“We recommend our community rethink placing the onus on children, as this lead sentence conveys: ‘In Asheville, Black students have lagged behind their white counterparts in literacy for decades, according to test scores over time,’ and instead acknowledge the systems at work that push children to the margins.”
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Letter: We must stand together to repair historical wrongs
“To prevent our community from continuing to fail our Black youths, white parents should demand that barriers to opportunities for Black youths are removed, and policies are implemented with an intentional focus on racial equity.”