discipline gap between white students and black students
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Ayanna Pressley Introduces Legislation to End the ‘Pushout’ of Black Girls
We are all magicians. This country practices a particular kind of wizardry that can make black votes disappear; turn a black radical into a whitewashed moderate and hypnotize an entire population into somehow believing that “illegal immigrants” can trespass on stolen land. But the most wondrous trick of all is how we treat black girls.…
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Study: Black Students Feel Less Welcome at Schools With Excessive Suspensions
A new study published by the American Psychological Association finds that black students who attend a high school where they are disproportionately suspended more than their white counterparts feel that their school is less fair and less welcoming. The study, “A Multilevel Examination of Racial Disparities in High School Discipline: Black and White Adolescents’ Perceived…