3 Ways White Kids Benefit Most From Racially Diverse Schools

by | Feb 10, 2016

We know this already… but here it is again: 1. White students’ test scores don’t drop when they go to schools with large numbers of black and Latino students. 2. […]

We know this already… but here it is again:
1. White students’ test scores don’t drop when they go to schools with large numbers of black and Latino students.
2. Diverse classrooms teach some of the most important 21st-century skills, which matter more than test scores.
3. Graduates of socioeconomically diverse schools are more effective in the workplace and global markets.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/white-kids-benefits-diverse-schools

1 Comment

  1. Robert

    I took a look at the Mother Jones article.

    Most readers will probably agree that white children will benefit by attending integrated schools. As the Mother Jones article states, “The academic and social advantages white kids gain in integrated schools have been consistently documented by a rich body of peer-reviewed research over the last 15 years. And as strange as it may sound, many social scientists—and, increasingly, leaders in the business world—argue that diverse schools actually benefit white kids the most.”

    But the question is – “Do we really want to help these white children? If let them attend school with minorities, the whites are going to benefit. But many minorities are going to be victims of hate crimes and hate speech from these whites. Is this what we want? Of course not. Therefore, we would only allow certain whites into these integrated schools.

    How do we decide which white children are we going to permit enrollment into these integrated schools and which white children are we not going to permit enrollment? I have some criteria:
    1. If both parents or the parent/guardian is a registered Democrat, their children would be required to attend these integrated schools.
    2. If both parents or the parent/guardian is a registered Republican, their children would not be allowed to attend these integrated schools.
    3. But, as we know, some families will have one parent who is a registered Democrat while the other is a registered Republican. And some parents are not registered as a Democrat or a Republican; therefore, we need additional criteria. We can get this from sites http://www.pewforum.org/2012/11/07/how-the-faithful-voted-2012-preliminary-exit-poll-analysis/ and https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/how-groups-voted/how-groups-voted-2012/:
    a. The children of all Religiously Unaffiliated, Other faiths and Jewish parents would be required to attend integrated schools.
    b. The children of all Mormons, Protestant/Other Christian and White Catholics would not be allowed to attend integrated schools.

    The white children who attend these integrated would tell their parents how great the schools are and their parents would see their children’s academic success. This would encourage other white parents to send their children to integrated schools.

    And, of course, non-whites would not be allowed to transfer into white schools. These transfers would have the effect of integrating these schools and, thus, helping these whites, which is not what we want. It would also subject the non-white children to violence from the white children.