White flight of teachers resegregating South

page A2 of the Boston Globe / AP ^ | 1/13/2003 | Chad Roedemeier

[rface]

ECATUR, Ga. - Jason Johnston took a job at mostly black Midway Elementary School in hopes he could make a difference with the children who needed him most.

But Johnston, one of only a handful of white teachers at the school, decided to leave after less than a year, disillusioned by pupils who struggled, parents who weren't involved, and the pressure to meet state achievement standards.

[rface]

I don't think this is a re-post

Ashland, Missouri

[Bikers4Bush]

I have a friend who left a school in the Atlanta area because she didn't appreciate it when a student called her a "white bitch" and the principal didn't punish the girl because as he put it "it's a cultural thing that you'll have to get used to".

She disagreed and is now at a school that places an emphasis on discipline.

[Guillermo]

Where can I begin?

I'll just say this: white people are evil no matter what they do or don't do.

[Bruce Buckley]

It is a re posting of an article which appeared several days ago in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

White teachers are leaving these schools for obvious reasons--the commute to all black areas, the frustration aspects, and the discipline problems.

Curious, is it not, that a Boston paper things this newsworthy of a reprinting.

We'll next year that this is the natural progression of a "GOP Southern Strategy."

[bourbon]

But John Evans, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in DeKalb County, said no one should be surprised to see young white teachers leave for the suburbs after a year or two. Many teachers, especially young women, are scared of black neighborhoods and don't want to be there after dark, he said.

Evans rejected the idea that black schools can't be successful without white teachers. If they don't want to be there, then let them go, he said.

At least initially, it sounds like the this kind of resegregation only troubles white liberals.

Hmmm..... Could this be something that the NAACP (at least in GA) is downright happy about? Could they like Coleman Young in Detroit be actively encouraging white flight because it suits their politics? And who is to stop them if they are? "Courageous white liberals" like this journalist? Do they even exist anymore?

[Hodar]

Good post. My acid test is to reverse the situtation. If a white person called a black woman a 'black bitch', he would be suspended for inciting racial hate.

I was forced to attend a class entitled "Minorities, Women and the White Male" while working at Motorola. Guess what group was the target for everything that has gone on since the beginning of civilization? My point is that if it weren't for the white man, there still wouldn't be a civilization.

[Centurion2000]

bump ...

[B4Ranch]

"there still wouldn't be a civilization" that the poor NAACP could ask for money.

[kidd]

I have a friend (white) who teaches math in Hartford (99% black). She is fustrated that the majority of funding and a large fraction of her time is spent on non-academics. A lot of the funding goes for daycare for the high school kids children, free breakfast and lunches that go uneaten, social programs, security, etc. She says that many of the kids are discipline problems. She hasn't left yet, but she doesn't sound happy or fulfilled. But this has nothing to do with her being white.

I wonder how many black teachers want to leave the black schools?

[lone star annie]

When the students look at whitey for the root cause of all their problems no wonder the teachers are treated shabbily. If the Administration of the schools allow the students to mistreat the white teachers because it is a cultural thing is disgusting. I don't blame these people a bit for wanting to go to a school where they can teach instead of having to deal with a bunch of kids who don't want to learn and hate you for being there.

[bourbon]

I'll just say this: white people are evil no matter what they do or don't do.



hee hee.... that must be my problem! Each day I try very hard not to be evil, but it doesn't do any good. Now if I can just get my family to come to grips with this fact. ;^)

[N. Theknow]

My mother left an un-air conditioned public school in Georgia for an air conditioned vo-tech school when the student body became over 50% black and the desire to learn fell to less than 10% of the students. Her reason for leaving, "It's not the heat, it's the stupidity."

[Godel]

One of my friends basically got a huge scholarship through school to become a teacher as long as he agreed to teach for 2 years a black school in Mississippi. He hates his life now. Every day he goes to work praying he gets fired. He's severely tempted to quit before his term is up, even though it would mean forfeiting tens of thousands of dollars. The stories I hear about those kids, you wouldn't believe. I fear greatly for our nation when these future criminals grow up. Did I say future criminals, most of them have already committed hundreds of assorted crimes. The have no conscience. Unbelievable what decades of wellfare dependancy can do to a culture.

[johnboy]

Evans rejected the idea that black schools can't be successful without white teachers. If they don't want to be there, then let them go, he said.

now, the really funny thing about this is these people are the ones currently arguing for "diversity" in the indiana/illinois case before scotus.

i wish they would all, well .... just go away somewhere where i never again have to see them, hear them, watch my country be destroyed by their hypocrisy ....

[Jim Noble]

The Boston Globe and their corporate parent, the New York Times, believe black Americans need them (formerly known as "Massa") to succeed.

OMG, we can't have all those little black children taught by (fill in the blank).

[winodog]

IMHO the fedgov.org will have to step up to the plate again and solve this problem. They will simply pass a law that all white teachers must spend 14% (thats approx. the population of blacks) of their time teaching at a all black school.
Neat and orderly solution to the problem. The fedgov. is easily capable of solving all minor problems such as this one. It is called socialism or facism and sooner or later the people who live in america will no longer vote for what is right but they will vote for bread and parties.

[bourbon]

just out of curiosity, where in Mississippi does your friend teach? We have some awful public schools here, and I just want to know how bad he's suffering.

[MrB]

I bet "Bring your dad to school day" is a bust there too.

Correlation and causation - lack of an involved parental father figure leads to anti-social behavior.

[Mo1]

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[trebb]

And the solution is:

To treat all people with total color-blindness and be able to administer punishment/restrictions/sanction based on the student's attitude and actions without having to worry about being termed a hateful racist.

As long as we have racist liberals (yep racists who believe one color should get special dispensation to the harm/detriment of another color) the problems will continue, and it will continue to do more and more harm to those that they pretend to want to help.

If minorities want true equality and the pride/respect/self-esteem that goes along with it, they need to jump the sink-by-design ship of the Democrats and open their eyes to true Republican values.