New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students attending schools with virtually no white classmates, according to a report released Wednesday.
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When Your Kids Experience Racism
How do you teach your children to respond to racist remarks? Why don’t I know better comebacks to these childhood taunts?
Community Village‘s insight:
Any advice to add to HapaMama’s comment section?
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RACIAL EQUALITY OR RACIAL EQUITY? THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES
“If you opt for equal funding per school, racial gaps will remain, and you will not address existing racial inequities. If you opt for equitable funding, the outcome is that students in School B above now have the opportunity to perform along the lines of students in School A, which they would not have had if you had distributed funding equally. ”
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Girl suspended for shaving head
A third grade girl was suspended from school for shaving her head to support her friend battling cancer.
Community Village‘s insight:
Any difference is picked on and criminalized.
Other news stories have been about natural African hair not being okay with the school.
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UN Report Blasts Catholic Church for Systemic Child Abuse Coverups
“Chairperson Kirsten Sandberg discusses the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child report outlining massive allegations of child abuse coverups and its demands The Vatican take action to hold guilty parties accountable.”
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Mom loses two sons in 19 days
Kyung Lah talks to an Oakland, California, mother whose two sons were killed by gun violence in less than three weeks.
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Photos of kids shooting at border demo draw fire
Activists are outraged tonight at photos they say appear to show Border Patrol agents teaching children to shoot immigrants.
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Disturbing Images Show Border Agents Encouraging Children to Shoot at Migrant Effigy
“Use-of-Force Policies Called to Question as the Agency’s Culture of Violence is Unabashedly Taught to Children”
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Connecting Social Problems in Popular Culture
Is violence on the streets caused by violence in video games? Do hip-hop lyrics increase misogynistic and homophobic behavior? Are teens promiscuous because of what they see in movies?
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Brother Mistakes 13-Year Old Sister For Intruder And Shoots
Sidney M. Johnson, 20, was visiting his father’s home in Janesville, Wisconsin. On Wednesday, he heard someone in a bedroom, got his dad’s 9 mm handgun, inserted a magazine, chambered a cartridge,…
Community Village‘s insight:
Gun owners are more likely to shoot their own family or friend than an actually criminal.