A kallo na farko, Seattle-gida ga magajin gari a fili gay, dan majalisar birnin Socialist, mafi karancin albashi a kasar, da kuma wani shiri na gari da aka sadaukar don "daidaitan launin fata" - ya bayyana yana kan gaba a gwagwarmayar rashin adalci. ko da daya daga cikin nau'ikan da ba a sani ba, dagewa, da rashin fahimta: wariyar launin fata. Duk da haka, Seattle ta zama gida ga wani rikici na kabilanci mai ban kunya, wanda gundumar makarantar ta juya baya ga kudurin birnin na yin adalci na launin fata kuma ta yi watsi da kukan mazabarta akai-akai-duk ya samo asali ne daga korafe-korafen dangi fari guda: “Mu sun damu da cewa yanayin ajin ya zama yanayi na gaba, rashin tsaro na koyo ba ga ɗiyarmu kaɗai ba, amma dukan ɗaliban da ke cikin ajin—wanda ke da alaƙa da kai hari, ƙabilanci, fashewar tunani, tsoratarwa na ɗabi'a, ɓata ɗan adam, lalata zamantakewa. , da kuma indoctrination na mulki. ”
Gaskiya, koyaushe na san irin wannan imel ɗin yana zuwa. A cikin 2001, an ɗauke ni hayar don taimaka wa buɗe Cibiyar Cibiyar, ƙaramar makaranta a Makarantun Jama'a na Seattle, kuma na fara koyar da Rukunin Race a 2002. Zana wani ɓangare daga horon da aka yi a faɗin gunduma kan wariyar launin fata da ake kira Tattaunawar Ƙarfafa, Ƙungiyar Race ta kafa. ka'idoji masu aminci don tattaunawa ta launin fata kafin magance batutuwan da aka ɗora kamar su wariyar launin fata da aka kafa da kuma farar gata. Dalibai na gaba sun bincika nasu kabilanci kuma sun bincika dabarun ƙalubalantar wariyar launin fata. Tun daga farkon rukunin, ɗalibai sun karɓe ta. "Ku jira har sai rukunin tsere," tsofaffi sun gaya wa ƙananan maki. Irin wannan ra'ayi daga ɗalibai na bambancin launin fata ya zama ruwan dare gama gari:
- “Wannan rukunin ya canza rayuwata. Kowa a ajina ya daure da shi.
- “Da ba don wannan ajin ba, da na kasance wani yaro ne da ya makale a duniya wanda yake hukunta mutane akai-akai. Yanzu ina kallon mutane kuma na ga fiye da bayanan launin fata…
- “Wannan manhajja ta shirya ni ga duniya kuma ta sa na zama mutum nagari. Ya kamata a koyar da shi a kowace makaranta.
- Bayan shekaru tara na resoundingly tabbatacce dalibi ra'ayin-ba tare da sosai kamar yadda wani tsokaci na damuwa daga iyaye-Na manta da abin da ko da yaushe sani yana zuwa. A ranar 7 ga Disamba, 2012, a cikin shekara ta 10 na manhajar, imel ɗin ya zo. Kamar yadda amincin ɗalibi ya kasance koyaushe kuma koyaushe zai kasance babban damuwata, na amince da taro.
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Mahaifi da mahaifiyar, duka farar fata, sun haɗa jerin tambayoyin eh-ko-a'a game da Ƙungiyar Race wanda da sauri ya juya zuwa zargi, zagi, har ma da barazana. Iyayen sun yi fatali da duk wani yunkurin da na yi na tattauna halin da daliban suke ciki, da matsuguni, inda suka bayyana cewa wannan taron ya shafi manufofinsu na siyasa ne, ba almajirinsu ba, wanda har zuwa ranar wannan taron—ya kasance a shirye yake. sha'awa, kuma mai shiga tsakani.
