Pakutanga, Seattle - kumusha kune meya wengochani ari pachena, nhengo yekanzuru yeguta reSocialist, muhoro wepamusoro-soro munyika, uye chirongwa cheguta rose chakatsaurirwa "kuenzana kwemarudzi" -inoratidzika kunge iri pamberi mukurwisa kusarongeka, kunyange imwe yemhando dzakanyanyisa, dzinoramba dzichienderera, uye dzisinganzwisiswi: rusaruraganda. Zvakangodaro, Seattle yakava musha wegakava rinonyadzisa redzidzo yemujaho, umo dunhu rechikoro rakafuratira kuzvipira kweguta mukururamisa rusarura uye kufuratira kakawanda kuchema kwevamiriri varo โ zvese zvichibva mukunyunyuta kwepamutemo kweimwe mhuri yevachena: โIsu. tinonetsekana kuti mamiriro ekirasi azova nzvimbo yekudzidza ine ruvengo, isina kuchengetedzeka kwete chete kumwanasikana wedu pachedu, asi vadzidzi vose mukirasiโvanozivikanwa nokurwiswa kwomunhu oga, rusaruro rwerusarura, kuputika kwemirangariro, kutyisidzirwa kwetsika, kushora vanhu, kusarurana munzanga. , uye kudzidziswa kwechiremera. โ
Chokwadi, ndaigara ndichiziva kuti email yakadai yaiuya. Muna 2001, ndakapinzwa basa kuti ndibatsire kuvhura Center School, chikoro chidiki muSeattle Public Schools, uye ndakatanga kudzidzisa Race Unit muna 2002. Kutora chikamu kubva kudunhu rose kudzidziswa kwerusarura kunonzi Courageous Conversations, Race Unit yakatanga. magariro akachengeteka enhaurirano dzemarudzi asati abata nyaya dzakaremerwa senge rusarura ganda nerusarura rwevachena. Vadzidzi vakazoongorora dzinza ravo votsvaga nzira dzekupikisa rusaruraganda. Kubva pakuvambwa kwechikwata ichi, vadzidzi vakachigamuchira. "Mirai kusvika Race Unit," vakuru vakaudza mamakisi epasi. Maonero akadaro aibva kuvadzidzi vemarudzi akasiyana-siyana akanga akajairika:
- โChikwata ichi chakachinja hupenyu hwangu. Vese mukirasi mangu vakabatikana nazvo.
- โDai pasina kirasi iyi, ndingadai ndiri mumwe mwana akasarira munyika anogara achitonga vanhu. Iye zvino ndinotarisa vanhu uye ndinoona zvinopfuura zvinyorwa zvemarudzi ...
- โChidzidzo ichi chakandigadzirira nyika uye chakandiita munhu ari nani. Inofanira kudzidziswa muchikoro chose.โ
- Mushure memakore mapfumbamwe emhinduro inokatyamadza yemudzidzi-pasina kana kutaura kwekunetsekana kubva kuvabereki-ndakakanganwa zvandaigaroziva kuti zvaiuya. Musi waZvita 7, 2012, mugore rechigumi redzidzo, email yakasvika. Sezvo kuchengetedzwa kwemudzidzi kwagara kuri uye kucharamba kuri kunetseka kwangu kukuru, ndakabvuma musangano.
Escalation
Baba naamai, vese vachena, vakateedzana yemibvunzo hongu-kana-kwete nezve Race Unit iyo yakakurumidza kushanduka kupomera, kutuka, uye kunyange kutyisidzira. Vabereki vacho vakaramba zvose zvandaiedza kukurukura nezvokugara zvakanaka kwomudzidzi, pamwe chete nepekugara, vachijekesa kuti musangano uyu wakanga uri pamusoro pezvavanoda zvematongerwo enyika, kwete mudzidzi wavo, uyoโkusvikira zuva remusangano uyuโakanga agara achionekwa kuti ari kuvimbisana. kufarira, uye kutora chikamu.
