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(9,070 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,346 posts)chowder66
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I went to a 97% black school. It started out as mostly white, then by the end, it was mostly black. This was grade school. It was a wonderful school the whole time. We had great teachers and the kids got along. Granted some parents pulled their kids out when the bussing started.
When I went to junior high that was a different story. It was also mostly black and the teachers didn't get the support they needed there. The education was awful. There was a lot of violence and disrespect. Some teachers didn't interact when they needed to or would walk out for most of the class.
Then I went to a private Catholic high school they had one mixed guy who was a senior when I was a freshman. They did have a lot of hispanic kids. It was a strange transition for me. The white kids at high school had mostly never interacted with black kids, many of the underclasses didn't interact with the one mixed senior, though he was popular in his senior class. His sister came in as a freshman when I was a senior. I will say it was a much better education than the High School I wanted to go to and immensely more so than the Junior High I had come from.
About two weeks into high school as I was meeting kids, I was at the lunch table and asked "Where are all of the black kids?". It was an honest question and the shock that washed over their faces and the comments that followed made me instantly know that I was in a much, much different environment. One that I never felt comfortable in. Some of the kids laughed at me, called me horrible names just because I asked the question. I always said, that Junior High was tough, there were a lot of physical altercations between the students but at the private school, it was mentally very rough.
I think all schools should be mixed and I think middle schools should not be wholly separate from Grade school or High school like mine was.
Anyway, I liked what the mom and daughter were doing to try to bridge these two schools even as they said they were just two people trying to make a difference.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,346 posts)It generally focuses on the black students and the segregation inherent within the American school system. This particular clip centers one of the few white students.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)It's a four part series on BBC Three.
So far, the versions I've found are only viewable in the UK.
But I shall persist.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)My mom and I moved to Louisiana from Minnesota when I was 5. When she went to enroll me in the local school, they tried to get her to send me across town to the white school...my mom thought it was ridiculous to bus me so far instead of going to the nearby school. She was called a few choice words at the time, but didn't change her mind. Something also was said about not wanting a pretty little white girl like me in such a place. Joke was on them, I am also part Mexican and after the summer sun of Louisiana was darker than some of my classmates.
We only lived there for 2 yrs 1st and 2nd grade...but my classmates and teachers were predominantly African American and I think that really shaped my world view for the better.
chowder66
(9,070 posts)the same sentiment regarding my teachers who were predominantly Black. I stayed in touch with my 5th grade teacher until I moved away when I was 23.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Not everyone can afford to spend time watching videos w/o knowing what its about
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)their own.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Ive wasted too much time on this thread already
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Iggo
(47,552 posts)Solly Mack
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