We’re Wrong [Reflecting on Spring Valley High]
One more thing about the teachers of color panel went awry from a couple of weeks ago: we too embody white supremacy as agents of the state.
Yesterday, a cop assaulted a black girl in the middle of class for refusing to leave the class when a teacher, an administrator, then the school resource officer told her to step out. The easy part for my colleagues is to say that, if the student just complied, then none of this would have happened. If the student had simply gotten up on her own accord and done exactly as the overseers had told her, Spring Valley High School would not be a trending topic in all the worst ways.
But that’s not how students work. They’re not 100% complaint. Neither are adults. Our laws and their executors thrive on this.
That’s what shocked me most as the videos pan to who was in the room watching the incident take place. Unlike the plethora of videos on WorldStar or YouTube with black kids walloping each other Why Educators Need To Reflect On Spring Valley High:
