Why is it that so many of the white men think that Jennings was opposed because he was a white male, when they can clearly see that the process was flawed, whatever the legal requirements were?
Where is the evidence that the African American community members who spoke out were appalled simply because he was a white male? The process was flawed. I don't know if Jennings was the best person for the job or not, but I don't think this supposed reverse racism [which I don't believe in anyway -- prejudice maybe, but racism when you are not the powers that be????] approach is very very harmful to sorting out what's best for the kids and the community -- White, Black, Asian, Native American, Latino. We need to bring the parents into the system to support it -- accusing them of being reverse racists doesn't help -- especially when the schools have a dismal record of reaching out to the various communities in a meaningful way. I know very well as the parent of an African American kid who was part of and tried to develop a support group for parents of African American kids at Seward -- we were actively opposed by the administration at the school and when we tried to get help from the area superintendent and Carol Johnson's office, we got none. And while I'm at it, somebody posted something a while ago about parents being totally responsible if their children aren't learning at school. This is either someone who isn't a parent or who has a kid who doesn't have any learning or other problems. This is a much more complicated issue than simply "it's the parents' faults" or "it's the teachers' faults". It reminds me of the argument that African Americans are genetically inferior.... We have a school system where teachers have too many kids to focus on any one child who is having problems learning. We don't have enough tutors and we don't have enough resources. I frankly think that whoever takes over the district is not going to be able to do much, regardless of how smart they are or how good a plan they have. We as a society need to devote more resources to the schools and that is the only thing that is going to make a difference. diane wiley, recently moved to what I now know is Tangletown, thanks to Barbara Lickness > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
