Earlier this year, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed suit against the Philadelphia School District, alleging “deliberate and discriminatory indifference” after groups of mostly blacks students at South Philadelphia High School (designated “persistently dangerous”) beat up students of Asian descent.
Although the district suspended about 10 students, the AALDEF claimed the school covered up and downplayed the attacks. A retired federal judge named Judge James T. Giles released a report in which he concluded that in some instances, the Asian students “were randomly attacked or attacked because someone in their group was identified or misidentified as being connected to the earlier events,” and he apparently found no evidence of a cover-up but recommended the school ban hoodies (yep, you read it right), put more cameras in the school, and set up an anonymous tip hotline for students.
The U.S. Department of Justice found merit in AALDEF’s claims and advised the district to fix the problem.
So, how will the schools go about it? If they get rid of the worst troublemakers, they’ll be accused of racial discrimination (by disproportionately expelling black students). If they do nothing, they’ll be accused of racial discrimination (by failing to protect Asian students).
One word for parents who don’t want to put up with this nonsense either way: homeschool.
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