[southernnorthcarolina]

The Charlotte Observer has outdone itself. An old gag had it that a liberal newspaper -- and the Observer certainly qualifies -- announced the ultimate cataclysm with the headline "World to be destroyed; women and minorities to suffer most." Increasingly, actual Observer articles are resembling the joke. On a daily basis, for decades now, our fishwrapper can be counted on to hammer home how much minorities are mistreated and discriminated against.

God forbid that anyone suggest that the students who were suspended were at fault. Heavens, no. The fault lies in the cultural insensitivity of whites (who, by the way, are now a minority in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System).

You see, honky, in da hood it be cool to call your teacher a ho if she disses you, ya know what I'm sayin?

[zip]

Why are Charlotte's black students suspended more often than whites

Could it possibly be that they commit more offenses that call for suspensions? nah, it's Bush's fault.

[Judge Roy]

Not all athletes proform the same way and to require a basketball player to catch the football on sunday would just end up in exasperation far everyone. So we wonder why some act out.

[R. Scott]

Such disparities also exist nationally and suggest a culture clash in schools, experts say.

It is a culture clash. It’s a Black Thing and you wouldn’t understand.
Behavior among teenage Blacks is not only tolerated but also accepted as the norm. The same behavior is unacceptable to most Whites. The use of violence in response to minor perceived slights is one example.

[Alia]

UNCC researcher Laurie Garo found a link between suspensions and crime. She mapped the address of every CMS student suspended in 2003-04 -- and found them largely clustered in the same impoverished neighborhoods plagued by unemployment, dropouts and crime.

"These kids are being put out of the education process, which leaves them unemployable, prone to poverty and reliant on crime for survival," says Garo.

The above is a classic "pro-culture-war zone" hack assertion. Dime a dozen. It uses this scenario to "grow" liberal/democrat bureacracies. Don't fall for it. There are some superb charter schools in the area. If the parents really care...

[Carolinamom]

It's a hard-to-answer question, say Charlotte-Mechlenburg school officials.....

Simple answer to the question: BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE THE SCHOOL RULES that non-suspended students observe. Since violaters and suspended students are both white and black, the percentage of each does not matter. Get it? These nervous nellies don't.

[Drew68]

bump for later

[southernnorthcarolina]

Significant disparities also exist at Mecklenburg's top-achieving high schools. Myers Park and Providence don't suspend as many students as other high schools. But when they do, most suspensions are of black students.

Just 4 percent of Myers Park's white students were suspended, while 31 percent of black students were suspended.

Well, maybe a tiny bit of good news from southernnorthcarolina's beloved long-ago alma mater, Myers Park High School.

Myers Park's [Principal] Bill Anderson called the gap "absolutely not" acceptable. He wants to expand training for teachers to better understand the culture of poverty, which he believes plays a role.

Oops, looks like I spoke too soon. Seems we have an apologist for a principal now.

[Malesherbes]

When asked why there were problems in Georgia's prison system, Governor Lester Maddox replied, "We need a better class of prisoners." There is wisdom in that. We need a better class of prisoners in the government schools.

[DJ Taylor]

"These kids are being put out of the education process, which leaves them unemployable, prone to poverty and reliant on crime for survival,...

Please let me finish this sentence.

...but if we allow disruptive children to remain in the classroom, it will interfere with education process of the other children and leave them unemployable, prone to poverty and reliant on crime for survival."

[manic4organic]

In the vernacular, the cause of the disparity can be attributed to lack of "home trainin'."

[Dawgreg]

Oh brother, here we go again. I know........it stems from slavery. The black kids are allowed to break the rules without fear of retribution 'cause their ancestors were slaves.........yeah, that's it! (sarcasm)

[Exit148]

Throw more money at the school! That's what they do in Newark. (/sarcasm)

Walter Williams was subbing for Rush on Friday and he and Thomas Sowell had a terrific conversation. I wish I had the transcript. But they were discussing poverty of blacks. This is Williams recipe:

"Avoiding long-term poverty is not rocket science. First, graduate from high school. Second, get married before you have children, and stay married. Third, work at any kind of job, even one that starts out paying the minimum wage. And, finally, avoid engaging in criminal behavior."

Wise words -- simple and attainable. More of this at:

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/walterwilliams/ww20050511.shtml

[lodwick]

Shocking information.

[Lorianne]

I used to volunteer one day a week at my daughter's elementary school. I found out that the teachers had a quota on how many students of each race they could send to the principle's office or discipline in other ways.

Funny, though, there was no gender quota.

[MissEdie]

God forbid that anyone suggest that the students who were suspended were at fault. Heavens, no. The fault lies in the cultural insensitivity of whites (who, by the way, are now a minority in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System).

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THIS OUT!!!! I work in a public school in SC and yes, black students are suspended more than white students ( more blacks in the school) but the behavior they exhibit warrants suspension and in some cases expulsion. Why hinder/harm the education of the other students just to keep those causing problems in the school setting? Oftentimes the safety and security of the other students - not to mention the faculty and staff- necessitates getting bad kids out.

[MissEdie]

Anybody here willing to debate segregation? Were problems like these in the schools before integration? Just asking folks....

[neutrino]

Why are Charlotte's black students suspended more often than whites?

a) poor deportment
b) incivility
c) disruptive behavior
d) all of the above

Choose wisely!

[gitmogrunt]

A simple solution for most, a complex race-baiting social economic mystery for the liberal press, and the liberal education establishment.

[MonroeDNA]

"Poverty and other socioeconomic factors may explain some of the disparity"

Or the disparity may explain poverty.

[shellshocked]

I guess the answer is to suspend more white arbitrarily?