Yesterday, our high school class interviewed a 30-year veteran teacher<\/p>\n
at their school, mainly about racial issues. He said—among other<\/p>\n
things—that people in his home county (Montgomery, MD) read, whereas<\/p>\n
young people in Prince George’s do not. They just watch television, he<\/p>\n
said; and if they read, it’s "trash." Montgomery is predominantly<\/p>\n
White; Prince George’s is majority Black. After he left, I asked the students<\/p>\n
what they thought about this particular comment. Some were evidently offended<\/p>\n
and suspected that the teacher was relying on racial stereotypes. Others<\/p>\n
thought that he was factually correct. We held a debate on the question:<\/p>\n
"Do people read more in Montgomery?" I said that I honestly<\/p>\n
didn’t know, but that I wouldn’t jump to conclusions just because Montgomery<\/p>\n
is whiter and richer than Prince George’s. One male student who was offended<\/p>\n
by the comparison said that girls read in Prince George’s—although<\/p>\n
boys don’t. This comment received a lot of assent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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