And another question: would Black boys who are not underachieving have to take this course or courses? If yes, why? and if no, then this further stigmatizes the underachieving Black Black boys..

My position is that Black history and culture courses be REALLY woven into the core curriculum or provided as a competently taught course for ALL students..

Shame on this pilot program is talking about providing Black History & Culture as a remedial course..Even if this program is talking about experimenting with different ways of teaching academic subjects same subject matter [say with a more interactive approach] I still would prefer that it occur within an integrated race/ethnicity classroom.. I'm less concerned about separating students out by gender since boys and girls will find opportunities to get to know each other. But social interactions across 'racial lines' appear to happen less frequently even when students attend the same school.

If such interaction is considered a good thing {and I maintain that it is] why set up additional barriers that might lessen the chances of it occuring?



Azizi