiana Braces As Jena Becomes Racial Bias Flashpoint

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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They called it the White Tree. Not because of the color of its leaves or tint of its bark, but because of the kind of people who typically sat beneath...

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