New York's Dignity for ALL Students Act

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NEW YORK'S 'DIGNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS' ACT: Bill Addresses Tension Between Asian & Black Students.

Violence rises between Asian and African American Students in NY Schools

(May. 14, 2004) Civil Rights laws are kicking up in New York with the rising tension between Asian and African American students in New York's public high schools. A proposed state law focusing on prohibiting discrimination and harassment of students in public schools on the basis of race, color and sexual orientation will now probably pick up in its progress.

The Dignity for All Students Act was passed by the New York State Assembly. In order to become law it still has to be passed by the State Senate and Governor George Pataki must sign the bill into law.


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[1savvydiva]

It's a shame that they have to pass a LAW to make this illegal. These 'young'uns' must not have been taught by their parents of the discrimination that OUR ancestors had to go through just because of their ethnicity. *SMH*