I'm from deep South Texas. This plan didn't work in the 70's & I don't think it will work today. I was always getting jumped by gangs of black girls when all I had done was be born a white female & have blond hair! Do they think we all have white guilt from Floyd's unfortunate fate? I didn't agree with that, either. Funny how they're doing this in the state where he was murdered by a white cop. Guess Minneapolis feels the whites "owe them that". I'll keep you posted on the attacks & murders that I'm sure are pending, not that I'm condoning that as a victim myself.
"In Minneapolis Schools, White Families Are Asked to Help Do the Integrating
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/us/minneapolis-school-integration.html
By Sarah Mervosh
Nov. 27, 2021
Excerpt:
"MINNEAPOLIS — When Mauri Friestleben learned that Minneapolis was rolling out a new school integration plan — and that the school she led, a predominantly Black, low-income high school, would soon include white students from some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in town — she looked around and proudly considered all that her school had to offer.
The hallways at North Community High are a tapestry of blue and white, the school colors, and the mascot, a polar bear, seems to roar around every corner. The curriculum had been updated to expand access to advanced placement courses: U.S. history, physics, art and design. The school had a new athletic field, and on the first floor, a radio studio.
But in some phone conversations with potential new families, Ms. Friestleben, the principal, sensed deep skepticism.
Parents peppered her with questions. Exactly how many A.P. courses did her school offer? Was Spanish the only language option? Would their children be safe walking from the bus? Some even wondered how she had gotten their number and asked her not to call again.
Ms. Friestleben, a mixed-race woman who identifies as Black, knew that her school had its challenges, including a history of struggling enrollment and low test scores. But she was working hard to serve the needs of her students and had little interest in adjusting her focus to woo white families.
“At times,” she said, “it was demeaning and humiliating.”
Minneapolis, among the most segregated school districts in the country, with one of the widest racial academic gaps, is in the midst of a sweeping plan to overhaul and integrate its schools. And unlike previous desegregation efforts, which typically required children of color to travel to white schools, Minneapolis officials are asking white families to help do the integrating — a newer approach being embraced by a small group of urban districts across the country.
“Everyone wants equity as long as it doesn’t inconvenience them,” said Eric Moore, senior officer for accountability, research and equity for Minneapolis Public Schools, where about a third of students — some 10,000 children of different races — were assigned to new schools this year.
The changes included redrawing school zones, including for North. “This plan is saying, everyone is going to be equally inconvenienced because we need to collectively address the underachievement of our students of color,” Mr. Moore added."
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Nov 27, 2021
