Blog post 9: suggested solutions
Schools should hire staff of diverse race and sex. Most teachers are white females that often stereotype male students of color and expect less of them, believing they have lower abilities or don't care about school. Also, male educators of color could act as role models for younger boys of color.
Teachers and counselling staff should receive special training that is required and pass a moral test that detects racism and sexism.
The zero tolerance policy should be repealed, students should not fear being arrested in school due to “offences” such as hitting someone with a pencil. While security is important, schools have to find a way to make the school a safe environment that doesn’t include metal detectors and police offers that make students feel like criminals.
All in all, the issue needs to be resolved by changing the public school system and the criminal justice system, not teaching male students of color to prevent being arrested or expelled. Students of color are the victims here, and no one should blame the victim and tell them to prevent it my acting in a different way or avoid certain (clearly innocent) behaviour.
