links for 2006-11-20
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Thanks Sandra! “Even though the school was overwhelmingly Hispanic and black, white parents could get their children into all-white classes. And once placed, the students would have little interaction with the rest of the students.”
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“Nicolas Cage has signed up for a big-screen adaptation of “The Sadhu” comic-book series, which tells the story of a soldier in colonial India who becomes a spiritual warrior. Cage…will play the lead role of James Jenson in the movie, which melds action
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Meg wrote:
how do you divide a class by race and a private citizen has to sue before something is done?
If anyone reads this could you give me an idea of the actual reality in american schools (tough question i know). Is there really a strong divide that kids aren’t mixing with each other and everyone (black, white, hispanic) is happy with unofficial segregation ie there are predominantly black/white schools by virtue of the area they service. Is there any “one” reality of what american schools, and i guess by extension the communities, are really like? I suppose i’m thinking of places in addition to the inner cities where minorities disproportionately get the rough end of the deal. In middle america is there an unofficial divide that all sides seem to be allowing to continue?
Posted 20 Nov 2006 at 8:32 pm ¶