student paper covers racial issues, school system panics
Posted on April 13, 2007 by Tito
Ahhh…the crucible that is high school journalism. Benson (Omaha) High School’s student newspaper ran an apparently thoughtful and well-received issue about the so-called n-word (that would be ‘nigger’ for those scoring at home). OPS assures the community that “Appropriate action will ensue upon the completion of the investigation.” Uh, okay.
Other fun facts from the OWH article:
- Benson’s racial makeup in 2006-07 is about 46 percent black, about 41 percent white, about 10 percent Latino and less than 2 percent each Asian American and American Indian.
- Throughout the process….the students wanted to make sure they weren’t raising controversy for the sake of raising controversy. They checked out books from the W. Dale Clark Library and consulted Web sites to research the history of the word.
Damn those students for researching, analyzing and reporting topics that are of interest to it’s racially diverse student body. Better to stick to more age-appropriate activities like…..Military Science.
full disclosure: I was once a member of a high school newspaper staff, so my allegiance may lie/lay?? with the students.
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