Text: Law and Order in School and Society: How Discipline and Policing Policies Harm Students of Color, and What We Can Do About It
In, “Law and Order in School and Society: How Discipline and Policing Policies Harm Students of Color, and What We Can Do About It,” Scott outlines possible approaches to counter the destructive policies in place in schools and society which negatively impact students of color. Scott outlines recommendations for both local and state levels. The recommendations are socialistic in nature such as the redistribution of resources and creating restorative justice in school communities. In these types of school communities, students become active participants in their academic learning, social emotional development, and acquire skills to assist with conflict resolution.
Text (Ted Talk): How We're Priming Some Kids for College and Others for Prison
Author: A. Hoffman
The 13th documentary argues that systems of oppression have evolved but, the inequities of resources and opportunities for “high poverty communities of color” have transcended time. Throughout the years, systems of oppression have been redesigned; slavery to lynching, lynching to Jim Crow, Jim Crow to segregation, and segregation to mass incarceration. Scott suggests a similar viewpoint in the article, Law & Order in School and Society, “The rise of mass incarceration, is a continuation of the slave era control over the lives of black people aimed at framing black people as a permanent under-caste in American life” (10). These systems of oppression exist in America because conservative ideologies of the penal system have merged with capitalist ventures in privatizing the system to create a profitable market.
Author: Janelle Scott
In, “Law and Order in School and Society: How Discipline and Policing Policies Harm Students of Color, and What We Can Do About It,” Scott outlines possible approaches to counter the destructive policies in place in schools and society which negatively impact students of color. Scott outlines recommendations for both local and state levels. The recommendations are socialistic in nature such as the redistribution of resources and creating restorative justice in school communities. In these types of school communities, students become active participants in their academic learning, social emotional development, and acquire skills to assist with conflict resolution.
The concept of restorative practice aligns with the concept of “Critical Hope” presented by Duncan in ``Hope Required When Growing Roses in Concrete.” Duncan states, “[Teachers] do not create an ideal environment for growth, but they afford some leaking in of sunlight, water, and other resources that provide the material justification to hope” (186). A restorative justice school environment emphasizes the importance of creating and utilizing community resources, builds rapport with students and their families, and facilitates connections between students and local organizations.
The relationships built and skills learned through restorative teaching are examples of the “sunlight” 🌞 and “water” 🚰 needed in school communities to help students navigate and potentially overcome the barriers encountered in urban communities (Duncan, 186).
Text (Ted Talk): How We're Priming Some Kids for College and Others for Prison
Author: A. Hoffman
Hoffman’s Ted Talk argues that some students are primed for college while others are funneled from schools into the prison system; a school to prison pipe-line. Hoffman's argument aligns with a music quote in the 13th documentary, “Most youth will never escape the jail fate.” To help urban youth escape this fate, Hoffman suggests a progressive reform of the criminal justice system: a shift from a CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM to a CRITICAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Hoffman’s ideal is a system that (1) Acknowledges the practice of exclusion in society, (2) Does not continue or promote exclusionary practices, and (3) Believes in young black people. A system that believes in young black and brown children is a system built on Duncan’s concept of “Critical Hope.”
Text: 13th Documentary
Author (Screenwriter): Ava DuVernay
Text: 13th Documentary
Author (Screenwriter): Ava DuVernay
The 13th documentary argues that systems of oppression have evolved but, the inequities of resources and opportunities for “high poverty communities of color” have transcended time. Throughout the years, systems of oppression have been redesigned; slavery to lynching, lynching to Jim Crow, Jim Crow to segregation, and segregation to mass incarceration. Scott suggests a similar viewpoint in the article, Law & Order in School and Society, “The rise of mass incarceration, is a continuation of the slave era control over the lives of black people aimed at framing black people as a permanent under-caste in American life” (10). These systems of oppression exist in America because conservative ideologies of the penal system have merged with capitalist ventures in privatizing the system to create a profitable market.
The way the private prison system exploits the inmate correlates to the system of slavery. These policies are used to benefit the private shareholders rather than the well being and rehabilitation of incarcerated people of color and their communities.
HI! Janelle, I really like what you highlighted some of the very interesting points here. I think that a lot has been achieved since many decades ago, teachers play a crucial role in making students see the discrimination and reaching to the place of making that gradual change of faulty justice system. The analysis of the scholars exchanged the inequality of justice, social, civil and rights to education. I am amazed by see the decades of sacrifices and bearing of torturous treatment is really saddening. But I am hopeful that teacher like yourself, will be that building step up the stairs to reach the ultimate goal of treating people of color as human and accepting in a democratic ideal society, equity has to be willingly attained without the fear of being powerless or lack in ability of being civil human species.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. Stakeholders in communities such as teachers, small business owners, local police and fire departments all hold a vital role in creating relationships with children and families in the community. These relationships, I believe, help promote a positive and safe environment where difficult conversations about race and culture can be had.