Agenda yavo? "Tirikukumbira kuti usashandise mutauro wedzinza uchireva vadzidzi vari mukirasi." Vabereki vacho vaireva kuti ndaisatombofanira kubvumira vadzidzi kushandisa mashoko okuti โVarungu.โ Vaitenda kuti mitemo yedunhu pamwe chete nemitemo yenyika uye yehurumende, yairambidza โโkurukurirano dzomunhu oga maererano nedzinzaโ mukirasi.โ Handina kukwanisa kubvuma zvikumbiro zvakatora nzira yerudzi rwemavara, sezvo colorblind pachayo inogona kutorwa serudzi rwerusarura. Pamusoro pezvo, kuita izvi kwaisazongozvidza nhoroondo yeUnited States chete, asi kunokanganisa kudzidziswa kwedunhu, mutemo wedunhu, uye, zvakanyanya kukosha, zviitiko zvevanhu vasingaverengeki avo dzinza riri chikamu chakakosha chehunhu hwavo.
Pana January 8, ndakagamuchira tsamba yakabva kuHuman Resources; Ndakanga ndiri kuferefetwa nokuda kwekugadzira nzvimbo ine ruvengo. Mumapeji mashanu evabereki, chichemo chechikamu chimwechete chakaumbwa sechipfupi chepamutemo, ndakapomedzerwa hunhu hwakawanda husina kufanira hunopesana nekuongorora kwangu kwegore, kuzere nerumbidzo:
- Kubvumira kusununguka uye kusingagumi kwevadzidzi kuratidza rusaruro rwemunhu, uye kukurudzira vadzidzi kuti vaburitse ruvengo rwemarudzi pasina kupindira.
- Kugadzira nzvimbo yekirasi ine manzwiro ekuti hasha, kutya, kuchema, kupopota, uye ruvengo zvakadzora kudyidzana pakati pevadzidzi.
- Kukonzera kusawirirana kwakakomba munharaunda, kunetsana, uye kusawirirana pakati pevadzidzi vake, mukirasi nekunze
Uye kana kutaura zvisirizvo mukirasi kwanga kusina kukwana, vabereki vakabva vaparura ruvengo rwavo: โTinoendesa dunhu kuGenocideWatch.org, NGO yepasi rose inorwira kodzero dzevanhu, iyo yakatsanangura nhanho nhanho 8 dzinoita kuti ruvengo rwemadzinza rupararire munharaunda. . Zviitiko zvatatsanangura muchichemo ichi zvinotsanangura akati wandei ematanho ari kuitwa mukirasi yeSPS. " Kumhuri, kutaura uku kwakasimbisa chimiro chakanyanyisa chehukasha hwangu. Kumunhu upi noupi anonzwisisa, vaifanira kunge vakasimbisa iyo yemhuri.
Asi handina kumboona kunyunyuta kwacho kusvika mavhiki mushure mekuferefetwa kwemwedzi nehafu kwapera. Panguva yekubvunzurudzwa kwangu nemuongorori weHuman Resources, mibvunzo yaive pamusoro pemanzwiro akamutswa neRace Unit-uye iyi yanga iri iyo yakanyanya kunzwisa tsitsi Race Unit yandakanga ndambodzidzisa. Nekuti The Center Chikoro chakanyanya chena uye hachijairika nehutsinye hudiki-pamwe nerusarura rwakanyanya-izvo vanhu veruvara vangatarisana nazvo zuva nezuva, chiitiko chinoshandura zvakanyanya cheyuniti yaive kunzwa kubva kune boka revatauri vevaenzi, vese vemavara, avo. vakataura zvokwadi dzavo pamusoro pezvinoitika zvomunhu oga norudzi norusaruraganda. Mushure mekunzwa nyaya dzavo, mukuru achizvizivisa semuAfrica wekuAmerica uye mutorwa wekuEthiopia, akanzwa kufemerwa kutaura zvake. Akagovera kunzwa kwakanangidzirwa panhandare yenhabvu. Akagoverana kusanzwa "kunzwa" nekuda kwerudzi rwake. Aitaura kuti aisanzwisiswa nevarungu. Akagoverana kunzwa kuti aisazombofa akava chiremba, somuenzaniso, nokuti โvanhu havazovimbi [naye].โ Kwese, mudzidzi aitevera chinenge chiitiko chose nekukumbira ruregerero, achityira kuti nyaya dzake dzerusarura dzingagumbura vaanodzidza navo vachena. Vakuru vedare vakadzokorora kakawanda kuti aisafanira kukumbira ruregerero, โHatisi kutaura nezvevachena; tiri kutaura zvekuchena.โ Ndakatsanangurira muongorori kuti vazhinji vedu takasundwa nemirangariro nokugoverana kwake, muuyo wemhoteredzo yekirasi yakachengeteka yaibvumira kuva mungozi yakadaro.
