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It’s rather difficult to determine whether you’re reading Newsweek or Salon these days, but, one has to wonder why teachers who are mostly leftists hate black kids

GIVE TEACHERS GUNS, AND MORE BLACK CHILDREN WILL DIE

In response to the growing calls for action to prevent gun violence in our schools, President Trump has proposed arming teachers to keep kids safe. I’m not alone in being alarmed and terrified at that proposal. As a black mother who has had a child killed by gun violence, I know all too well how this dangerous proposal would add to the worries of other black and brown parents, and entire communities.

My son, George Jr., was shot and killed in 2013 when he was only 20 years old. Like many Texans, his life revolved around his family, football, his horse and country music. He had finished one year of college, and we had big dreams for his future. Losing George, my only son, knocked me down to the point that I thought I’d never get back up.

Like so many black victims in our country, George’s life story was completely rewritten by the defense attorneys for his murderers. They ignored the stories shared by people who knew and loved George, and instead painted my son as a “gang member”—a mischaracterization the media was all too ready to amplify.

Amplify because most in law enforcement thought George was involved in criminal activity, and, yup, he was shot by another Black. Not a teacher. This article is written by Calandrian Simpson Kemp, a volunteer with the Texas chapter of the gun banning/grabbing group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

Unfortunately, this kind of bias is the rule in our country—not the exception. Black and brown children are considered more dangerous than white kids. Too often, they face the mistaken belief that they are armed when they’re not.

In classrooms, these beliefs mean that children of color are more likely to be disciplined than white peers. A report from the New York Civil Liberties Union found that 99 percent of children handcuffed in New York City public schools were black or Latino. Research from the National Women’s Law Center shows that African-American girls are more than five times more likely to face suspension and six times more likely to face expulsion than white girls. Meanwhile, only six percent of white male students receive out-of-school suspensions, compared to 20 percent of black male students. And this gap begins in preschool.

Already, students of color are being pushed out of their classrooms and losing out on the education they need to succeed after graduation. When guns are involved, this kind of bias has life or death consequences. Like it did for Tamir Rice, who was playing with a toy gun when he was shot and killed by police at just 12 years old.

If teachers are allowed to carry handguns in classrooms, Trump’s proposal will only make black and brown children like mine less safe—facing an increased risk of gun violence in the places they go to learn and grow.

Well, that’s one hell of a jump in logic. Apparently, Leftist teachers, who are typically gunphobic, have a hankering for shooting Black kids. Who knew?

Even in the face of a school shooting, arming teachers is unlikely to keep any child safe. Armed civilians are almost never successful in active shooting situations and in many instances make it harder for law enforcement to intervene. It’s not surprising that teachers overwhelmingly oppose Trump’s plan.

That’s because armed civilians are typically not armed during these shooting situations, because these active shooting situations tend to occur in gun free zones, and the armed civilians follow the law in disarming themselves in those areas.

Gun grabbing Ms. Kemp offers up some more stuff, but, really, this is a new one: giving teachers guns will mean they are popping caps into the asses of Black kids. Le sigh.

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