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Saw this article and thought it to be very interesting.
"LaToya Monroe's firing was an act of race discrimination and came in retaliation for her persistent advocacy against racial discrimination by (the school district)," Monroe's lawyer, Harold Goodman, wrote in the filing.
Anyone who is different than the "masses" knows discrimination exists. We are NOT a highly evolved race that has learned how to love, accept or embrace change. People may want to believe that just because we have all this "knowledge" of technology that somehow we have progressed greatly as a species. Except for the fact that almost all technology that has been developed is used for greed, power & destruction.
Anyway, I have a 13 year old that attends the school district and it really isn’t that hard to gather that the school is discriminatory. Out of all the schools Najja has attended (Cheston, Pax, Shawnee [EAMS]) I’ve seen only 2-3 black teachers, 2-3 hispanic teachers and 1 black principle who I may say thought was the best comparing him to Shoemaker in Cheston (who could not understand that my child was being tortured by her teacher) and Dr. Symia (who to me seems fake – way too ooie gooie to be taken seriously. Like someone smearing bird poop on your face and calling it a high end beauty product) Mr. Hightower really seemed like he cares about the students, took his job seriously but was encouraging without sounded fake and sarcastic.
My coworker Vitek (who’s from Poland) and I talk about discrimination often. He said there weren’t really any black people living in the area of Poland he lived and he encountered discrimination when he moved to New York from blacks. Discrimination works both ways and should be fought on both sides. Vitek said he really didn’t know racism existed until he moved to the US when people started opening his eyes to certain behaviors. It’s like if you live in a cage your whole like you think that’s all there is…until someone comes along and tells you there’s more. If you choose to believe them and venture out, your eyes become opened. If you deny the truth, your mind stays narrow.
EASD is in that cage, only making provisions because they are law, not because they actually believe it exists and will only do as little as possible so that they can stay in their cage and be happy with what they are used to. I’m glad people are speaking out but nothing will change until there is a complete 180 degree change in the good ole’ boys administration out there.
Just my two cents, what’s yours??
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There have been so may articles regarding discrimination in the school district in the past year that one would have to be in absolute denial not to admit that this is a serious issue that needs to be brought into the light and dealt with.
Earlier this year there was much hubbub about Kerry Myers, I believe, saying that the diversity of coaching staff should reflect the diversity of the student body. The way commenters reacted on line was abominable--full of racism and ignorance (is that redundant) in defense of maintaining the status quo.
Mean to say "so many" not "so may"--oops.
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