How This School's Punishment Of Black Students Reinforces The Prison System
Black History Year
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🗓️ 2 October 2024
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Shot. Dead. In jail. That’s what their teachers told them would happen if they did bad on a test. Was it true? The fear this school put in these Black elementary school students wasn’t just unacceptable. It was prison-like.
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| 0:26.1 | Shot, dead, in jail. |
| 0:30.4 | That's what their teachers told them what happened if they did bad on a test. |
| 0:35.8 | Was it true? |
| 0:37.5 | The fear this school put in these black elementary school students wasn't just unacceptable. |
| 0:44.5 | It was prison-like. |
| 0:46.5 | This is too many black history. |
| 0:48.5 | What you didn't learn in school. |
| 1:04.1 | Thank you. school. In 1994, Bell Hooks described a past school experience as more like a prison, |
| 1:12.8 | a place of punishment and confinement rather than a place of promise and possibility. In 2023, a Florida elementary school blatantly |
| 1:20.8 | displayed what Hooks described. On a Friday at Bunnell Elementary School, Selected students were pulled out of class for an assembly. |
| 1:31.0 | All were black. |
| 1:32.8 | The presentation shown was even titled AA presentation for African Americans. |
| 1:40.9 | Students were shamed about low standardized test scores and bribed with gift cards their parents weren't notified frightened students said they were told they'd end up dead or in jail if they did poorly on their upcoming tests so how does this all tie into Bellhook's message? |
| 2:07.4 | Prison culture is more than the threat of literal incarceration. |
| 2:12.6 | Cataloging and dehumanizing people as statistics, using shame to control their behavior, and implementing |
| 2:19.6 | harmful punishment is a part of the system as well. |
| 2:24.9 | Statistically, black students receive harsher punishment, which can lead to even lower academic |
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