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Originally Posted by willravel
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
K, read some of this now. An Arab school would be perfect in the US maybe a few years own the line. Children are a bad way to improve race relations because they can be targeted by those who aren't ready to change. I certainly appreciate what she was trying to do, but there are better ways to go about doing it. Educate the adults.
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If a religious or ethnic group wants to create private schools within specific education guidelines for private schools, that's cool with me. But as quoted from the article: "Debbie Almontaser dreamed of starting a public school like no other in New York City" ... schools for Arabic, Hebrew, Islamic, Catholic, Black Liberation Theology, etc. do not belong in the public education system. This was the critical flaw in her concept regardless of perceived bigotry or pressures from conservative wingnuts.