This is so freakin’ crazy that I can hardly believe it. I mean, I DO believe it. But it’s just…so unbelievable. It. Just. Does. Not. Compute.
A predominately black school.
The student council is led by white kids.
The school’s paper is run by the black kids.
Then next year everyone switches roles?
And this has gone on for years without anyone complaining?
No white kid ever wanted to get on the paper during the “black” year?
No black kid ever wanted to be president during the “white” year"?
No one ever thought about what to do with the non-black and non-white kids? Or the biracial ones?
Wow. I thought I was desensitived to racial stupidity, but wonders never cease.
I suppose I’m just really spoiled. I grew up in fully integrated schools (as close to 50/50 as you can get in the city of Atlanta, GA) and we NEVER EVER had problems with diversity in student council or the school paper. In other groups, yes, but not those. I was elected to offices by white and black kids alike–and folks from both groups actually hated me! Now middle-school yearbook was a bit more white-biased because it was an elective, not something you volunteered for (which seems unfair, in retrospect), and for some reason there slightly more white kids in it than black. But even then, there were plenty of us black kids representing. I was copy editor and wore my press badge (along with student council badge and hall monitor pin) with much pride. (Yes, I was a nerd. But not an Urkel nerd. More like a Erica-Alexander-in-Deja Vu nerd. Yeah, that sounds about right crossing my fingers, hoping no one ever finds out the truth)
I didn’t like middle school. I would have really hated it, though, without all the extra curriculars. So that’s why I feel so bad for all the kids that have gone through this horrible policy for DECADES. Reparations. All of 'em should get them. That, or a re-do of their middle school years. Something to make them whole.