The African American Parents' Association is having an Informational Forum for parents, students and community members who are interested in learning how to advocate for keeping students in school as opposed to suspensions, expulsions and removals.
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PARENTS GRANDPARENTS GUARDIANS RELATIVES
SUSPENSION/EXPULSION FORUM
1.KNOW THE RULES
2.KNOW THE LAW
3.KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
4.KNOW HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR YOUR STUDENT
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DATE: Monday September 29, 2008 and Tuesday, September 30, 2008
PLACE: Kent Branch Library
TIME: 6:30PM-8:00PM
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Sponsored by: African American Parents' Association
Recent history tells of a fight - a bitter, hatred filled fight for racial desegregation in the schools. One of the great leaders for this cause, Martin Luther King Jr., died because of his vocal opposition to segregation and inequality among races.
Now, it seems, parents are openly advocating segregation via the 'African American Parents Association'. What does this teach the children? How can we expect the children (and adults) to believe in the words Mr. King uttered in his 'I Have A Dream' speech?
How can there be hope for equality when one group or another promote segregation such as this?
Policies provide guidelines/rules for proper conduct in school. No student will be suspended or expelled if they follow the rules. And behavior is taught at home not by holding forums.
believe it or not, there are issues in TPS with unequal discipline. Parents should know their rights and purnhrt and her group putting this forum on is a good way to help. They are a community group and there is nothing wrong with this.
of debating you or any other blogger about the merits of the name of our organization, the African American Parents’ Association or what we do.
But to answer some of your concerns: If you look at the schools today in 2008 over 50 years post Brown v Board of Education, you will see that they are already segregated. For instance the inner city schools are 97%blacks students with 87% or higher white teachers. At least in the south, where Dr. King began his movement, there were black teachers teaching the segregated black students. These black teachers taught their black students and the students were flourishing and graduating. They were vested in their community’s students, unlike the situation taking place today.
Because of the horrific salient differences in treatment of black students when it comes to suspending, expelling, removing and bicking, students and parents need to know what their rights are when advocating for their or their children’s future. Black children are suspended, removed, expelled and arrested at an alarming rate as opposed to white children doing the same offences. This is a fact.
So your statement. “How can there be hope for equality when one group or another promote segregation such as this?” holds no merit. Equality will not come from one group or another promoting segregation or not promoting segregation. Equality will only come when good people (such as yourself, I am assuming) accept the fact the America has no future as one people unless and until racial barriers are broken down for all people, black, poor whites and the children of “illegal” immigrants.
Equality is not born out of integration. As a matter of fact, it is now said that “integration” is one of the worse things (outside of slavery) that ever happened to black people.
The words of Dr. Martin Luther King have been picked over by vultures and spat out by people who did not know him or what he stood for. If you want to get a feel for Dr. Martin Luther King, read his sermons and speeches, then come back and blog to me about Dr. King. I attended the March on Washington, I heard the “I have a Dream” speech, I lived in the climate of those times. You state that Dr. King died because of his vocality to injustices. Died is a word to portray that someone lived out their life, But Dr. King was assassinated. He was assassinated because of his vocality in opposition to the Vietnam War, injustices against poor people and the inequalities suffered by black people. Don’t minimize Dr. King and what he stood for. Dr. King has been cleaned up for the masses of white people and made a hero for you. We know the real deal, he was not the dreamer that he is portrayed, he was much, much more than that.
OBAMA/O’BIDEN 08
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Well said, purnhrt.
"97%blacks students with 87% or higher white teachers" Why are there not more non-white teachers?
"...arrested at an alarming rate as opposed to white children doing the same offences.(sic) This is a fact." Can you provide me a link to or the source of these statistics?