Ajandarsu? "Muna tambayar ku da kar ku yi amfani da yaren launin fata dangane da ɗalibai a cikin aji." Iyayen sun nuna cewa bai kamata in bar dalibai su yi amfani da kalmar nan “Fararen Jama’a ba.” Sun yi imanin cewa manufofin gundumomi da kuma dokokin jihohi da na tarayya, sun haramta "'tattaunawar sirri dangane da launin fata' a cikin aji." Ba zan iya yarda da buƙatun da suka ɗauki tsarin makafi ga launin fata ba, saboda ana iya ɗaukar makafin kansa a matsayin nau'in wariyar launin fata. Bugu da ƙari, yin hakan ba zai yi watsi da tarihin Amurka kawai ba, har ma zai lalata horon gundumomi, manufofin gunduma, kuma, mafi mahimmanci, ƙwarewar mutane marasa adadi waɗanda launin fata wani muhimmin sashe ne na asalinsu.
A ranar 8 ga Janairu, na sami wasiƙa daga Ma'aikatan Ma'aikata; An gudanar da bincike don ƙirƙirar yanayi mara kyau. A cikin shafi biyar na iyaye, korafe-korafen da aka tsara kamar taƙaitaccen doka, an zarge ni da yawan ɗabi'un da ba su dace ba waɗanda suka ci karo da kimantawa na na shekara, cike da yabo:
- Ba da izinin ɗalibi kyauta kuma mara iyaka na nuna kyamar launin fata, da ƙarfafa ɗalibai su nuna ƙiyayyar launin fata ba tare da tsangwama ba.
- Ƙirƙirar yanayin aji mai cike da motsin rai inda fushi, tsoro, kuka, ihu, da ƙiyayya suka mamaye mu'amala tare da tsakanin ɗalibai.
- Yana haifar da rarrabuwar kawuna a tsakanin al'umma, da sabani, da rashin jituwa a tsakanin dalibansa, a aji da waje
Kuma idan bacewar aji bai isa ba, iyayen sun kaddamar da juyin mulkin nasu: “Muna mika gundumar zuwa ga GenocideWatch.org, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta kare hakkin dan Adam ta duniya, wacce ta bayyana wani tsari mai mataki 8 wanda kiyayyar launin fata ke yin tasiri a cikin al'umma. . Abubuwan da muka bayyana a cikin wannan korafi sun bayyana da yawa daga cikin matakan da ake aiwatarwa a cikin aji na SPS." Ga dangi, waɗannan maganganun sun tabbatar da matsananciyar yanayin tsattsauran ra'ayi na. Ga kowane mai hankali, yakamata su tabbatar da na dangi.
Amma ban taba ganin korafin a hukumance ba sai bayan makonni bayan kammala binciken da aka yi na tsawon wata da rabi. A lokacin hirara da mai binciken Albarkatun Dan Adam, tambayoyin sun ta'allaka ne kan motsin zuciyar da Ƙungiyar Race ta haifar - kuma wannan ya kasance mafi yawan Rukunin tseren da na taɓa koyarwa. Saboda Cibiyar Cibiyar ta kasance fari ne kuma ba a sani ba tare da ƙananan zalunci - da kuma nuna wariyar launin fata - cewa mutane masu launi na iya fuskantar yau da kullum, ƙwarewar da ta fi dacewa da sashin ya ji daga ƙungiyar masu magana da baƙi, duk launi, wanda sun faɗi gaskiyarsu game da abubuwan da suka shafi kabilanci da wariyar launin fata. Bayan jin labarin nasu, wani babban da ya bayyana a matsayin Ba’amurke Ba’amurke kuma Bahaushe, ya sami kwarin gwiwar yin magana nasa. Ya raba jin an yi niyya a filin ƙwallon ƙafa. Ya raba baya jin "al'ada" saboda launin fata. Ya raba ba ya jin an fahimta da farar fata. Ya raba jin cewa ba zai taba zama likita ba, alal misali, saboda "mutane ba za su amince da shi ba." A duk tsawon lokacin, ɗalibin ya bi kusan kowace gogewa tare da neman gafara, yana damuwa da labarun wariyar launin fata na iya cutar da abokan karatunsa na farar fata. Masu gabatar da kara sun sha nanata cewa ba ya bukatar neman gafara, “Ba muna magana ne game da fararen fata ba; muna magana ne game da fari." Na bayyana wa mai binciken cewa da yawa daga cikinmu sun motsa cikin motsin rai ta hanyar raba shi, sakamakon yanayin aji mai aminci wanda ya ba da damar irin wannan rauni.
