一所特许学校的种族争议(6)
日期:2022-01-14 18:41

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For many years, Eric Henry was one of Mystic Valley's biggest boosters.
多年来,埃里克·亨利一直是神秘谷最大的支持者之一n7OpIMdUag6gc.6m|x-
"My wife would ride around when she was pregnant saying, ‘That's where I'm going to send my kids,'” recalls Henry, who is Black.
“我妻子怀孕的时候会骑车到处转,说‘我要把孩子送到那里去读书,’”黑人布莱克回忆道ilJ@o8R,@Z
As a military man, he especially loved the school's strict discipline.
作为一名军人,他特别喜欢学校严格的纪律6&Auu3I6dYbt[bzc8&8
From the time the triplets started kindergarten, he was an enthusiastic member of the school community, serving on the parent-teacher organization, attending board meetings and even volunteering on Kinnon's political campaigns.
从三胞胎上幼儿园开始,他就成了学校社区的热心成员,在家长教师组织中服务,参加董事会会议,甚至在金农的政治运动中担任志愿者6sT(R!FPJkB
But the Henrys began having reservations when a seventh-grade teacher persistently misspelled Dewayne's name.
但是,当一名七年级老师总是拼错杜恩的名字时,亨利夫妇开始心有疑虑8_.B=HH9lSCc#]p]
Then, in eighth grade, Thora had a conflict with an English teacher that spiraled out of control.
然后,在上八年级时,索拉与一名英语老师发生了冲突,场面失控w2#ZVRwCd32yEQFwQ;
She was called "insubordinate” and accused of creating "drama,” charges she only ever saw directed to Black students.
老师说她“不服从命令”,并且指责她制造“戏剧”,她只见过这种指控针对黑人学生dFBzd-M;^](Ko
"My white classmates could be standing right there and I wouldn't even be doing anything, but I would be the one who got in trouble,” says Thora, 16, who left Mystic Valley and now attends Malden High.
16岁的索拉说:“我的白人同学可能就站在那里,而我甚至什么都没做,可能就遇到了麻烦u5M2B5fD7N,X9vt7XGL。”索拉离开了神秘谷,现在就读于莫尔登高中|Z0IW=ALFZC)
Eric Henry says he once embraced the school's philosophy but now finds it abhorrent.
埃里克·亨利表示,他曾经接受这所学校的理念,但现在发现它令人厌恶5]l07ZfUX_#9m)&@B2
"Now, when I read them talking about their steadfast commitment to this concept of ‘American culture,' it makes me cringe to no end,” he says.
“现在,当我读到他们谈论他们对‘美国文化’这一概念的坚定承诺时,我不禁畏缩不前,”他说gan+6YFLE,Ao3sJczo
"I hear people complain about critical race theory, but from my understanding we need more of it.
“我听到人们抱怨批判性种族理论,但据我所知,我们需要的不只是批判a2k+aG#|pk,6B
Isn't it just the truth to say there's systemic racism in America? I think, in this society, we fear those facts that are from the perspective of the victim.”
说美国存在系统性的种族歧视,这难道不是事实吗? 我认为,在这个社会中,我们害怕那些站在受害者角度的事实tve8[ZL)g)_。”
The controversy over assigning Mark Twain originated with Henry's friend Saeed Coates, a Black real estate investor with three daughters at Mystic Valley.
关于指定阅读马克·吐温的争议源于亨利的朋友赛义德·科茨(Saeed Coates),他是一名黑人房地产投资者,有三个女儿在神秘谷上学z5,Xw9ZR3)d^&D7%
Coates had never read Tom Sawyer before his eldest brought it home last winter.
在大儿子去年冬天把《汤姆·索亚历险记》带回家之前,科茨从未读过这本书I+]+8.%*LT4BLM[
Perusing it, he was disturbed by the book's repeated use of the N word.
细读这本书时,他对书中反复使用的N字感到不安LN3TtTVj*H6rO[[c%
"My fifth-grader should not be made to feel uncomfortable,” Coates says.
学校不应该让我上五年级的孩子感到不舒服,”科茨说6_![ZsK##cwT@;n^RQ
"I think it's insane they're exposing fifth-graders to ethnic slurs.”
“我觉得他们让五年级的学生接触种族侮辱太疯狂了t)s[=UE&KRQsXI0。”
No children of other races, he pointed out, were subjected to a barrage of racist insults in their class readings—only Black children.
他指出,没有哪个种族的孩子会在课堂上遭受到一连串的种族主义侮辱——只有黑人孩子oCd8mpD|9Bj+9[yB
Coates complained to the school, which pulled the book temporarily, replaced it with a sanitized version and supplemented it with a lesson on racism, he says.
他说,科茨向学校投诉,学校暂时撤下了这本书,用删改过的版本取而代之,并补充了一节关于种族主义的课!sWC*I3EfvhXF^3,.0
Teachers also worked to put the book in context, describing the conditions Black slaves faced in 1840s Missouri and pointing out that Twain was an abolitionist.
老师们也努力把这本书联系上下文进行解释,描述19世纪40年代密苏里州黑人奴隶所面临的情况,并指出吐温是一名废奴主义者pNgx5Arcq~O7
But Coates was furious that the book stayed in the curriculum: "It means nothing to say, ‘Racism's bad, now let's get back to the book.'”
但科茨对这本书留在课程中感到愤怒:“没什么好说的,‘种族主义很可怕|#1#r4nGyFk+rm]。现在我们继续去学这本书吧wcP.s45#vg0b^。'”
The Coateses are considering private school instead, and he says they also may sue for discrimination.
科茨夫妇正在考虑让孩子们转去私立学校,他说,他们还可能以歧视为由提起诉讼T!.ULrX)*bu9

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