The recommendations are nonbinding, but, in essence, the federal government is telling the school districts around the country that they should adhere to the principles of fairness and equity in student discipline or face strong action if they don't.
That's forcing.
In American schools, black students without disabilities were more than three times as likely as whites to be expelled or suspended, according to government civil rights data collection from 2011-2012. Although black students made up 15 percent of students in the data collection, they made up more than a third of students suspended once, 44 percent of those suspended more than once and more than a third of students expelled.
More than half of students involved in school-related arrests or referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or black, according to the data.
Of course this must be because of racism. It does not say it directly but it sure is implied.
Already, in March of last year, the
Justice Department spearheaded a settlement with the Meridian, Miss., school district to end discriminatory disciplinary practices. The black students in the district were facing harsher punishment than whites for similar misbehavior.
This should never happen.
For example, in our investigations, we have found cases where African-American students were disciplined more harshly and more frequently because of their race than similarly situated white students," the letter said. "In short, racial discrimination in school discipline is a real problem."
What concerns me is they give data over the percentages of minorities who are being punished but do not give any evidence of minorities being punished more harshly, just stated it. This is not equal exposition.
In other words this article is slanted. Give facts and figures that support your position, more or less, and give no facts or figures on the exact nature of this perceived prejudice. Instances of correction that were in deed more punitive than those whites received. Its just implied since more minorities have been punished it automatically assumes a prejudice.
If the punishments were actually more harsh, they would cite specific acts that proved it. They did not.
Suspicious, at best.