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If that isn't a joke, is surely is a poorly chosen topic. Whoever came up with it should be taken to task, and the topic changed. IMHO! Pat Wamsley (patw1@muskox.alaska.edu) |{ancient Chinese blessing/curse} wk: Colony HS Library (907) 746-9538 | hm: 3700 Spruce Top Circle | "May you live Wasilla, AK 99654 (907) 376-8854 | in interesting times!" On Fri, 1 Dec 1995 PINCKARDD@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US wrote: > Dear Friends: > > Of the five responses I've received thus far, four want to know what ethnic > cleansing is. One response was, "Is this a joke? Ethnic Cleansing is a > large scale organized genocide." > > We are as confused as you are. "Ethnic Cleansing in U.S. Schools" is one > of the topics for discussion at our Model U.N. Summit. > > The only articles I can find on ethnic cleansing have to do with Bosnia or > Yugoslavia or the Holocaust. > > Our best guess is that "they" are referring to Proposition 187 in > California which deals with providing services (health care, education, > welfare, etc.) to illegal aliens. My understanding is that this > proposition is now in appeal to the California State Appeals Court, but > that it is also being placed on referendums in nine other states. That's > the closest we can come to saying there is any sort of ethnic cleansing in > U.S. schools. > > There was something on one of the tv news magazine shows a couple of weeks > ago about a school or school system in Georgia where black students were > most often placed in "B" classes and mostly whites were placed in "A" > classes. I personally think that could be considered discrimination, but > not ethnic cleansing. > > Comments? Suggestions? Articles to read? > > Thanks, > Debbie Pinckard > > > Debbie Pinckard, Librarian 423/238-9003 > Ooltewah High School 423/238-5871 Fax > 6123 Mountain View Road 423/238-7204 Library > Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363 PINCKARDD@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US >