[Durham INC] Literacy

[Craig Clement]

I believe this discussion was asked to be discontinued on the INC list
serve. Frankly I am very tired of receiving emails regarding it. Please
take your irrelevant squabbles elsewhere.

Craig



On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Christine Chamberlain <
christinebbd at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Pat, and a few others, sent excellent replies to the discussion on
> literacy.  Where, in this discussion on literacy, did the topic of "black
> boys" enter in?  Carl Kenny speaks up to say black boys are illiterate.
> Not white boys.  Not white girls.  Not black girls.  Carl Kenney, role
> model to black boys, tells us black boys are illiterate.
>
> Carl said,  "Black boys have several things working against them: schools
> that cater to female learning styles, the continuing effects of racism in
> schools (stereotyping black boys as “aggressive” or “dumb”), and a culture
> where male role models are seriously lacking."
>
> Hogwash.  This is hogwash, Carl.  Stop blaming the schools, the fault lies
> within the home.  The sentence you included directly after this was "In
> 2002, 66% of boys <http://www.percy-ricketts.com/stats.php> lived in a
> home absent of their biological father."  Stop blaming the schools.  The
> role of an educator is to educate. Period.
>
> 1. "cater to female learning styles"?  Where on earth did you come up with
> that one?  IF this were true, why aren't the white males suffering?
>
> 2. We're talking about preschool and elementary grade children here.  NO
> ONE, except people such as yourself, is telling these children they are
> dumb and aggressive.
>
> 3.  Yes, there are few black male role models.  Unfortunately, a tiny
> segment undermine the work of the black male role models by telling these
> little boys racism is why they can't make it beyond 3rd grade.
>
> Fact:  Healthy Start Academy has had a good number of black male teachers
> over the course of 14 years.  My daughter sat in their classroom.  Not
> once, in 14 years, has racism entered the classroom.  The message of racism
> comes from a tiny segment of black folks, like you, trying to keep the only
> job they have.
>
>
> Christine Chamberlain
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