Our education was founded on white-supremacy.

[KhalilGibran]

It has now been 401 years since a ship appeared on the horizon near Point Comfort, a port in the English colony of Virginia. That ship carried more than 20 enslaved people to what would later become the United States. The stories of those first enslaved people and their descendants have long gone untold because the American education system does not recognize this profound and shameful truth as the seed from which we experience race in America today.

[KhalilGibran]

The roots of race and racism in America go back to 1619 when that first ship arrived at the colony of Virginia. Since then, America has built a system of racism that acts upon every aspect of society and permeates our lives every day. It is necessary to take a critical step back and recognize how American society has entrenched white supremacy deep into our collective psyche. Consider this: A well-meaning teacher, statistically a white woman, stands in front of a classroom filled with students of color. She tries to encourage them to do better in school, to graduate, and to enroll in college, so they can work and live in a better neighborhood than the one they grew up in. While she may not be aware that she is doing so, the teacher subconsciously equates a “better neighborhood” with a white neighborhood. “A better school district” is coded language for a whiter school district, and so on. We already speak in this coded language of race every day, so why not do so from a point of consciousness from which we can truly understand our impact and how it aids in the perpetuation of white supremacy? By exploring the resources provided throughout this project, you can start to build your knowledge of and emotional intelligence regarding the history of this country, which was founded upon the social construction of race.

[Ryzen_renoir]

Poor kids can be just as good as the white kids- Biden 2020 

[KhalilGibran]

17 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Poor kids can be just as good as the white kids- Biden 2020 

 “A better school district” is coded language for a whiter school district, and so on.

 

Indian origin people are fond of better school districts.

lol

[proudtobeandhrite]

2 hours ago, KhalilGibran said:

 “A better school district” is coded language for a whiter school district, and so on.

 

Indian origin people are fond of better school districts.

lol

Wouldn't you be?

Indians who are in US are here cuz they took the advantage of education. Hence they value it. Nothing wrong it.

Whoever the author is, his thought was to the point. Can't disagree. But, already negative cannotation vunna White Supremacy ane word used cheyadam will not help the cause.  Its like Sree Reddy heading Me too cause. Tollywood/General audience didnt rally behind the cause due to her.