People, this ABC story about truancy story is worth a look, but it misses the real story
ABC WENT TO THE Ghetto today!
Poverty in our schools matters,
Attendance matters,
Living wages matter,
Eviction matter,
Housing insecurity matters,
Hunger matters,
Gun violence matters,
Gangs matter,
Domestic abuse matters,
Health care matters.
Wake everybody,
An America that spends 23 billion dollars every year on predominately white wealthy public schools, then our poor schools in communities of color is the PROBLEM,
Is MORALLY Broken.
Our public schools are not broken,
Our children are not broke,
Our teachers are not broken.
The science reading can’t fix this chrome books won’t fix this,
All the HIGH-STAKES-TESTING in the world won’t fix this,
More rigor won’t fix this,
More Prisons won’t this,
American Dreams won’t fix this.
Dr. Rev. Dr. William Barber said that we are an America without a heart problem,
An America without a moral compass.
Yes, we have a poverty problem,
Yes, we have children who can’t read problem,
Yes, we have a truancy problem,
Yes, we have a gun problem.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE,
We have a NO Heart Problem,
A Compassion problem,
A Love All Children Problem,
A No Moral Compass Problem,
A Greed Problem.
These Media Whiz’,
Did not talk to Dr. Rev William J. Barber, II
They did not talk to parents in the shelters,
They did not talk to evicted parents,
They did not talk to sick parents without healthcare,
They did not talk to any mothers working 3 part-time jobs parents.
Who did they talk to?
They talked to no parent,
They did not talk to Yetta M. Goodman’s Ghetto Ph.D.,
The expert who was once homeless,
The expert who knew hunger,
The expert who worked with Sister Antonelle Chunka to turned gang teenagers away from gang life.
No, they did not talk to anyone who said, " This nation has a heart problem.
We need a war on poverty,
Not a war on:
The Poor,
Our nation’s teachers,
Our poorest schools,
Families living in Trauma, and
Not our communities of color.
We need a war on GREED!
Just calling it like it is,
Dr. Jesse P. Turner
Uniting to Save Our Schools
Badass Truth Telling Teacher
If you like to listen to this Walking Man talk about how poverty matters: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71O0ChPFzAI <
If you like to listen to this Walking Man talk about how poverty matters: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71O0ChPFzAI <
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