Thats outrageous!! I'm sorry but where is this happening at & what can we do to help?
--- On Tue, 6/3/08, Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: [ Latina Teacher Fired for teaching about Malcom X > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'Albert Fields'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL > PROTECTED], "CINQUE " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Cleo'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'Kai Pettaway'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'Kera'" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'Michael Gordon'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'Seku Brathwaite'" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>, "'Valery Jean'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Wendell Theophilus > Smith'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Whitney J Evans'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 3:20 PM > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > josexlara > Sent: Mon 6/2/2008 8:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [latinosineducation] Latina Teacher Fired for > teaching about Malcom > X > > > Critical thinking and culturally relevant education are not > welcomed at > Jordan High School > > Latina English Teacher is threatened with termination for > being too > "Afro-centric" in her teaching. > > As a second year teacher, Ms. Karen Salazar has had a > dynamic impact on > the Jordan High School campus by connecting readings to the > real lives > and struggles that students go through. Her English Class > has become a > favorite among students on campus, where they regularly > read and analyze > books and selected readings from people of color to whom > the students > can relate. Students, who typically skip some of their > classes, show up > religiously in Salazar's English Class. > > However, much of Salazar's success has also led to > constant > harassment by Jordan H.S. administration. Salazar has been > visited and > "observed" by the administration over 15 times in > the past year. > During one of the visits, an administrator criticized her > for having > students read The Autobiography of Malcom X, a LAUSD > approved text. When > she objected to this criticism, she was told that her > teachings where > too "Afro-centric." She was then told that the > school would not > renew her teaching contract for the upcoming school year. > > What makes this case particularly interesting is that the > principal, > Stephen Strachan, is African American and Salazar is > Salvadorian. > However, Strachan believes that Salazar teaches too much > about the Black > experience, which is completely ironic. > > "The school knows that Ms. Salazar is a very > passionate and good > teacher, and yet they want to fire her. It is not fair > because there are > many other teachers who don't teach anything, and they > never get > fired," said one of the Jordan High School Students at > a youth-led > meeting to discuss the firing. > > At the meeting, many Jordan students expressed anger and > frustration > over the situation. After two hours of discussion, it was > agreed that > the students would form the Students 4 Salazar coalition > and demand that > Ms. Salazar continue to teach at Jordan for the upcoming > school year. > Students also decided that they had no other recourse but > to take direct > action to save their teacher. A protest rally was planned > for after > school in front of Jordan H.S. on Thursday, June 5th 2008 > at 3:15pm. > > For a video of the meeting, please visit: > > http://www.youtube.com/v/0yxwUFPokuQ > <http://www.youtube.com/v/0yxwUFPokuQ> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links
