Alabama School System Ordered to Stop Discriminating Against Black Children

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Alabama School System Ordered to Stop Discriminating Against Black Children​

Kalyn Womack
Thu, July 7, 2022 at 12:38 PM·2 min read

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The US Department of Justice and the Madison County School Board of Alabama have reached an agreement regarding a long-running desegregation case. The district agreed to take measures to make sure Black students have equal educational opportunities including gifted programs and college prep classes. It’s nearly as if they pretended Brown v Board just didn’t exist.
DOJ previously stated they found several discriminatory issues in their review of the district such as Black students being subject to discipline more often than white students and Black high schoolers being more likely to be referred for subjective infractions, per ABC affiliate WHNT. Also, their recruitment processes left several schools without even one Black faculty member.
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Now, the DOJ gave the district specific requirements on how to address the racial desegregation they’ve practiced.
More from the Department of Justice:

Under the terms of the consent order, the district will, among other requirements:
Improve its gifted identification policies, training and practices; expand access to advanced placement and other advanced curricula; and identify and remove existing barriers for Black students;
Engage a third-party consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the district’s discipline policies and procedures; revise the code of conduct; train staff on classroom behavior management; and collect and review discipline data to identify and address trends and concerns;
Review faculty hiring, recruitment and retention practices to identify barriers for diverse applicants, improve recruitment and retention of Black teachers and administrators, and ensure their equitable assignment to schools;
Appoint a district-level administrator to oversee implementation of the agreement and professional development for faculty, staff and administrators; and
Work with a newly-constituted and diverse Desegregation Advisory Committee.

“It is long past time to deliver on the promises of Brown v. Board of Education for our nation’s students,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “We are committed to ensuring that all students receive the educational opportunities they deserve across the Madison County School District. The Civil Rights Division will continue to fight on behalf of students in school districts that have not yet fulfilled their legal obligation to eliminate racial segregation ‘root and branch.’”
The school system will also be reporting regularly to the court, Justice Department and the plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense fund. The district’s compliance with the order will be monitored for three years, according to The Associated Press.

Alabama

 

[ORDER_66]

2022 and shyt aint changed...

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Trying to research some background and this shyt with this school district been going on since forever. DOJ sued them or forced them into consent agreements in the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, and now 2020s.

 

[King]

This means nothing.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Wow this district is foul as fukk. This isn't the only case they've had the DOJ come at them for.

https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/762576/download

This is some of the most fukked-up shyt I've ever heard of. 14-year-old foster kid with a dead mother complained that a boy was sexually harassing her and trying to pressure her into sex. The boy in question had a long history of sexual harassment and assault. School administration told her to agree to have sex with him in the bathroom so they could catch him in the act. They fukked up the "sting" and left her alone and didn't go in to rescue her, girl got anally raped by the perp in a bathroom stall. Since no one had gone inside when she was being raped, they claimed there was still no proof (even though a medical exam showed injuries consistent with anal rape) and only charged the kid with "inappropriate touching" and suspended him for 5 days, then just made the girl go back to school and didn't offer her any counseling or anything.

A federal judge in the South originally dismissed the case against the school with all sorts of bullshyt excuses before the Obama Administration got involved and got the case overturned by a higher court.

 

[Chrishaune]

The same types of white folks that live in Madison county live where every poster on this site lives.

 

[jwinfield]

Wow this district is foul as fukk. This isn't the only case they've had the DOJ come at them for.

https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/762576/download

This is some of the most fukked-up shyt I've ever heard of. 14-year-old foster kid with a dead mother complained that a boy was sexually harassing her and trying to pressure her into sex. The boy in question had a long history of sexual harassment and assault. School administration told her to agree to have sex with him in the bathroom so they could catch him in the act. They fukked up the "sting" and left her alone and didn't go in to rescue her, girl got anally raped by the perp in a bathroom stall. Since no one had gone inside when she was being raped, they claimed there was still no proof (even though a medical exam showed injuries consistent with anal rape) and only charged the kid with "inappropriate touching" and suspended him for 5 days, then just made the girl go back to school and didn't offer her any counseling or anything.

