Kungoyang'ana koyamba, Seattle - kwawo kwa meya wodziwika bwino wa gay, membala wa khonsolo ya mzinda wa Socialist, omwe amalandila malipiro apamwamba kwambiri mdzikolo, komanso njira yapamzinda yonse yodzipereka "kufanana kwamitundu" - ikuwoneka kuti ili patsogolo polimbana ndi chisalungamo, ngakhale imodzi mwa mitundu yobisika, yolimbikira, ndi yosamvetsetseka: kusankhana mitundu. Komabe, Seattle adakhala kwawo kwa mkangano wochititsa manyazi wa maphunziro a mpikisano, pomwe chigawo cha sukulu chidakana kudzipereka kwa mzindawo kutsata chilungamo chamitundu ndi kunyalanyaza mobwerezabwereza zodandaula za anthu ake - zonsezo zidachokera ku madandaulo a banja limodzi loyera: "Ife akuda nkhawa kuti m'kalasi mwakhala malo ophunzirira ankhanza, osatetezeka osati kwa mwana wathu wamkazi yekha, komanso ophunzira onse m'kalasi - odziwika ndi ziwawa zaumwini, kusalidwa, kusalidwa, kukwiya, kuwopseza makhalidwe, kunyozetsa anthu, kusalana. , ndi maphunziro aulamuliro. โ
Zowona, nthawi zonse ndimadziwa kuti imelo ikubwera. Mu 2001, ndinalembedwa ntchito kuti ndithandize kutsegula Center School, sukulu yaing'ono ku Seattle Public Schools, ndipo ndinayamba kuphunzitsa Race Unit mu 2002. Kuchokera ku maphunziro a chigawo chonse okhudza tsankho otchedwa Courageous Conversations, Race Unit inakhazikitsidwa. zikhulupiriro zotetezeka pazokambirana zamitundu musanakambirane nkhani zodzaza monga kusankhana mitundu ndi mwayi wa White. Kenako ophunzirawo anafufuzanso za mitundu yawoyawo nโkufufuza njira zothetsera tsankho. Kuyambira pomwe gawoli linayambika, ophunzira adachilandira. "Dikirani mpaka Race Unit," akuluakulu adauza magiredi apansi. Malingaliro otere ochokera kwa ophunzira a mafuko osiyanasiyana anali ofala:
- โChigawochi chinasintha moyo wanga. Aliyense m'kalasi langa adalumikizidwa nazo.
- โPakadapanda kalasi imeneyi, ndikanakhala mwana wina wosakhazikika padziko lapansi yemwe amaweruza anthu nthawi zonse. Tsopano ndimayang'ana anthu ndikuwona zambiri kuposa mbiri yamitundu ...
- โMaphunziro amenewa anandikonzekeretsa tsogolo la dziko ndipo anandipangitsa kukhala munthu wabwino. Iyenera kuphunzitsidwa mโsukulu iliyonse.โ
- Pambuyo pa zaka zisanu ndi zinayi za ndemanga zolimbikitsa za ophunziraโpopanda ndemanga yodetsa nkhaลตa yochokera kwa makoloโndinaiwala zimene ndinkadziลตa nthaลตi zonse kuti zikubwera. Pa December 7, 2012, mโchaka cha 10 cha maphunzirowa, imelo inafika. Monga chitetezo cha ophunzira chakhala nthawi zonse ndipo chidzakhala chodetsa nkhawa changa, ndinavomera msonkhano.
Kuchuluka
Bambo ndi amayi, onse oyera, adakhala ndi mafunso angapo okhudza inde-kapena-ayi okhudza Race Unit omwe adatembenukira mwachangu kukuwaneneza, kutukwana, ngakhale kuwopseza. Makolowo anakaniza zoyesayesa zanga zonse zokambitsirana za ubwino wa wophunzirayo, limodzinso ndi malo othekera okhalamo, akumamveketsa bwino lomwe kuti msonkhanowu unali wa nkhani zawo za ndale, osati wophunzira wawo, ameneโmpaka tsiku la msonkhano unoโanawonekera nthaลตi zonse ali ndi chinkhoswe. chidwi, ndi kutengapo mbali.
