Ferguson Next: Here's how to end the school-to-prison pipeline, starting now
Dismantling racism needs step-by-step fixes where systematic, life-long discrimination begins: in America’s classrooms
Michael Brown was unarmed when Darren Wilson shot him in the middle of a residential street in broad daylight – and his unnecessary death sparked months of protests in Ferguson, Missouri. A grand jury’s decision not to indict Wilson on a single charge spurred even more calls for fundamental reforms of law enforcement and the justice system in Ferguson, in the state of Missouri and across America.
But ending the institutional racism that allowed a white man who killed an unarmed black teenager to walk free requires more than just reforming the processes that started after Michael Brown died. It requires us to begin where Brown began – at school, where children of color are labeled (and sometimes treated) as little more than criminals before they’ve lost their baby teeth.
When we asked readers for your bright ideas about reform, several suggested that we need to start with our schools and ending the school-to-prison pipeline for good. Criminalizing children instills a distrust for law enforcement early, and more cops in schools has meant more misdemeanor charges in lieu of visits to the principal’s office. Those trends also dramatically overcriminalize students of color – 70% of American students arrested for offences in school are black or Hispanic.
We spoke with Judith Browne Dianis, co-director of the Advancement Project, a civil rights group leading the fight against a system that “relentlessly criminalizes young people of color”, about how to start working to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
(Source: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/10/end-school-to-prison-pipeline)
Structure -
what- Dismantling racism needs step-by-step fixes where systematic, life-long discrimination begins: in America’s classrooms
who- not mention
where- Ferguson, in the state of Missouri and across America.
when- Started after Michael Brown died
why- Criminalizing children instills a distrust for law enforcement early, and more cops in schools has meant more misdemeanor charges in lieu of visits to the principal’s office.
how-A civil rights group leading the fight against a system that “relentlessly criminalizes young people of color”, about how to start working to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
Vocabulary
1.dismantle 廢除
2.indict 控告
3.instill 逐漸滲透
4.misdemeanor 輕罪
5.lieu 代替/場所
6.hispanic 講西班牙語的人
7.relentlessly 殘酷地/持續不斷地
But ending the institutional racism that allowed a white man who killed an unarmed black teenager to walk free requires more than just reforming the processes that started after Michael Brown died. It requires us to begin where Brown began – at school, where children of color are labeled (and sometimes treated) as little more than criminals before they’ve lost their baby teeth.
When we asked readers for your bright ideas about reform, several suggested that we need to start with our schools and ending the school-to-prison pipeline for good. Criminalizing children instills a distrust for law enforcement early, and more cops in schools has meant more misdemeanor charges in lieu of visits to the principal’s office. Those trends also dramatically overcriminalize students of color – 70% of American students arrested for offences in school are black or Hispanic.
We spoke with Judith Browne Dianis, co-director of the Advancement Project, a civil rights group leading the fight against a system that “relentlessly criminalizes young people of color”, about how to start working to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
(Source: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/10/end-school-to-prison-pipeline)
Structure -
what- Dismantling racism needs step-by-step fixes where systematic, life-long discrimination begins: in America’s classrooms
who- not mention
where- Ferguson, in the state of Missouri and across America.
when- Started after Michael Brown died
why- Criminalizing children instills a distrust for law enforcement early, and more cops in schools has meant more misdemeanor charges in lieu of visits to the principal’s office.
how-A civil rights group leading the fight against a system that “relentlessly criminalizes young people of color”, about how to start working to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
Vocabulary
1.dismantle 廢除
2.indict 控告
3.instill 逐漸滲透
4.misdemeanor 輕罪
5.lieu 代替/場所
6.hispanic 講西班牙語的人
7.relentlessly 殘酷地/持續不斷地
Racial discrimination is a well-known issue, I think everyone should take it seriously!
回覆刪除And it is sad to know a white man killed a black man. Everyone is equal, and deserves equal rights.
We should stop discrimination from our education at school. Children need to know that people in different color have the equal right and they should also be treated equally.
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