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3 generations of Black Philadelphia students report persistent anti-Black attitudes in schools
Over 45 Black students aged 14 to 95 detail low expectations, harsher discipline, and curricular sanitization as persistent anti-Black bias in Philadelphia public schools.
- Over 45 Black Philadelphia students, ages 14 to 95, described ongoing anti-Black bias across generations in schools, according to research findings.
- Structural patterns such as sanitized curricula and disinvestment have long tied school segregation and resegregation in Philadelphia to systemic roots.
- According to interviews with Black students, white teachers used racial epithets including the n-word and made remarks such as `You're acting like a park ape`, along with wrongful candy-jar accusations and suspensions.
- Community responses included Black communities in Philadelphia organizing Afrocentric spaces and movements for educational justice after experiences eroded student confidence.
- Despite decades of reform, participants said racial harms persist across three generations of students, though some schools and classrooms offering affirmation with Black teachers instill pride.
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3 Generations of Black Philadelphia Students Report Persistent Anti-Black Attitudes in Schools - Bucks County Beacon
Written by Leana Cabral, Columbia University John Washington, now in his 50s, attended a public elementary and middle school in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia and then went to a large magnet high school, a type of public school that has a selective admission process. As he has gotten older, he has understood that in the education system in Philadelphia, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” John was bused during …
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3 generations of Black Philadelphia students report persistent anti-Black attitudes in schools
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