black students
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Wypipo Held a Protest for White Teacher Who Slapped, Kicked and Pulled Locs of Sleeping Student
A group of alabastard activists held an #EvilWhiteWomenLivesMatter march in South Carolina after a teacher was filmed standing on a student’s desk, rubbing her feet on him and pulling his dreadlocks as he slept in her classroom. I will admit that I cannot properly report this story because I have what some would consider the…
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New Jersey Football Coach Says He Lost His Job Because He Had Too Many Black Players on Team
A New Jersey high school football coach claims he was fired because his football teams featured too many black players. But the reality is he’s probably just another black dude playing the race card to make himself a victim after doing a terrible job of coaching … Oh, wait … he’s white? And he wins?…
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Government Study: School Is Racist
That headline could go down as the greatest clickbait of all time if it weren’t for the fact that a new report found that—regardless of the racial makeup of the school, the type of punishment, the level of poverty in the school or grade level—black students are much more likely than their white counterparts to…
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Black Student Enrollment Lagging in Many of the South’s Premier College Campuses: Report
A new report reveals major disparities between the rate of black high school graduates and the rate of black students enrolled at flagship state institutions. Among the findings: Nine of the 10 states with the biggest gaps were found in the South. The Hechinger Report released an interactive look Monday at how many black and…
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We Need to Talk About How Schools Handle Racist Harassment Against Students
Just how many times must a student tell you that your school has a race problem before you believe her? Earlier this month, a senior at Elk Grove High School came forward to the Sacramento Bee about experiencing repeated racial harassment at her high school. The school had recently garnered national attention because one of…
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Employers May Soon Help With Student Loan Debt—but Will Black Grads Be Left Behind?
Many of us are all too familiar with the student loans, but thanks to a new program unveiled by Fidelity Investments, repayment aid from your employer may soon be an option. The problem? It probably won’t do much to address the deep racial disparities of the student debt crisis. According to BuzzFeed News, Fidelity announced…
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Clearly, NY Post’s Naomi Schaefer Riley Doesn’t Understand My Work Educating Students of Color
In what was intended to be a critique of my recent keynote address at the 2017 SXSWedu conference, an uninformed, aspiring education columnist with no experience in research, theory or practice in the field does a wonderful job of showcasing her ignorance about teaching and learning, and exemplifying a major issue in the education of…
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University of Wis.-Madison Student Government Demands Free Tuition for Black Students
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student government is pushing forward the idea that black students should be offered free tuition and free housing at the school because of the nation’s troubling history that legally barred black people from receiving an education during slavery. According to the Associated Press, the Associated Students of Madison believe that the…
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'5 N–gers a Day': Video Shows Ore. High School Students Ranting About Black-Student Enrollment
The Oregon City School District is investigating after a Snapchat video emerged over the weekend of two students blasting racial slurs in a rant directed at Tom Lovell, the principal of Oregon City High School, KATU reports. According to the report, the video emerged on Twitter over the weekend. “What about n—gers?” someone can be…
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3 Students Hospitalized After Brutal Brawl at Md. High School
A brutal cafeteria fight at Central High School in Prince George’s County, Md., sent three students to the hospital Friday and is now raising the concerns of parents, Fox5DC reports. The brawl was caught on camera and shows a large number of students attacking one another as three adults try to stop the fight. According to the…