tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post2085108848655782803..comments2023-10-18T03:45:34.271-04:00Comments on Mental Blog: Afro-Centric SchoolsLarry Keilerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17712568631874956243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post-13455536869964748572008-04-12T15:04:00.000-04:002008-04-12T15:04:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comment, Mrs. Anonymous. Certainly...Thanks for your comment, Mrs. Anonymous. Certainly I know racism exists. I personally don't subscribe to it, and I think that colour doesn't and shouldn't matter. No matter what colour the attitude is coming from. But yes, culture does matter. In the Canajun context, Afro-whatever culture is difficult to pinpoint.<BR/><BR/>I don't agree with you that this is about "protection". We're talking about schools here. So it's about <I>education</I> and how best to do it. Protection may come into it, but that should apply to all students.<BR/><BR/>I can't argue with your statement about teachers' assumptions. We all know what assumptions do. <BR/><BR/>And I also agree with your statement, "It's an attempt to create something in the system that demands and allows excellence for Black students." I'm just not convinced that this is the right way to go about it.Larry Keilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712568631874956243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post-46649806136972980372008-04-12T14:26:00.000-04:002008-04-12T14:26:00.000-04:00You asked what the students at an Afrocentric scho...You asked what the students at an Afrocentric school are going to be taught. I don't think that is the relevant point. The point is "How are these kids going to be treated"? This is not about segregation. It's about protection. It's not about pulling out of a system. It's an attempt to create something in the system that demands and allows excellence for Black students. You might not know this but racism does exists and after forty years of doing it the mainstream way I guess a group of parents said it's not good enough. I have two black sons in the school system and I've had more trouble from white teachers assumptions than anything else. If I didn't preach education I'm sure one of them would have dropped out by now. So it's easy to sit back and sneer at something but this a comment about the white community and their progeny much more so than a comment on those students you portrayed so lovingly on your blog. You'll call it reality but what does it say about how you were raised that it's all you can see when you speak about the whole of the black community?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com