Tales of an Inner-city school teacher

Aug 19, 2016 2:50 AM

This is the problem with real racism its not white or black but the actions of our parents or lack there of

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I read it. Damn. Just damn.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Hit the nail on the fucking head here. Gonna trigger so many people though +1

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A black girl tested how I spoke in 7th grade. She asked me to say "How you do dat there?" I said "How do you do that?". Her response was 1/2

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"See, this nigga talk white!"...and they all had a laugh. I'm sitting there thinking I talk like a normal fucking person. But okay.

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What is this, a screenshot for ants? I recently had eye surgery. I downvote everything I can't read.

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but it's 1303 pixels wide, how can you not read it?

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Its called zoom

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TL,DR?

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teacher gives insight into the daily goings on of a school with majority black students

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Wow. Thanks.

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it's actually a little deeper than that, it also covers the infrastructure of schools and the pressure 2 let poorly performing students pass

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As someone who has worked at a few inner-city schools in Toledo as an after-school program assistant... this is changing. Hard.

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That's a relief. This image really bums people out but I think it's important to stay optimistic, the guy goes on about change for a reason.

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changing how?

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It's hard to find a school that resembles one in this post. Diversity is at an all time high.

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What does diversity have to do with this?

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More exposure to different cultures. In my experience if a school is lacking in diversity it is because they are 95% white and not black. If

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a school is not in an affluent area then it is most likely pretty evenly mixed between black, hispanic, and white. The minority are asian2/3

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That kind of school is the exact opposite of what the OP was describing.

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