Today’s unexpected DNT story about the disparity in our treatment of white and black kids was very important. The graph showed that we have made considerable strides in bringing down out of school suspensions of black students but we’ve just had an uptick in this year of Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign.
I’m reminded of a black resident who once said he was deeply appreciative of a town like Duluth that set up the memorial to our three innocent lynching victims in 1920. In recent months he’s been coming to the Board to tell us we are failing to rescue minority children from harm. This story makes it clear he has good reason to have lost heart.
That’s enough posting for tonight. I want to get another page of Isaiah read before eleven.
