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Sunday, March 09, 2014

School Spirit or Gang Signs? 'Zero Tolerance' Comes Under Fire - NBC News.com

School Spirit or Gang Signs? 'Zero Tolerance' Comes Under Fire - NBC News.com

Is the American School system by in large For or Against Children of Color. Throughout the corridors of State capitals laws reminiscent of the Jim Crow era are used to justify non-funding for education, incarceration (enslavement), and murder of Americans.

"The federal government found that of 3 million children suspended or expelled during the 2010-11 school year, the overwhelming majority — 7 out of 10 — were black, Latino or kids with disabilities...
This echoes independent studies, like a 2013 report
by the University of California at Los Angeles Civil Rights Project,
which found that one in four African-American students in secondary
schools was suspended at least once in the 2009-10 academic year,
compared to one in 16 white students." 
“They figured I was a gang member because of my color.”
Image: Dontadrian Bruce recreates a hand sign