A federal judge in the South originally dismissed the case against the school with all sorts of bullshyt excuses before the Obama Administration got involved and got the case overturned by a higher court.

 

[Buddy]

I’m supposed to be on my way RIGHT NOW to Alabama but this has turned out to be the biggest waste of time ever

Anyways, one of my little cousins I was gonna see impresses me that much more now. From Madison county and made it a top tier university on a full ride

 

[martin_van_nostrand]

Wow this district is foul as fukk. This isn't the only case they've had the DOJ come at them for.

https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/762576/download

This is some of the most fukked-up shyt I've ever heard of. 14-year-old foster kid with a dead mother complained that a boy was sexually harassing her and trying to pressure her into sex. The boy in question had a long history of sexual harassment and assault. School administration told her to agree to have sex with him in the bathroom so they could catch him in the act. They fukked up the "sting" and left her alone and didn't go in to rescue her, girl got anally raped by the perp in a bathroom stall. Since no one had gone inside when she was being raped, they claimed there was still no proof (even though a medical exam showed injuries consistent with anal rape) and only charged the kid with "inappropriate touching" and suspended him for 5 days, then just made the girl go back to school and didn't offer her any counseling or anything.

A federal judge in the South originally dismissed the case against the school with all sorts of bullshyt excuses before the Obama Administration got involved and got the case overturned by a higher court.

 

[morris]

Da Souf

 

[High Art]

Wow this district is foul as fukk. This isn't the only case they've had the DOJ come at them for.

https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/762576/download

This is some of the most fukked-up shyt I've ever heard of. 14-year-old foster kid with a dead mother complained that a boy was sexually harassing her and trying to pressure her into sex. The boy in question had a long history of sexual harassment and assault. School administration told her to agree to have sex with him in the bathroom so they could catch him in the act. They fukked up the "sting" and left her alone and didn't go in to rescue her, girl got anally raped by the perp in a bathroom stall. Since no one had gone inside when she was being raped, they claimed there was still no proof (even though a medical exam showed injuries consistent with anal rape) and only charged the kid with "inappropriate touching" and suspended him for 5 days, then just made the girl go back to school and didn't offer her any counseling or anything.

A federal judge in the South originally dismissed the case against the school with all sorts of bullshyt excuses before the Obama Administration got involved and got the case overturned by a higher court.

They left her there on purpose. Sick shyt. It is not enough to name and shame these people, they deserve death.

 

[parallax]

Wow this district is foul as fukk. This isn't the only case they've had the DOJ come at them for.

https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/762576/download

This is some of the most fukked-up shyt I've ever heard of. 14-year-old foster kid with a dead mother complained that a boy was sexually harassing her and trying to pressure her into sex. The boy in question had a long history of sexual harassment and assault. School administration told her to agree to have sex with him in the bathroom so they could catch him in the act. They fukked up the "sting" and left her alone and didn't go in to rescue her, girl got anally raped by the perp in a bathroom stall. Since no one had gone inside when she was being raped, they claimed there was still no proof (even though a medical exam showed injuries consistent with anal rape) and only charged the kid with "inappropriate touching" and suspended him for 5 days, then just made the girl go back to school and didn't offer her any counseling or anything.

A federal judge in the South originally dismissed the case against the school with all sorts of bullshyt excuses before the Obama Administration got involved and got the case overturned by a higher court.

that is some evil shyt

 

[Professor Emeritus]

They left her there on purpose. Sick shyt. It is not enough to name and shame these people, they deserve death.

Sadly, I read the entire incident report from the DOJ and having worked in a dysfunctional school I can see exactly how the fukk-up would happen. Everything good in dysfunctional schools is dependent on a few select extraordinary teachers and administrators who hold everything together and have to constantly intervene to keep shyt from falling apart. At the same time, they are mirrored by equally extreme incompetent individuals who could screw up in the most horrific ways at any moment if not kept in check by the good ones.

All that it would take for something as horrible as this to happen would be for several awful administrators to align at the same time, get matched up with one of the awful teachers, and have none of the "good ones" in the vicinity to stop shyt before it all fell apart.

 

[concise]

 

[GreenGhxst]

I wish I could be God for a week