Pakati pezvinyorwa zvemhuri, mhosva yakaramba ichityora SPS Policy 3207- Kurambidza Kushungurudza, Kutyisidzira, uye Kudheerera (HIB). Pana February 14, imwe tsamba yakasvika, nguva ino ichibva kumukuru mukuru weSeattle Public Schools, Josรฉ Banda. Ndakawanikwa ndine mhosva yekugadzira mamiriro ezvinhu anotyisa, kunyange Banda asina kumbonyatsojekesa kuti ndakanga ndazviita sei.
Pachikoro chevachena cheCentre School, chichemo chakanyatsoenderana nerudzi rweHIB chaizobva kuvadzidzi veruvara. Kunyangwe tisingasanganisire zviitiko zvehutsinye zvakanyanya (kupokana kwemarudzi senge N-izwi uye kushoropodza zvirevo senge "Ndinovenga maMexico"), vadzidzi vemavara vane makore vakataura nyaya dzakawanda dzine chekuita nedzinza:
- Vadzidzisi vechichena nevadzidzi vavainetsekana navo kurondedzera, makosi aisaratidza zvavakasangana nazvo.
- hyper-kuonekwa kana kusaonekwa senhengo dzevashoma verudzi, profiling nekuchengetedzwa kwekambasi,
- fungidziro dzinoitwa nevadzidzi vechichena โ zvose izvi zvinokanganisa dzidzo yevadzidzi ava.
Ko Human Resources ingambogashira here mienzaniso yakadai yerusarura rwedunhu senzvimbo dzinogoneka dzeHIB? Hazvingadaro, asi zvichemo zvakadaro zvine musoro zvikuru kupfuura zvakatumirwa nemhuri yevachena. Asi Banda akaita zvakawanda kupfuura kururamisa kwavo zviri pamutemo mutsamba yake yokutsiura; mutsamba imwe cheteyo, Banda akamisa Race Unit asina divi rimwe chete.
Nharaunda Inounganidza
Shoko rakakurumidza kupararira. Vachishandisa hunyanzvi hwekureverera hwakadzidziswa mukirasi, vakuruโnekuda kwavoโvakaronga nokukurumidza, vachiita misangano yenguva yekudya kwemasikati vhiki yose. Yakanga iri nhamburiko yamarudzi akawanda, kuratidzirwa kwokubatana kunoratidzira kuti kupomerana kwakanga kuri kwechokwadi kweโkukamukana munzangaโ kwakanga kuri kure zvakadini. Vadzidzi vakakurumidza kuumba boka reFacebook, richikwezva mazana enhengo: alumni, vadzidzi vemazuva ano, uye vabereki/vachengeti vevaviri. Vakuru vakatanga kutenderera mapepa uye zvichemo zvedhijitari. Vadzidzisi vazhinji veChikoro cheCentre vakaunganawo, kutanga nekunangana nemukuru wechikoro pamberi pemusangano wevashandi uyezve nekukumbira Shauna Heath, mukuru wedunhu rezvirairo uyo akazodzora magumo edzidzo yakamiswa. Zak Meyer, mudzidzi wechichena ane chikumbiro chedhijitari chakawana mazana emasaini mumazuva mashoma, akakurudzira boka reFacebook kuti rinyore Heath, pamwe nenhengo dzekomiti iri kuongorora kosi uye akabata nhepfenyuro. Kuedza kuunganidza kwakanangana nemusangano unotevera weSeattle School Board musi waKurume 6.
Kumiswa kwacho kwakakurumidza kubata pepanhau. โHaasi mazuva ese atinowana matipi enhau kubva kuvadzidzi vechikoro chesekondari vane hanya vari kurwisa shanduko yedzidzo,โ akanyora kudaro โStranger.โ KIRO TV yakasangana nevadzidzi kunze kwechikoro, zvikaita kuti pave nenyaya yakanzi "Vadzidzi veChikoro cheCenter vakapedzwa nekumiswa kwekirasi." Manheru akatevera, kugogodza kukuru kwakakanganisa kudya kwemanheru nemhuri yangu. Yakanga iri imwe nhepfenyuro yenhau yeTV yaikumbira kubvunzurudzwa, iyo ndakairamba nepasuo rakavharwa.
