Bill Ayers on the militarization of Chicago's schools
Bill Ayers's blog taking on Mayor Daley over ROTC programs in Chicago High Schools.
Mayor Daley’s claim that “[military programs] provide… students with the order and discipline that is too often lacking at home” taps into and fuels racialized perceptions and fears of unruly black and brown families and youth. They must be controlled, regulated, and made docile for their own good and for ours.hmmm... unruly black and brown youths.
2 comments:
Mr. Ayers should probably be quiet and be grateful that he still isn't rotting away in prison for his criminal acts of the 1960s-70s period.
Mind you, there are many legitimate issues to criticize and condemn King Richard the Lesser. The ROTC programs at Chicago high schools are far too far down the list to be spending any real time on. all it does is distract public attention form the real problems affecting city government, such as public corruption, the TIFs, and a rubber-stamp City Council.
It's the unruly kids of Commonwealth Ed Execs I think need a little boot camp. Let's get ROTC back at Glenbard or whatever the heck they called Ayer's HS back in the 60s.
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