Ndemanga zawo? "Tikukupemphani kuti musagwiritse ntchito zilankhulo zamitundu potengera ophunzira m'kalasi." Makolowo ananena kuti sindiyenera ngakhale kulola ana asukulu kutchula mawu akuti โAzungu.โ Iwo ankakhulupirira kuti mfundo za mโzigawo komanso malamulo a boma ndi a boma, amaletsa โโmakambirano aumwini potengera mtunduโ mโkalasi.โ Sindinathe kuvomereza zopempha zomwe zidatengera mtundu wamtundu wamtundu, popeza mtundu wakhungu wokha ukhoza kuonedwa ngati mtundu wa tsankho. Kuonjezera apo, kuchita zimenezi sikunganyoze mbiri ya United States kokha, komanso kungapangitse maphunziro a chigawo, ndondomeko ya chigawo, komanso, chofunika kwambiri, zokumana nazo za anthu osawerengeka omwe mtundu ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la chidziwitso chawo.
Pa January 8, ndinalandira kalata yochokera kwa Human Resources; Ndinkafufuzidwa chifukwa chopanga malo ankhanza. M'masamba asanu a makolo awo, madandaulo amodzi omwe adapangidwa ngati chidule chazamalamulo, ndidatsutsidwa ndi machitidwe ambiri osayenera omwe amatsutsana ndi zomwe ndimayang'ana pachaka, odzaza ndi matamando:
- Kulola ophunzira kuti aziwonetsa tsankho laufulu komanso zopanda malire za tsankho lamtundu wawo, ndikulimbikitsa ophunzira kuti atulutse chidani popanda kulowererapo.
- Kupanga malo ophunzirira okhudza mtima m'kalasi momwe mkwiyo, mantha, kulira, kukuwa, ndi chidani zimayang'anira kuyanjana ndi ophunzira
- Kuyambitsa magawano aakulu, mikangano, ndi kusagwirizana pakati pa ophunzira ake, m'kalasi ndi kunja
Ndipo ngati kusokoneza kwambiri m'kalasi sikunali kokwanira, makolowo anayambitsa chisokonezo: "Titumiza chigawochi ku GenocideWatch.org, bungwe loona za ufulu wachibadwidwe ladziko lonse lapansi, lomwe lalongosola njira zisanu ndi zitatu zomwe chidani chaufuko chikufalikira pakati pa anthu. . Zomwe tafotokoza m'madandaulowa zikufotokoza zingapo mwazomwe zikuchitika mkalasi ya SPS. โ Kwa banjalo, mawu awa analimbitsa mkhalidwe woipitsitsa wa kutengeka kwanga. Kwa munthu aliyense wololera, anayenera kulimbitsa banja.
Koma sindinaonepo kudandaulako mpaka masabata pambuyo pa kufufuza kwa mwezi ndi theka kutatha. M'mafunso anga ndi wofufuza za Human Resources, mafunso okhudzana ndi momwe a Race Unit adayankhira - ndipo iyi inali gawo la Race Unit lomwe ndidaphunzitsapo. Chifukwa chakuti The Center School nthawi zambiri imakhala yoyera komanso yosadziwika bwino ndi nkhanza zazing'ono-komanso tsankho lodziwika bwino-zomwe anthu amtundu amatha kukumana nazo tsiku ndi tsiku, zomwe zinasintha kwambiri pagawoli zinali kumva kuchokera kwa gulu la olankhula alendo, amitundu yonse, omwe. analankhula zowona zake ponena za zokumana nazo zaumwini ndi fuko ndi tsankho. Atamva nkhani zawo, wamkulu wodziwika kuti ndi waku America waku America komanso wochokera ku Ethiopia, adalimbikitsidwa kuti alankhule zake. Iye adagawana nawo malingaliro omwe akufuna pabwalo la mpira. Sanamve ngati "wabwinobwino" chifukwa cha mtundu wake. Iye ankaona kuti azungu sankamumvetsa. Iye ankaganiza kuti sangakhale dokotala, mwachitsanzo, chifukwa โanthu sangamukhulupirire.โ Nthaลตi yonseyi, wophunzirayo anapepesa pafupifupi chochitika chilichonse, akumada nkhaลตa kuti nkhani zake zatsankho zingakhumudwitse anzake a mโkalasi. Anthu amene ankakhala mโgulu la asilikali ankanena mobwerezabwereza kuti sanafunikire kupepesa kuti: โSitikunena za azungu ayi; tikunena zoyera.โ Ndinafotokozera wofufuzayo kuti ambiri a ife tinakhudzidwa mtima ndi kugawana kwake, zotsatira za malo otetezeka a m'kalasi omwe amalola kuti pakhale chiopsezo chotere.
