They’re worried that Latino’s are being mistreated
One of North Carolina’s largest school districts is discriminating against Latino students and their parents by failing to provide them with adequate resources, according to a nationally known civil rights advocacy group threatening to file a federal complaint.
But while the Southern Poverty Law Center’s criticism is directed at Durham public schools, the dispute raises questions for districts around the state, where Latinos have become the fastest-growing segment of the school-age population. Linguistic hurdles, income gaps and lack of access to services like health care all contribute to making Latino children especially vulnerable, according to groups who study the issue.
Jerri Katzerman, director of educational advocacy for the Birmingham, Ala.-based SPLC, said her group has spoken to hundreds of families who have all said the same thing.
“We have really serious situations where youngsters are feeling unwelcome in their schools,” Katzerman said. “Youngsters routinely endure name-calling, they’re called slurs. There are teachers and students who will mock them, their accents and their lack of English language ability.”
Maybe they should learn English?
The law center’s complaint alleges problems in four areas: a hostile environment for students, limited access to Spanish language interpreters for parents and students, inadequate translation of school materials like report cards, progress reports and teachers’ notes and lack of compliance with federal requirements for communicating with parents of children with low English proficiency.
Maybe the snowflakes and their parents should…..learn English?
BTW, Durham county votes heavily Democrat, something like the 70% and higher range. I guess that makes liberals….raaaaacists!