Daga cikin zarge-zargen da ake yi wa dangin, zargin da ya makale shi ne cin zarafin SPS Policy 3207—Hana Harassment, Tirjama, da Zagi (HIB). A ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, wata wasiƙa ta zo, wannan lokacin daga mai kula da Makarantun Jama'a na Seattle, José Banda. An same ni da laifin haifar da yanayi mai ban tsoro, kodayake Banda bai fayyace ainihin yadda na yi haka ba.
A Makarantar Cibiyar farar fata ta fi rinjaye, ingantaccen ƙarar HIB mai alaƙa da launin fata zai fito daga ɗalibai masu launi. Ko da ban da abubuwan da suka faru na gaba (bangaren kabilanci kamar kalmar N da maganganun wulakanci kamar "Na ƙi 'yan Mexico"), ɗalibai masu launi sun yi shekaru da yawa sun ba da rahoton batutuwan da suka shafi tsere:
- Fararen malamai da daliban da suka yi ta faman danganta su, manhajojin da ba su bayyana abubuwan da suka faru ba,
- hyper-visibility ko rashin ganuwa a matsayin ƴan tsirarun kabilanci, masu fa'ida ta jami'ar tsaro,
- stereotyping by farar fata dalibai — duk abin da ya kawo cikas ga tarbiyyar wadannan dalibai.
Shin Albarkatun Jama'a za su taɓa karɓar irin waɗannan misalan wariyar launin fata da aka kafa a gundumar a matsayin tushen tushen HIB? Ba zai yiwu ba, amma irin waɗannan korafe-korafen sun fi ma'ana fiye da wanda dangin farar fata suka gabatar. Amma Banda ya yi fiye da halasta gurbatattun nasu a cikin wasiƙar tsawatar da ya yi; A cikin wasiƙar, Banda ba tare da izini ba kuma ya dakatar da sashin tseren ba zato ba tsammani.
Al'umma Na Tarawa
Da sauri maganar ta watsu. Yin amfani da dabarun bayar da shawarwari da aka koyar a cikin aji, tsofaffi - na son rai - sun shirya cikin sauri, suna gudanar da tarurrukan lokacin abincin rana a cikin mako. Ƙoƙari ne na kabila dabam-dabam, nunin haɗin kai da ke nuna yadda ake nisa daga gaskiyar zargin "rarrabuwar jama'a". Ba da daɗewa ba ɗalibai suka kafa ƙungiyar Facebook, suna jawo mambobi ɗari: tsofaffin ɗalibai, ɗalibai na yanzu, da iyaye/masu kula da su duka. Manya sun fara zagaya takarda da koke na dijital. Yawancin malaman Makarantun Cibiyoyin su ma sun yi gangami, da farko ta hanyar fuskantar shugabar makarantar kafin taron ma’aikata sannan kuma ta kai ƙarar Shauna Heath, shugabar koyarwa na gundumar wanda a ƙarshe ya kula da makomar karatun da aka dakatar. Zak Meyer, wani dalibi farar fata ne wanda takardar sa hannu ta dijital ta samu daruruwan sa hannun a cikin ‘yan kwanaki, ya karfafawa kungiyar Facebook kwarin gwiwar rubuta Heath, da kuma mambobin kwamitin da ke nazarin manhajar karatu kuma ya tuntubi kafafen yada labarai. Ƙoƙarin tattarawa ya yi niyya a taron Hukumar Makarantun Seattle na gaba a ranar 6 ga Maris.
Ba da daɗewa ba dakatarwar ta mamaye manema labarai. "Ba kowace rana ba ne muke samun shawarwarin labarai daga ɗaliban makarantar sakandaren da ke yaƙar canjin tsarin karatu," in ji "Stranger." KIRO TV ta gana da dalibai a wajen makarantar, lamarin da ya haifar da wani labari mai taken "Daliban Makarantar Centre sun yi wa daliban da aka dakatar da aji." Washegari da daddare, wata ƙara ta katse abincin dare tare da iyalina. Wata tashar labarai ta TV ce ta nemi a yi hira da ita, wanda na ki ta rufaffiyar kofa.