Zvichakadaro, alumni, vadzidzi, uye vabereki vaive vachizadza Heath inbox. โDzorera kirasi yake. Hero, zvinyorei imi mumene,โ akanyora kudaro mumwe alum akashatirwa. Vabereki vemavara vakadaidzira kusaenzana kwekumiswa. Mumwe akapokanidza, kuti: โKunyaradza kurukurirano pamusoro pedzinza noukadzi, senzanga, kunodzorera nenzira inobudirira vamwe vedu kuseri kwebhazi rechikoro.โ Mumwe akanyora, kuti: โKumisa kosi yefundo pamusoro pedzinza, zvikurukuru kwakavakirwa pakunyunyuta kwemhuri imwe bedzi, kwakatumira shoko rakashata rine simba zvikuru kuvadzidzi, zvikurukuru vadzidzi verudzi, pamusoro pokuti ndiani ane simba.โ Vadzidzisi mudunhu rese, vane hanya nekutyisidzira rusununguko rwedzidzo, vakawedzera kune Heath's inbox pile. Manheru emusangano weBhodi reChikoro, โMutorwaโ akanyora, kuti: โNdanga ndichitaura nemapoka anobatanidzwa, uye kunonzwika sokunge kuti musangano wamangwana weboka rechikoro ungava kurwisana.โ
Musangano weBhodi reChikoro
A Seattle Times nyaya yakabudiswa musi iwoyo yakawedzera huni mumoto. "Masangano anoongorora mabatirwo anoitwa vadzidzi vatema muzvikoro zveSeattle" akashuma kuti vadzidzi vemuAfrica vekuAmerica, kubva kupuraimari kusvika kuchikoro chesekondari, vane mukana wakapetwa katatu wekumiswa chikoro kupfuura vadzidzi veWhite. Iyo data yevadzidzi veLatino neNative America yaive isina kujeka. Nyaya yacho yakanga isingaenderani nekumiswa kwedzidzo; kosi yakakodzera, ine revo inoita kuti vadzidzi varambe vachibatikana muchikoro. Race Unit hwaive humbowo hweizvozvo. Uye iyo ichangobva kupasiswa nhangemutange uye mutemo wakaenzana, uyo unoraira kuti makosi aratidze zviitiko zvevadzidzi vakasiyana-siyana, aifanira kunge akavimbisa kuti makosi edziviriro akadaro.
Asi apa taive kuSchool Board meeting tichirwira kuti idzoserwe. Zvipupuriro zvakagadzirisa nyaya kubva kumativi ose. Vanoverengeka vakafumura muitiro usina kururama. Mumwe akadana kuti "zvisina kunaka" kuti komiti yead hoc, munguva pfupi yapfuura yaita kurudziro kuna Heath, yakanga isati yabvunzurudza vadzidzi nezve iyo kharikhulamu, yaiita senge maitiro. Ongororo yeHR yakaguma nekumbomiswa kwedzidzo yakasiya kubvunzurudzwa nekirasi yakazara nezvapupu - kutyorwa kwemaitiro akataurwa nedunhu ekunyunyuta kweHIB. Kugadzirisa kusiiwa uku, vadzidzi vemazuva ano nevekare vakapa uchapupu hwaifanira kunge hwakatsvakwa nedunhu kubva pakutanga. โKirasi iyoyo yakanga isiri mhoteredzo inotyisa,โ akadaro mumwe murungu akadzidza. "Akabuda kunze kwenzira yake kuti awane pekugara," mukuru wezvino weruvara akasimbisa. Mumwe mubereki, ariwo mudzidzisi ane makore 18 ari mushishi kudunhu, akayambira pamusoro pezvinokonzeresa zvinogona kunzwikwa mudunhu rose, โMunotarisira zvakadii kuti vadzidzisi vatore chisungo chedunhu mukukurudzira nhaurirano pamusoro perudzi mushure mekuona zvakaitika kwaari? โ Mumwe mudzidzisi akatsinhira nyaya iyi, asi nemashoko akawandisa, achitsanangura โzvinoita kuti pave nerusununguko rwedzidzoโ izvo zvinogona kukonzera kumisa dzidzo isati yaongororwa. Mumwe aimbove mudzidzi mugore rake rokutanga achidzidzisa paRainier Beach High School, chikoro chine ruvara chose chine mutengo wekudya mahara-kana-wakadzikiswa weinopfuura 80 muzana, akadzokorora nyaya yacho yose: โ[KuRainier Beach] tine masvosve. , makonzo, maburi mumadziro edu, maburi mumadhesiki edu. Ndiyo nzvimbo yekudzidza ine ruvengo, nharaunda isina kugadzikana, uye vadzidzi vedu vanogara vachinyunyuta nezvazvo. Asi hapana danho rakatorwa. "
