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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: [ARN-state] racism on NY Regents exam
In a message dated 5/15/2006 12:47:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, campbellp@mail.montclair.edu writes: ...If we leave it to KIPP to raise poor black and Hispanic children, how will they raise them? With what outcome in mind? As many social dominance theorists have suggested, the most stable societies are those in which historically oppressed groups accept the legitimacy of the hierarchical structure, thus internalizing their oppression by rationalizing to themselves their place in the order of things.... ___________________________________________________________ The KIPP founders were on Oprah which by your lights makes her a tool for the oppression of minority parents and children. Black and Hispanic parents are sending their children to KIPP schools, which they seem to like and where, by many reports, they are doing well. It's almost like Black and Hispanic parents don't need your advice on how to raise their children. Art
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