A halin yanzu, tsofaffin ɗalibai, ɗalibai, da iyaye suna cika akwatin saƙo na Heath. “Mayar da ajinsa. Jahannama, ku yi rajista,” in ji wani bature a fusace. Iyaye masu launi sun yi kira da rashin adalcin dakatarwar. Wani ya yi gardama, "Rufe tattaunawa kan kabilanci da jinsi, a matsayin al'umma, yana mayar da wasunmu a bayan motar makaranta." Wani kuma ya rubuta, "Dakatar da tsarin karatun kan launin fata, musamman bisa korafin dangi daya kawai, ya aika da mummunan sako ga dalibai, musamman dalibai masu launi, game da wanda ke da iko." Malamai a fadin gundumar, sun damu da wannan barazana ga 'yancin ilimi, sun kara da tarin akwatin saƙo na Heath. A jajibirin taron Hukumar Makaranta, “Stranger” ya rubuta, “Na yi magana da ɓangarorin da abin ya shafa, kuma yana jin kamar taron shugabannin makaranta na gobe zai iya zama abin nunawa.”
Taron Hukumar Makaranta
A Seattle Times labarin da aka buga a wannan rana ya kara dagula wutar. "Feds probing Seattle kula da dalibai bakar fata" ya ruwaito cewa 'yan Afirka Ba'amurke, tun daga firamare har zuwa sakandare, sun fi sau uku a dakatar fiye da daliban White. Bayanai na ɗaliban Latino da ƴan asalin ƙasar Amurka suma sun kasance marasa ƙarfi. Labarin baya rasa nasaba da dakatarwar manhajar; manhaja mai dacewa, mai ma'ana tana sa ɗalibai su shiga makaranta. Ƙungiyar Race ta kasance shaida akan hakan. Kuma sabuwar tsarin tsere da daidaiton da aka cimma, wanda ya ba da umarni cewa manhajojin su nuna kwarewar dalibanta daban-daban, yakamata su tabbatar da cewa za a kare irin wadannan manhajoji.
Amma duk da haka a nan mun kasance a taron Hukumar Makarantu muna gwagwarmaya don dawo da shi. Shaidu sun yi magana game da batun ta kowane bangare. Da yawa sun fallasa tsarin mara kyau. Wani ya kira shi "rashin adalci" cewa kwamitin wucin gadi, ba da daɗewa ba don ba da shawararsa ga Heath, bai yi hira da dalibai game da wannan manhaja ba, wanda ya zama kamar tsari. Binciken HR wanda ya haifar da dakatarwar manhaja ya tsallake hira da wani aji mai cike da shedu - cin zarafin tsarin gundumar da aka bayyana na koken HIB. Don gyara wannan kuskuren, ɗalibai na yanzu da na baya sun ba da shaida cewa gundumar ya kamata ta nema tun daga farko. “Wannan ajin ba yanayi ne mai ban tsoro ba,” in ji wani farar fata. "Ya fita hanyarsa don yin masauki," in ji wani babban jami'in launi na yanzu. Ɗaya daga cikin iyaye, wanda kuma tsohon malami ne mai shekaru 18 a gundumar, ya yi gargadi game da abubuwan da za a iya ji a fadin gundumar, "Yaya kuke tsammanin malamai za su dauki nauyin gundumar don karfafa tattaunawa game da launin fata bayan ganin abin da ya faru da shi? ” Wani malami ya yi tsokaci kan wannan damuwar, amma a cikin maɗaukakiyar sharuddan, kwatanta "tasirin sanyi kan 'yancin ilimi" wanda dakatar da tsarin karatu kafin a sake duba shi zai iya haifarwa. Tsohuwar ɗaliba a shekararta ta farko tana koyarwa a Makarantar Sakandare ta Rainier Beach, makaranta kusan gaba ɗaya mai launi tare da ƙimar abinci kyauta ko ragi fiye da kashi 80, ta sake warware batun gaba ɗaya: “[A Rainier Beach] muna da tururuwa. , rodents, ramuka a bangonmu, ramuka a cikin tebur. Shi ne muhallin da ya fi kowa rashin jituwa, yanayin da ba shi da dadi, kuma dalibanmu na kokawa akai akai. Amma babu wani mataki da aka dauka.”
