Re: [MBZ] OT apropos of nothing, but interesting and I thought good
Dan wrote: ...if you have the time to listen to it: ... when available after tomorrow, online. Or, find local play of TAL on your local NPR stations. TAL is fun program. Ira Glass is kinda serious, usually funny. Good stuff. Thanks. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT apropos of nothing, but interesting and I thought good
Segregation in schools is even worse today than it was 50-60 years ago. This is a good example if you have the time to listen to it: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/550/three-miles Dan On Mar 14, 2015, at 6:43 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Rich, Thanks, nice little bit of recent history. Talking about discrimination in the grade schools, I was really struck by one of the ladies comments that she felt her role was to prove (as a black student) that she was just as capable as the white students. That was about fifty years ago. Now we have a unified school board for all of Charleston county. I think that a majority of the school board members are black. About three years ago, they released a five-year plan for raising student performance, with goals each year for increasing the English and math proficiency at each grade level. They had different, lower standards for black kids. I was, and still am, flabbergasted. I challenged several Principals and school board members, but they all tried to explain about difficult socioeconomic circumstances and such BS. Seems to me that many of our current school board and Charleston county school district employees are completely ignorant of this local history, are racist, and need to find employment elsewhere. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT apropos of nothing, but interesting and I thought good
A guy I have become friends with was quite an agitator back in his day, and continues on now. He turned 80 a coupla weeks ago but still has the fire in him. He was very involved in a strike here in Charleston back in the 60s when black nurses at the hospital were not being treated fairly, and it caused some significant changes not only at the hospital (which are still commented on today by the management) but in the whole city of Charleston. Understanding that this city was ground zero for Secession, and before that the importation of slaves, makes it even more significant in comparison to some other cities perhaps. He and others were arrested multiple times, usually with no particular reason, was just part of the game back then. Bill grew up on this island where I live, and continues to fight for preservation of the island and the Gullah culture that was prevalent for hundreds of years, and is still a part of life here though it is diminishing as the younger people move away. One of the women talks about setting up a school on the island, which was rebuilt a coupla years ago and is an outstanding school now. There is a lot more, but this guy was one of the true heroes (and I use that word very seriously) for the improvement of our society, not just here but in the wider world. Anyway, if anyone has 20some minutes to watch this, it is quite interesting to compare what these folks say and what we hear so much about now. You can draw your own conclusions, but hearing it from some very humble people has more effect I think. I downloaded this and put it on itunes to watch on my TV, if your TV has the youtube app you can find it too. A bit more pleasant to watch sitting in the easy chair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP9d-uaeXNo --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
