Comments on: Resegregation Could Devastate Minority Students

By: usersuz

usersuz — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:25:52 +0000

There’s something here that doesn’t make sense: if more white students went to school with minority students in 2005-2006, that’s a good thing, yes? So if at the same time, more minority students went to schools with fewer white kids, doesn’t that just mean that the latino population is surging? That would comport with census figures. I am optimistic: I see the lines getting blurred between the definition of white and latino, as students look at these poll questions and say, gosh, I’m a little of both: I am a TOM (two or more). Also, the influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America can also contribute to isolation, you know: if they are here without papers, they want to blend in. Not only will they be in the poorer neighborhoods, they will want to hang tight with a Spanish-speaking community. Maybe it’s not as bad as you think…

By: Wildflower

Wildflower — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:10:36 +0000

I wonder about these figures.
Take a look at the racial mix at Bradley Elementary School in SE Denver.
(Or do they consider white kids the “minority” in DPS?)
And I wonder why the English-speaking children have to use the 3 R’s classtime to learn Spanish, wouldn’t it be a better use of the Spanish teacher’s time teaching English to children who do not speak it so that they can survive and prosper in this society?

By: Wildflower

Wildflower — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:43:20 +0000

p.s. I wonder how “mixed” it is where Mr. Gottlieb lives?