Pakati pa milandu yambiri ya m'banjamo, mlandu womwe unakhalapo unali wophwanya malamulo a SPS 3207 - Prohibition of Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB). Pa February 14, kalata ina inafika, ulendo uno yochokera kwa woyangโanira Seattle Public Schools, Josรฉ Banda. Ndinapezeka wolakwa popanga malo owopsa, ngakhale a Banda sanafotokoze bwinobwino momwe ndinachitira.
Pasukulu yoyera ya Center School, madandaulo olondola kwambiri okhudzana ndi mtundu wa HIB angabwere kuchokera kwa ophunzira amitundu. Ngakhale kupatulapo zochitika zaudani kwambiri (mawu amtundu ngati N-mawu ndi mawu onyoza ngati "Ndimadana ndi anthu aku Mexico"), ophunzira amitundu yosiyanasiyana kwa zaka zambiri anena zankhani zambiri zokhudzana ndi mtundu:
- Aphunzitsi achizungu ndi ophunzira omwe amavutika kuti afotokoze, maphunziro omwe sanawonetsere zomwe adakumana nazo,
- kuwonekera kwambiri kapena kusawoneka ngati mamembala amtundu wocheperako, kufotokozedwa ndi chitetezo chamsukulu,
- kutengeka maganizo kwa ophunzira achizunguโzonsezi zimasokoneza maphunziro a ophunzira ameneลตa.
Kodi Human Resources ingavomereze zitsanzo zotere za tsankho lokhazikitsidwa m'boma ngati magwero otheka a HIB? Nโzokayikitsa, koma madandaulo oterowo ndi omveka kuposa aja a mโbanja la azunguwo. Koma Banda adachita zambiri kuposa kuvomereza kupotoza kwawo m'kalata yake yodzudzula; mโkalata yomweyi, a Banda adayimitsa ntchito ya Race Unit mopanda mbali imodzi.
Gulu Limasonkhanitsa
Mawu anafalikira mofulumira. Pogwiritsa ntchito luso lolimbikitsa lophunzitsidwa m'kalasi, akuluakulu-mwakufuna kwawo-anakonzekera mwamsanga, kuchita misonkhano ya masana sabata yonse. Kunali kuyesayesa kwamitundu yambiri, kusonyeza mgwirizano wosonyeza kutalikirana ndi zinenezo zenizeni za โmagawano a anthuโ zinalili. Ophunzira posakhalitsa adapanga gulu la Facebook, kukopa mamembala mazana angapo: alumni, ophunzira apano, ndi makolo / osamalira onse awiri. Akuluakulu anayamba kufalitsa mapepala ndi pempho la digito. Aphunzitsi ambiri a Center School adasonkhananso, poyambira ndikukambilana ndi mphunzitsi wamkulu msonkhano wa ogwira nawo ntchito usanachitike, kenako ndikudandaulira a Shauna Heath, wamkulu wamaphunziro m'boma yemwe adawongolera tsogolo la maphunziro omwe adayimitsidwa. Zak Meyer, wophunzira woyera yemwe pempho lake la digito lidapeza siginecha mazana ambiri m'masiku ochepa, adalimbikitsa gulu la Facebook kuti lilembe Heath, komanso mamembala a komiti yowunikira maphunzirowo ndipo adalumikizana ndi atolankhani. Ntchito zolimbikitsa anthu zimayang'ana msonkhano wotsatira wa Seattle School Board pa Marichi 6.
Kuyimitsidwa posakhalitsa kunakhudza atolankhani. โSi tsiku lililonse pamene timalandira malangizo a nkhani kuchokera kwa ana asukulu akusekondale amene akukhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa maphunziro awo,โ inalemba motero โStranger.โ KIRO TV idakumana ndi ophunzira kunja kwa sukulu, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale nkhani yotchedwa "Ophunzira a Sukulu ya Center adalimbikitsidwa ndi kuyimitsidwa kalasi." Usiku wotsatira, kugogoda kwakukulu kunasokoneza chakudya chamadzulo ndi banja langa. Inalinso wailesi ina yapa TV yomwe inkapempha kuti andifunse mafunso, ndipo ndinakana pakhomo lotsekeka.
