Kristen A. Graham, Philadelphia Inquirer
12.08.09
More than 50 Asian students stayed away from South Philadelphia High yesterday, as they will all week - a boycott, they said, of the school's unsafe conditions and the districts failure to deal with the long-standing violence between racial groups... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/78749332.html
"Racial Tensions between Black and Asian Students Boil in Philadelphia"
Robert Hightower, Philadelphia Tribune, News Report
12.09.09
Racial tensions have come to a boiling point at South Philadelphia High School, where some Asian students are not showing up for class following an attack by African American pupils last week...http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=36e72e27ed73b09285da4e2dae93cb02
Guided Questions
- Thoughts on the situation?
- What do you think this means for our Asian American youth population? How do you feel about the treatment of these Asian American students?
- What do you think are some of the larger ramifications of racial tensions? What part do stereotypes play into these types of situations (i.e., the model minority, the perpetual foreigner)?
- Whose responsibility do you think it is to alleviate the tensions that are arising? Why?
- In your opinion, who are the victims?
- Have you had similar experiences? If so, how did you handle it? Do you feel as though those experiences have enhanced or hindered your ability to be a leader?
- If you have not had similar experiences, how do you think you would handle the tensions if you were a participant/student in the situation? A leader in the situation?
- Given power and control of resources, what are some realistic solutions you would develop as a leader?
The second link did not work for me, so I reposted the link here: http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=36e72e27ed73b09285da4e2dae93cb02&from=rss
ReplyDeleteI think that the situation shows that keeping race and ethnic relations out of commonplace discussion hinders efforts to eradicate racial tension. Although great progress has been made, there is still room for improvement. I think that race is considered a non-issue, but in reality, I think there are implicit racial bias and without addressing them, I don't think incidents such as the one in Philadelphia can be prevented.
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