Background for Zero-Tolerance, was Re: [fla-left] [news/education] Schools fail racial equity,report states (fwd)

[Carrol Cox]

This post from Michael Hoover nearly two months ago throws
light, I believe, on the recent "Zero Tolerance" thread. Whatever
left defenders of this repressive practice may honestly believe,
the policy has no real aim other than the continued oppression
and ghettoization of blacks in the United States. It (including
its rationalization of Police terrorism) is probably the chief
bulwark of racism in the united states today. Readers who
don't remember Michael's post should look it up in the lbo
archives.

Carrol

Michael Hoover wrote ( Thu, 02 Mar 2000 18:23:19 -0500 (EST):


> below supports view that so-called 'drop-out' is 'push-out' for some...
> Michael Hoover
>
> > Published Wednesday, March 1, 2000, in the Miami Herald
> >
> >  Schools fail racial equity, report states
> >
> >  BY ROBERT SANCHEZ
> >  rsanchez at herald.com
> >
> >  [snip]
> >
> >  ``If racial equity were a required course,'' the strongly
> > worded report from the Applied Research
> >  Center begins, ``most U.S. public school systems
> > would receive a failing grade.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >  The report cites the relatively large numbers of
> > African Americans suspended or expelled for
> >  disciplinary reasons under policies of ``zero
> > tolerance'' for drugs, weapons and violence -- and the
> >  relatively low participation by African American and
> > Latino students in most advanced and gifted
> >  programs. . . .