Seriously? Brown fought against this...

Sit back and hold tight, hear me out to the end and then you decide on this one. I honestly am still confused on what exactly is intended here. Sections knocking schools for disciplinary actions, some Department of Defense thrown in to the mix, Brown vs Board of Education re-imagined and it is a lot to take in.



It should come as no shock to any readers that this administration would go behind America's back to implement new policies that on the surface sound caring, but in reality set us as a nation back half a century or more. And yes it has happened again, President Barack Owebama has attached his "hope and change" to the nation's schools. Below I have attached the document that was of such great importance it could not wait for American Congress, go read it for yourself.

It begins with good intentions (but as mamma says "the road to hell is paved with good intentions") and calls
out the progress made since Brown vs BoE. It is not enough that we have desegregated schools giving ALL American children access to the same public education. These non-African Americans are have such an obvious advantage now that they all go to the same school after all. So PBO calls for radical change in the way our administration staff handles all students, oh wait sorry got that one wrong the way they handle the African-American students. He is calling for the advantage to go to the minority. He wants new schools for them, presided by African-American teachers and administrators. They should have not just equal quality but a higher quality because they are who they are.

Brown would be disgusted by this. We've tried this, the segregated thing, and as I recall it didn't work out too well. He fought for his race to be recognized as Americans, not as African-Americans, but just simply as Americans. He didn't want better conditions for the segregated schools, he wanted integration into the public schools. Integration looks past color, it looks past background it is an equal opportunity for ALL. This class warfare is not being solved by reverting back to segregated classrooms. It will not be solved by lifting up one race over the other. Equal opportunity is just that, equal. If there is a child in a school not performing to standards the solution comes by working with that student.

Growing up my mother taught at an elementary school. She would come home late many days because of a parent teacher meeting she set up for a discussion on a particular child. She rarely complained about having these meetings, and when she did, it was always the same compliant, the parent did not show up for the meeting and she wasted her time by staying after-hours to meet with them. Never did I hear her complain about how she wished schools were segregated again because that was good for the African-American children. She knew that equal opportunity was being done. All races, Hispanic, Anglo, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian and every other background you can imagine were given equal concern by their teachers. If one child was lagging behind he got extra attention no matter what his skin color.

But she also recognized this, opportunity doesn't always mean success. She would say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. She took the time to attend to each child as much as possible, and many times took it as a personal failure if that child didn't rise to expectations. But never once, NEVER did she say that by re segregating schools the minority children would benefit.

We will always be segregated until Americans become just that, Americans. The time for racial wars is over. There should not be African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Pacific-Islander-Americans, Anglo-Americans, Irish-Americans or any others. We are Americans, a big melting pot from around the world. We are the greatest nation that exists on this planet. Our greatness comes not from our diverse lineage, but by our diverse talents. By all means take pride in where your family came from, but don't define yourself by it, define yourself by the God given talents you possess and use.

Lastly, and I'm still honestly confused by this one, why is the DOD in education reform at all? Is this the agency set to police these new standards? Are they now going to fund the schools? Are we going to see new curriculum in basic weapons and tactics? No idea, it wasn't specified in there, just says that DOD get's representation on the new board established by this order.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/26/executive-order-white-house-initiative-educational-excellence-african-am