Where’s the Outrage about KIPP?
Former Rutger’s basketball coach Mike Rice is the outrage of the moment, but his firing took months and a viral video:
Video shows Mike Rice’s ire
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Maybe a moral response to Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) requires a viral video.
Apparently that is what it takes for organizations and the public to respond to inexcusable but prevalent behavior—especially when that behavior is mostly by white men in authority at the expense of mostly African American young men who are essentially powerless.
Charles Blow confronts and names the culture surrounding Rice’s behavior as a coach:
Video shows Mike Rice’s ire
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Maybe a moral response to Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) requires a viral video.
Apparently that is what it takes for organizations and the public to respond to inexcusable but prevalent behavior—especially when that behavior is mostly by white men in authority at the expense of mostly African American young men who are essentially powerless.
Charles Blow confronts and names the culture surrounding Rice’s behavior as a coach:
From my experience, his behavior seems an a extreme version of what is generally accepted practice among some coaches, players and parents who turn a blind eye and even give a grudging