The Dallas Morning News reports the majority of Texas' students are black or Hispanic, but 2 out of 3 educators are white. Reporter Terence Stutz analyzes the numbers this way: "Texas' minority student enrollment continues to surge, but the state's teacher corps isn't keeping pace. That has left large numbers of black and Hispanic children without the role models experts believe would help them achieve more."
Isn't that racist? A good way to test whether or not a statement is racist is to substitute a different race for the orginal one -- like this: "Texas' white student enrollment continues to surge, but the state's teacher corps isn't keeping pace. That has left large numbers of white children without the role models experts believe would help them achieve more."
Yep, it's racist!
"Need seen for more minority teachers." The Dallas Morning News; August 3, 2010; p. 1A.
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