Today dead-tree media offers a lesson in turning every concern into a racially charged hot mess.
OR . . .
The newspaper still hasn't managed to move their thinking & argumentation past the quota system.
Take a peek . . .
"Over the last decade, demographics in the district shifted away from a white majority, according to data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. In 2012, 69% of district students were white compared to just over 51% last year, a decline of 18%. District leadership has remained noninclusive."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
The Independence student body is half minority. But school district leaders? All white
OPINION AND COMMENTARY Minority school children in the Independence School District make up nearly half of the district's enrollment. But you'd be hard-pressed to find any representation for students of color among district leadership. Inclusion issues in Independence don't end there. The seven-member Independence City Council continues to lack diversity.
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