Tambo yaibatanidza huchapupu hwese pamwechete yaive rondedzero yakabhururuka pamberi pekutaura kwedunhu, tisingarevi mutemo, kugadzira kuenzana kwemarudzi: Mhuri yeVachena imwe ine rombo inotaura uye inotora kutarisisa kusingakanganise kwehutungamiriri hwedunhu. Mukupesana, vanhu vanotapurwa zvakananga norusaruragandaโvanhu vemavaraโndivo vanonyaradzwa zvikuru. Pashure pezvose, mhuri yakananga nokusarurama manzwi avanhu vakasiyana-siyana mukunyunyuta kwavo uye kumiswa kwedzidzo kwakabatira kumisa kumwe kugoverana kupi nokupi kwezviitiko nevadzidzi veruvara. Mangwanani emusi wa8 Kurume, Banda akatumira tsambambozha kudunhu rese achiti: "Makamu emujaho nevarume ekosi achadzorerwa." Muboka reFacebook, chero kupemberera kwaive kungwara zvachose. Meyer akanyora, "Uku ndiko kukunda chaiko here?" Kudzorerwa kwacho kwakauya nemari. Heath akarambidza zvidzidzo achishandisa zviri mukudzidziswa kweCourageous Conversations, โkwaiitirwa kudzidzisa vanhu vakuru.โ Ichokwadi zvakakwana, asi zvidzidzo zvakagadziridzwa kune vakuru (mukirasi yekoroji-yepamusoro pachikoro chekoroji-prep), tisingatauri kumbundirwa navo, vanenge vose vakanga vari vakuru vepamutemo (vakwegura zvakakwana kuti vaone mafirimu eR-rated, kutenga. fodya uye zvinonyadzisira, kuva nepfuti, kuvhota, uye kuenda kuhondo). Uyezve, ad hoc committee manotsi anoratidza kuti nhengo hadzina kumbobvira dzakurukura kuti chidzidzo cheHushingi Hurukuro chakaita sei. Sezvingabvira vachiedza kusazvibata, vakarambidza chimwe chinhu chavaisatombonzwisisa.
Zvinyorwa
Vadzidzi vakarurama kuva vakangwarira. Kukwidzwa kwakatevera kwevabereki veWhite uye kupomerwa kutsiva, kwakazarazve nemashoko asiri iwo, kwakaguma nechisarudzo chaBanda chokundibvisa nechisimba kubva kuCentre Schoolโchiito chakanyatsogadzirirwa kuuraya Race Unit. Vepepanhau vakazviona zviri nyore, zvakaenzanisirwa neYahoo News nyaya, "Mudzidzisi ane mukurumbira Seattle akamanikidzwa kudzidzisa vana nezve rusaruraganda." Mukupindura, vadzidzi nealumni vakaungana zvakare, vakabatana panguva ino nenharaunda yeSeattle, kusanganisira vakuru vakasarudzwa. Asi Banda neSeattle School Board havana kusimuka. Ndaizotanga gore raitevera ndiri mudzidzisi wechikoro chepakati.
Mukupedzisira, Seattle Public Zvikoro zvakangotumira kosi muhubernation. Gore rakatevera racho, mutongi wedare akandidzorera kuChikoro Chepakati. Kunze kwezvidzidzo zvakarambidzwa zveCourageous Conversations, Race Unit ichadzoka munguva yayo chaiyo yegore rechikoro ra2015-2016.
Asi iyi haisi nyaya yekunyevera; asi kudanwa kwekuwedzera kudzidza kwedzinza nekuwedzera zvidzidzo zvemarudzi, izvo zvine rekodhi yechokwadi yekuderera kwekusasiyana kwedzidzo kuvadzidzi vasina kushumirwa zvakanaka kare. Los Angeles Unified yakazviita. San Francisco Unified yakazviita. Santa Anna Unified akazviita. Yave nguva yekusununguka, maguta anofambira mberi-kusanganisira ayo ane vanhu vakawanda Vachena seSeattle-kutevera. Sezvinoratidzwa nenyaya iyi, vechiduku vakagadzirira.
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