You've Got to be Kidding

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

However this article makes it appear as though the "slower" class is FILLED to the brim with black children. WHY?

Black kids are disproportionately represented in the lower tracks in school systems across the country. There are a number of causes and correlates often including and not limited to discrimination on the basis of social class and/or race.

I went to a predominantly white elementary school and there was a learning disabilities and physical and mental disabilities class with only (or mostly) Black kids in it. I went to predominantly Black middle and high schools and I expected the kids in the lower tracks and "disabilities class" (which was one room with no windows ) to be Black kids. I felt sorry for these kids and also the ESL kids who were Asian and Hispanic. They got bullied and laughed at.