From Andy Park's column in the Dallas News:
Ms. Baines' daughter and a friend, who is black, were in the hallway during class. Ms. Oliver, who is white, directed them to get back to class but ignored a white girl who also was in the hallway in violation of school rules.
Let me stress that no one has established what role race may have played in Friday's incident. Ms. Oliver had taught science to Ms. Baines' daughter in past years. So, maybe there was a history there that had nothing to do with race.
But racial tension has plagued Travis since it opened in 2001 in Oak Lawn.
"It was foreseeable that something like this would happen," said Kenneth Walker, a black lawyer and parent of a Travis child from 2001 to 2003.
More than two years ago, I met with Mr. Walker and other black parents about their concerns that white administrators and teachers at Travis were not sensitive to black families and children. <
They said they believed their children were treated differently when it came to grades and other forms of academic recognition.
"They put their heads in the sand instead of taking positive steps using affirmative action to address our concerns," said Mr. Walker, who described the Travis campus as "hostile territory" for black families.
Looks like this Andy Park person is doing his part in trying to make this a race thing, instead of a mom/daughter 'too good for the rules' thing.