Panthawiyi, alumni, ophunzira, ndi makolo anali akudzaza bokosi la Heath. โBweretsani kalasi yake. Helo, dzilembeni nokha,โ analemba motero mzungu wokwiya. Makolo amtundu adayitana kupanda chilungamo kwa kuyimitsidwa. Mmodzi anati, โKuletsa kukambitsirana kwa mtundu ndi jenda, monga gulu, kumapangitsa ena a ife kubwerera kumbuyo kwa basi ya sukulu.โ Wina analemba kuti, โKuimitsa maphunziro okhudza mtundu, makamaka chifukwa cha dandaulo la banja limodzi lokha, kunatumiza uthenga woipa kwambiri kwa ophunzira, makamaka ophunzira amitundu yosiyanasiyana, ponena za amene ali ndi mphamvu.โ Aphunzitsi m'chigawo chonse, okhudzidwa ndi chiwopsezo cha ufulu wamaphunziro, anawonjezera mulu wamabokosi a Heath. Madzulo a msonkhano wa Bungwe la Sukulu, โMlendoโ analemba kuti: โNdakhala ndikulankhula ndi maphwando okhudzidwawo, ndipo zikumveka ngati msonkhano wa mawa pasukulupo ungakhale kulimbana.โ
Msonkhano wa Bungwe la Sukulu
A Seattle Times Nkhani yomwe idasindikizidwa tsiku lomwelo idawonjezeranso moto. "Mabungwe omwe amafufuza momwe masukulu aku Seattle amachitira ana akuda" adanenanso kuti ophunzira aku America aku America, kuyambira ku pulaimale mpaka kusekondale, ali ndi mwayi woimitsidwa katatu kuposa ophunzira a White. Zambiri za ophunzira aku Latino ndi Achimereka Achimereka zinalinso zakuda. Nkhaniyi sinali yosagwirizana ndi kuyimitsidwa kwa maphunziro; ndondomeko yoyenera, yopindulitsa imapangitsa ophunzira kukhala otanganidwa kusukulu. Race Unit inali umboni wa izi. Ndipo mfundo zomwe zangoperekedwa kumene za mpikisano ndi chilungamo, zomwe zimalamula kuti maphunziro aziwonetsa zomwe ophunzira ake akumana nazo, zikadayenera kutsimikizira kuti maphunzirowa atetezedwa.
Komabe apa tinali pamsonkhano wa Board Board kumenyera kubwezeretsedwa kwake. Maumboni adayankha nkhaniyi kuchokera kumbali zonse. Angapo adavumbula njira yolakwika. Mmodzi adatcha "zopanda chilungamo" kuti komiti ya ad hoc, posachedwa ipereka malingaliro ake kwa Heath, sanafunse ophunzira za maphunzirowa, omwe amawoneka ngati njira. Kufufuza kwa HR komwe kunapangitsa kuti maphunziro ayimitsidwe anasiya kufunsa mafunso ndi kalasi yodzaza mboni - kuphwanya ndondomeko ya chigawo yomwe idanenedwa pa madandaulo a HIB. Kuti athetse izi, ophunzira apano ndi akale adapereka umboni womwe chigawocho chimayenera kufunafuna kuyambira pachiyambi. โKalasi limenelo silinali malo ochititsa mantha,โ anatero mzungu wina wophunzira maphunziro. "Anayesetsa kupeza malo ogona," mkulu wamakono wamtundu analimbikitsa. Kholo lina, yemwenso ndi mphunzitsi wazaka 18 mโbomalo, anachenjeza za zovuta zomwe zingachitike mโbomalo lonse, โKodi mukuyembekezera mozama bwanji kuti aphunzitsi atengere chidwi ndi kudzipereka kwa chigawo cholimbikitsa kukambirana za mtundu ataona zomwe zamuchitikira? โ Mphunzitsi wina ananenetsanso zimenezi, koma mโmawu ena ambiri, kufotokoza โzovuta paufulu wamaphunziroโ zomwe kungayambitse kuyimitsa maphunziro asanaunikenso. Wophunzira wakale mโchaka chake choyamba akuphunzitsa pa Rainier Beach High School, sukulu yamitundu yonse yokhala ndi chakudya chaulere kapena chotsikirapo cha 80 peresenti, anakonzanso nkhani yonse kuti: โ[Ku Rainier Beach] tili ndi nyerere. , makoswe, mabowo mโmakoma athu, mabowo mโmadesiki athu. Ndi malo ophunzirira ovuta kwambiri, malo ovuta kwambiri, ndipo ophunzira athu akhala akudandaula nthawi zonse. Koma palibe chomwe wachita."
