The Miseducation Of Black Children In Our Schools

Far too many local citizens are very proud of the available school districts. In part, they really should be proud of the accomplishments and the progress which has been mad e in the schools throughout the years from segregation to integration. Schools have teachers and principals from Black and White ethnic backgrounds. Curriculums are closely considered equal and opportunistic for all students.

Are school buildings actually lending toward positive, safe and visually fair and equally sound education for all students, regardless of the locations?

When Dr. Carter G. Woodson wrote the original The Mis-Education of the Negro, his emphasis was that Blacks of his day were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools.

Today, the Mis-Education of Black children in today’s schools reflects the inconsideration of the location and structure of the future MLK School. The school is obviously located in a flood zone and structure is not representative of any new school in the overall city.

Culturally, Blacks are excited about getting a new school, especially wearing the name Martin Luther King Jr. Certainly, not enough input from knowledgeable citizens in the community was sought. Board members do represent but they should have used resources and listed to the cry from Mrs. Minified and others who reside in the area and live with Stress every time the weather is cloudy and Fear every time it rains.

No doubt, parents, students and citizens are so proud that money of taxpayers is being spent to appease the need and thirst for a new school. Citizens have kept quiet and were brainwashed to believe that the school leaders and board members were making the best decision.

Realistically, had the zip codes of the students who are going walk those halls of MLK had been different, a great deal of thought and community input would have gone into the location of the school. History would not be repeating itself, as written in Dr. Woodson’s 1933 book, as we pass by the future site of MLK School.