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So, the TDSB has decided that it is time to start teaching children the values of segregation! Sure, they call it an "alternative school", but let's be realistic - children are once again being segregated into different schools based on their race. Does anyone else see the problem?
A quote I heard on the news the other day about this issue was, in fact, likely the best description - "There are no black workplaces...let's prepare these kids for the real world!"
The TDSB trustees are adamant. They are going to try and reduce the number of Black children who drop out of high school. They are going to teach subjects such as Black Math, Black History, Black Culture, Black Gym, Black Health.
I guess this really is a good idea! I am so unaware of Black People's issues, that I didn't even realize that Black math was different from White, Muslim, Indian, or Chinese Math!
I am absolutely certain that if, for example, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board was to open an all-White, or all-Chinese school, there would be pure outrage!
I fully endorse teaching children the struggles and triumphs of Black persons. In fact, I distinctly remember that in high school, we did learn about the struggles and triumphs of Black persons. I am a White person from a small town, and I know and respect the greats, such as Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jessie Jackson, and Malcolm X.
I truly believe that a Black school is perhaps the wrong road to take. Why put children through the struggles and tribulations of all that attention? And does anyone remember the Jim Crow Laws? Those that promoted segregation? Does anyone remember how that all turned out?
A quote I heard on the news the other day about this issue was, in fact, likely the best description - "There are no black workplaces...let's prepare these kids for the real world!"
The TDSB trustees are adamant. They are going to try and reduce the number of Black children who drop out of high school. They are going to teach subjects such as Black Math, Black History, Black Culture, Black Gym, Black Health.
I guess this really is a good idea! I am so unaware of Black People's issues, that I didn't even realize that Black math was different from White, Muslim, Indian, or Chinese Math!
I am absolutely certain that if, for example, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board was to open an all-White, or all-Chinese school, there would be pure outrage!
I fully endorse teaching children the struggles and triumphs of Black persons. In fact, I distinctly remember that in high school, we did learn about the struggles and triumphs of Black persons. I am a White person from a small town, and I know and respect the greats, such as Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jessie Jackson, and Malcolm X.
I truly believe that a Black school is perhaps the wrong road to take. Why put children through the struggles and tribulations of all that attention? And does anyone remember the Jim Crow Laws? Those that promoted segregation? Does anyone remember how that all turned out?
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