Littleton and Race

["Sands, Michele" <MSands@ECFS.ORG>]

This morning NPR had a commentary by Bebe Campbell stating that
conversations about Littleton  should include race.  The white male
entitlement our society endows on our youth allows violence to go
unchecked until something like this or Jonesboro, or the Texas murder
actually happens.  She said that violence happens in all colors, but
black violence most often is turned inward; on the few ocasions it
sneaks out, it is almost always immediately checked.  Her words rang
eloquent and true.  Hopefully it will be archived and available tomorrow
at :  http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/

At any rate this is a discussion that teachers and learners need to
have, regardless of the catalyst.  And discussing race--rather than the
internet or parental control or prayer in schools--lends more light to
violence in our society today.


Michele Sands
Media Technology Librarian
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
New York, N.Y.
msands@ecfs.org
> We need to educate our children for their future, not our past.
> Arthur C.
> Clarke
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