Tag Archives: African American

Valdosta graduation rates

In his

updated Grassroots Handbook Against School Consolidation
David Mullis included
as new material

a revised response to CUEE statement #2 for graduation rates,
which contains these percentages:


He then asks:

Therefore, one must
ask, "Why would CUEE say the graduation rate for Valdosta High
School is in the low 50% range for all students and below 50% for
African Americans? The answer is simple. CUEE wants to mislead the
voters into believing that the graduation rate for Valdosta High
School is lower than it actually is. Therefore, not only does CUEE
make false statements, it also fails to state that the graduation
rate has improved significantly over the past 5 years for all
students and for African American Students. Again, this is an
attempt by CUEE to give the appearance that something other than what
is being done must be done. They do not tell us what should be done
other than to consolidate the school systems. The logic is
frightening to say the least.

Here’s a suggestion on
what to do about that.

-jsq

NAACP boycotting Arizona —Leigh Touchton

This came in as a comment yesterday on

Georgia first to copy Arizona anti-immigrant bill. -jsq



Thank you for posting this, Mr. Quarterman. The NAACP is one of the
groups boycotting Arizona over its anti-Hispanic “immigration” law
(which really does nothing except racially profile American citizens
who happen to have brown skin.)

More on the NAACP boycott of Arizona can be found here.


http://www.blackenterprise.com/2010/05/20/naacp-joins-boycott-of-arizona/

-Leigh Touchton

A quote from that article. -jsq

“We are joining this lawsuit because the Arizona law is out of step with
American values of fairness and equality,” said Benjamin Todd Jealous,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the NAACP. “It encourages
racial profiling and is unconstitutional. African Americans know all
too well the insidious effects of racial profiling.”