{"id":58,"date":"2018-04-11T11:29:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T15:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-obean\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2018-05-18T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T16:46:58","slug":"teachers-of-color-as-activists-and-organizers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Problem:\u00a0<\/strong>Segregation and racial inequality are a problem that have persisted in America throughout history and have continued to be a problem today. Racial inequality caused by segregation has created an unequal education system that impacts the rest of student\u2019s lives.\u00a0 St. Louis is a city that has experienced this problem for a very long time and is one of the most segregated cities in America.\u00a0\u00a0There is a staggering achievement gap between races in schools that impacts students for the rest of their lives.\u00a0 Recent events such as the protests associated with the Michael Brown situation in Ferguson have shined a spotlight on the racial inequalities in St. Louis.\u00a0 There has been legislation passed throughout recent decades but no real change takes place. Grassroots organizations have the ability to start a movement to create substantial change in St. Louis and throughout the nation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_236\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236\" class=\"wp-image-236 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/Delmar-Divide2-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/Delmar-Divide2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/Delmar-Divide2-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/Delmar-Divide2-624x908.jpg 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/Delmar-Divide2.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/nextstl.com\/2017\/09\/breaking-delmar-divide\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Delmar Divide&#8221; is a street that runs east to west through the St. Louis metropolitan area.\u00a0 There are big differences between education attainment, income, and race in areas north and south of the divide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_237\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-image-237 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/download-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/download-3-1.jpg 193w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2018\/05\/download-3-1-111x150.jpg 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/in-st-louis-delmar-boulevard-is-the-line-that-divides-a-city-by-race-and-perspective\/2014\/08\/22\/de692962-a2ba-4f53-8bc3-54f88f848fdb_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.f9eeb681a825<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How One Street Symbolizes America&#039;s Racial Divide | NowThis\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rLKJQuE0HQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem:\u00a0Segregation and racial inequality are a problem that have persisted in America throughout history and have continued to be a problem today. Racial inequality caused by segregation has created an unequal education system that impacts the rest of student\u2019s lives.\u00a0 St. Louis is a city that has experienced this problem for a very long time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-dcannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}