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Getting Special Treatment
"He says, they're too easy on black students, and let them get away with just about anything when it comes to academics and behavior."
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By Karime Blanco
Youth Radio's Karime Blanco shares a story of a student from her high school writing an article about black students receiving special treatment. Karime sees this opinion as a form of racism and she believes it reinforces stereotypes. "I’m scared to think about what my school would be like if it gave up on all these kids at the first sign of struggle." (December 17 on KCBS)
I never knew an article so short could stir up so much emotion.
Recently a senior at my high school wrote an article that created major controversy across the student body.
He basically said that white adults at our school suffer from “white guilt.” He says, they're too easy on black students, and let them get away with just about anything when it comes to academics and behavior.
I’ll admit it, I have seen leniency for kids at school. But it’s not just black kids. It’s whites, Latinos, Middle Easterners and Asians too. It’s for anyone who needs special attention to help him or her succeed. I’m scared to think about what my school would be like if it gave up on all these kids at the first sign of struggle.
Personally, I think it’s time for those who feel the same as the senior who wrote the article to realize the idea that black kids are getting “special treatment,” only reinforces stereotypes and sugar-coats racism.
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