Punishing black students disproportionately
Published by TheColonel August 22nd, 2008 in Uncategorized(CNN) — More than 200,000 children were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools during the past school year, human rights groups reported Wednesday.
The punishment is disproportionately applied to black students, according to the organizations. During the 2006-07 school year, for instance, black students made up 17.1 percent of the nationwide student population but 35.6 percent of those paddled at schools.
Black girls were paddled at twice the rate of their white counterparts in the 13 states using corporal punishment most frequently. And although boys are punished more often than girls, the report found that African-American students in general are 1.4 times more likely to receive corporal punishment.
Disturbing. Should schools anywhere even be allowed to hit kids?
I believe this is a part of Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” act, but, sadly, its only colored kids being left behind and getting their behinds smacked, DAMN!
Maybe our children are a little less motivated than their white and asian counterparts. Is it at all possible that our vices (malt liquor and newports and occasional watermelon slices and bluetooth headsets made of fake gold paint, and looking at tv) are distracting our children from the education they could receive?
Maybe black kids aren’t hit more, maybe they deserve it more. Don’t blame whitey, bitch.
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