I’m Not Racist, But My Kid’s Not Going There [On Segregation]
It starts the same.
“I heard what you’re saying about integration and everything, and I agree with you in general …”
“Yes?”
“And I hear you on fighting for all schools and not just mine …”
“Mmmhmmm.”
“And I’m not racist, but I don’t want to take my kids out of a well-resourced school so they can go to a school with gang violence.”
“Excuse me, what?”
“I don’t mean …”
Yes, you did.
If you’ve read any reporting from New York Times’ Kate Taylor in the last few months, any discussion around school segregation and integration in New York City has a “but I’m not racist” in it. Racism isn’t merely a set of feelings one has towards another, but also the systematic ways we view schools where the students predominantly attending are black. continue reading
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