Ulusi umene unamangirira maumboni onse pamodzi unali nkhani imene inawuluka pamaso pa zikhulupiriro za chigawo, osatchulapo ndondomeko, kukhazikitsira kufanana pakati pa mafuko: Mmodzi mwamwayi, Banja la Azungu amalankhula ndi kukopa chidwi chosasunthika cha utsogoleri wachigawo. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, anthu amene amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi tsankhoโanthu amitundu yosiyanasiyanaโndiwo amene sanalankhulepo kanthu. Kupatula apo, banjalo lidayang'ana mopanda chilungamo mawu a anthu achikuda m'madandaulo awo ndipo kuyimitsidwa kwa maphunziro kunalepheretsa kugawana zina zilizonse zomwe ophunzira amitundu ina adakumana nazo. M'mawa wa pa 8 March, a Banda adatumiza imelo m'boma lonse kuti: "Maphunziro a mtundu ndi jenda abwezeretsedwa." Pagulu la Facebook, kukondwerera kulikonse kunali kochenjera. Meyer adalemba, "Kodi uku ndikopambanadi?" Kubwezeretsedwako kunabwera ndi mtengo wake. Heath analetsa maphunziro pogwiritsa ntchito zomwe zili mu maphunziro a Courageous Conversations, โomwe cholinga chake chinali kuphunzitsa akuluakulu.โ Zoonadi, koma maphunzirowa adasinthidwa kwa akuluakulu (m'kalasi la koleji ku sukulu ya prep), osatchula kukumbatirana ndi iwo, pafupifupi onse omwe anali akuluakulu ovomerezeka (okalamba mokwanira kuti awonere mafilimu ovotera R, kugula. ndudu ndi zolaula, kukhala ndi mfuti, kuvota, ndi kupita kunkhondo). Kuphatikiza apo, zolemba za ad hoc komiti zimawulula kuti mamembalawo sanakambiranepo momwe phunziro la Kukambitsirana Molimba Mtima limawonekera. Mwachionekere pofuna kuteteza anthu, analetsa chinthu chimene sankachimvetsa nโkomwe.
Zolemba
Ophunzira anali olondola kukhala osamala. Apilo a makolo a White pambuyo pake ndi zonena zobwezera, zodzadzanso ndi mbiri zabodza, zinapangitsa kuti Banda aganize zondikakamiza kundichotsa ku Center School - zomwe zinali zomveka kupha gulu la Race Unit. Atolankhani adawona izi mosavuta, motengera nkhani ya Yahoo News, "Mphunzitsi wotchuka waku Seattle adakakamizika kuphunzitsa ana za tsankho." Poyankha, ophunzira ndi alumni adasonkhananso, adalumikizana nthawi ino ndi gulu lalikulu la Seattle, kuphatikiza akuluakulu osankhidwa. Koma a Banda ndi a Seattle School Board adakana. Ndidzayamba chaka chotsatira monga mphunzitsi wasukulu yapakati.
Pamapeto pake, Seattle Public Schools idangotumiza maphunzirowa mu hibernation. Chaka chotsatira, woweruza wina anandibwezera ku Sukulu ya Center. Kupatulapo maphunziro oletsedwa a Courageous Conversations, Race Unit ibwereranso munthawi yake ya chaka chasukulu cha 2015-2016.
Koma iyi si nkhani yochenjeza; m'malo mwake ndi pempho lowonjezera maphunziro a zamitundu ndi kukulitsa maphunziro amitundu, omwe ali ndi mbiri yotsimikizika yochepetsera kusiyana kwamaphunziro kwa ophunzira omwe sanatumikire bwino mbiri yakale. Los Angeles Unified yachita izi. San Francisco Unified yachita izi. Santa Anna Unified wachita izi. Yakwana nthawi yoti mizinda yaufulu, yopita patsogolo-kuphatikiza yomwe ili ndi anthu ambiri oyera ngati Seattle-kutsatira. Monga momwe nkhaniyi ikusonyezera, achinyamata ndi okonzeka.
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