I don’t think I mentioned anything that costs significant money. A couple scholarships would cost in the tens of thousands of dollars, and increased recruitment wouldn’t be more than that. My neighborhood university is spending tens of millions on a new athletic facility, despite being mediocre at all sports. If they…

Your white feminist tears are delicious.

“But what if you said that about a white person!? Reverse racism is totes realz you guyz!”

Get a clue.

You had me at this:

Is there any widespread social problem that can be fixed by forcing life choices onto people? Has anyone suggested that outside of the Soviet Union? It’s kind of amazing that, when presented with a problem, you think of the simplest, least feasible solution, and, when that solution is dumb, you can’t imagine any other…

Actually, some people are being turned away from teaching because of their race. In Chicago, the mayor-appointed school board actively encourages schools to get rid of black and veteran teachers and replaces them with young white teachers.

Well, American public school students are certainly not overwhelmingly white.

The requirements often benefit white middle class people. Some of them are completely stupid and makes no damn sense. Even when you become a teacher it never ends. There is still some stupid thing you have to do that distracts from your job and personal life.

Hm, so I don’t mean “nothing” in the sense that both are at complete and total opposition. I would say that it’s a radically different skill set. White suburban kids are privileged—they are more likely to have a parent read to them when they’re little, grow up in a home with maybe one other sibling, have educated…

Didn’t Michelle Rhee get criticized in Washington DC for laying off a bunch of African-American teachers, largely replacing them with white kids from Teach for America, most of whom only stick around for a couple of years? At least people are starting to catch onto some of the TFA nonsense.

Ok white teachers, y’all need to calm down. This article doesn’t dismiss your hard work or dedication, it’s raising some questions. Why do some people get so defensive and insist on seeing racial equality as a zero sum game?!

And you’re right, as a woman of color who has had the fortune of an education at a great school, the last thing I’m going into is teaching. I got bills to pay and a family to start. I’m not inheriting anything from my parents, they are not helping me any more (and I was incredibly fortunate that they were able to do…

“Is there really an issue here?”

Because all you are doing is name calling. Whom does that help?

Chicago Public Schools have been actively getting rid of black and veteran teachers and replacing them with Teach-for-America-esque young white teachers, despite CPS students being overwhelmingly black.

Weird. I read an article about how systemic racism perpetuates itself in innocuous ways. I guess we read two completely different articles.

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I’m Hispanic and the first in my family to attend college. Once I decided to be a teacher, I knew I’d end up working with Latino or Native American students.

At first, I did not want to become a teacher because of the low-pay (and a promotion in education means moving further away from students). I have a lot of…

The requirements in the teaching profession are actually pushing out a lot of minorities that are interested. My mother has her PhD in education and she also teaches it. She is currently teaching at a reservation college. She says it is a struggle to get many of the Indian students through the program. There are all…

I mean you could pretty much insert any profession other than teaching and there will be racial disparity.