Zaren da ya ɗaure duk shaidun tare wani labari ne wanda ya tashi a gaban maganganun gundumomi, ba tare da ambaton manufofin ba, don samar da daidaiton launin fata: Daya gata, White iyali yayi magana kuma yana ɗaukar hankalin jagorancin gundumomi. Sabanin haka, mutanen da wariyar launin fata ta fi shafa kai tsaye—mutane masu launi—su ne aka fi yin shiru. Bayan haka, dangin sun yi rashin adalci a kan muryoyin jama'ar launin fata a cikin kokensu kuma dakatar da karatun ya yi aiki don rufe duk wani karin gogewa daga daliban launin fata. A safiyar ranar 8 ga Maris, Banda ya aika da imel a faɗin gunduma: “Za a dawo da tseren da rukunin jinsi na kwas.” A cikin rukunin Facebook, duk wani bikin ya kasance mai hankali da kyau. Meyer ya buga, "Shin da gaske wannan nasara ce?" Maidowa ya zo da farashi. Heath ta hana darussa ta amfani da abun ciki daga horon Tattaunawar Jajircewa, "wanda aka yi niyya azaman horo ga manya." Gaskiya ya isa, amma an daidaita darussan ga tsofaffi (a cikin aji na koleji a makarantar koleji-prep school), ba tare da ma'anar rungumar su ba, kusan dukansu sun kasance manya na doka (tsofaffin don kallon fina-finai na R-rated, saya. sigari da labarun batsa, mallakar bindiga, jefa kuri'a, da kuma zuwa yaki). Bugu da ƙari, bayanin kwamitin wucin gadi ya bayyana cewa membobin ba su taɓa tattauna yadda darasin Tattaunawa na Ƙarfafawa ya kasance ba. Wataƙila a ƙoƙarin ceton fuska, sun haramta wani abu da ba su ma fahimta ba.
Postscript
Dalibai sun yi daidai da yin taka tsantsan. Kokarin da iyayen White suka yi da kuma zargin ramuwar gayya, wanda kuma ke cike da rashin fahimta, ya haifar da shawarar Banda na tilastawa canja ni daga Makarantar Cibiyar— matakin da aka tsara a fili don kashe Ƙungiyar Race. ’Yan jarida cikin sauƙin gani ta hanyarsa, wanda labarin Yahoo News ya misalta, “Shahararriyar malamin Seattle da aka tilasta wa koyar da yara game da wariyar launin fata.” Dangane da mayar da martani, ɗalibai da tsofaffin ɗalibai sun sake yin gangami, tare da babban jama'ar Seattle, gami da fitattun zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai. Amma Banda da Hukumar Makarantar Seattle ba za su yi nasara ba. Zan fara shekara ta gaba a matsayin malamin makarantar sakandare.
A ƙarshe, Makarantun Jama'a na Seattle sun aika da manhajar zuwa bacci. A shekara mai zuwa, wani mai sasantawa ya mayar da ni makarantar Cibiyar. Ban da dakatar da darussan Tattaunawar Jajircewa, Ƙungiyar tsere za ta dawo gaba ɗaya a daidai lokacin shekarar makaranta ta 2015-2016.
Amma wannan ba labari ba ne na taka tsantsan; sai dai kira ne na kara nazarin kabilanci da fadada karatun kabilanci, wadanda ke da tabbataccen tarihi na rage rarrabuwar kawuna na ilimi ga daliban da ba su yi aiki a tarihi ba. Los Angeles Unified ya yi hakan. San Francisco Unified ya yi shi. Santa Anna Unified ya yi shi. Lokaci ya yi da birane masu sassaucin ra'ayi, masu ci gaba - ciki har da waɗanda ke da yawancin fararen fata kamar Seattle - don yin koyi. Kamar yadda wannan labarin ya nuna, matasa a shirye suke.
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