School to Prison Pipeline
Along with direct consequences (locked up juvenile justice system), what are indirect consequences of school to prison pipeline?
What is furthers criminalization; pushed out of school; destruction of children’s trust in teachers and schools; damages self-esteem
What is message of Javon Johnson’s spoken word
What is That Black boys are treated as problems rather than people; Black caregivers are torn between protecting children and preserving their innocence; that the sight of police cars stirs anxiety and fear
It is both possible and preferable to act toward others without acknowledging racial differences –
What is prescriptive colorblindness (know it along with descriptive)
What is the single most important cause of the prison boom in the United States?
What is drug convictions
These factors explain dramatic increase of prison population from 300,000 in 1970s to 2.3 million today
What are mandatory minimums; Truth in sentencing; Practice of incarcerating for parole violence; Omnibus Crime bill of 1994; War on Drugs; Criminalization of 1960s freedom movements; Destruction of civil rights leadership; profitability of prisons; political use of law and order
In American Divided, which documents 5 of Florida’s worst schools, all of which are in Pinellas County, where children are arrested at a rate 3 times that of those in Miami, and where 95% of students failed reading and math assessments, students were arrested as part of school-to-prison pipeline for all of the following “infractions”
What is disorderly conduct for knocking over a trash can; Bumping into a teacher; Criminal mischief for writing on bathroom wall; Food fight
While Native Americans and Native-Alaskan students are less than 1 percent of students, they account ____ percent of expulsions.
What is 3 precent
According to class lecture, the term “colored” is no longer (and shouldn’t be used) for all of the following reasons
It represents a history of racial violence; It is dated and embodies the history of Jim Crow; It is offensive
Currently, _____ people are locked up in the United States. ____ people are on probation or parole?
What is 2.2 million and 3.7 million
Who was first president to mention war on drugs
Richard Nixon (you should know first president to mention and who saw greatest expansion)
Although only 17 percent of the national student population, black students “account for ___ percent of the school suspensions and ___ percent of expulsions within K-12 -
What is 36 and 31
Today African American incomes on average are about 60 percent of average white incomes. But African American wealth is about ___ percent of white wealth.” –
What is 5?
Jay Smooth encourages us to have what sort of conversation – “
"what you did conversation." He also encourages us to be systematically aware
What percentage of world's incarcerated people are within the United States
What is 25%
What percentage of cases end in plea bargain
What is 95%
This is part of a system where black and Latino youth are disproportionately referred to police and prosecutors for “offenses,” such as knocking over a trash can, or being disruptive. This is called what?
What is the school-to-prison pipeline
According to "Dorm Room Dealers" White college students, “with everything to lose,” sell drugs because of which primary reasons
“They can do so with almost total impunity” (little if any consequence ; lack of risk
Refers to idea of way things should operate – privilege
What is privilege?
What percentage of prison admissions resulting from parole violations
First two steps in the “Chain of Destruction”
Identification; Ostracizing ... YOU should know all 5 and also be able to provide an example of each
What were the conclusions of APA regarding views toward Black boys and how does this impact schooling inequities
What is Black boys as young as 10 are viewed as less innocent than their white peers and have a greater chance of being mistaken for older children, which can contribute to how their behavior is viewed by teachers. These stereotypes also further calls for more SROs, which can be disproportionately found in schools that are majority students of color
This idea concludes that minor crimes will lead to more significant crimes demanding police intervention, including stop and frisk and racial profiling
What is broken windows theory?
Self-sustaining/self-perpetuating, based in law, policies, etc.; locked-in;
What is institutional racism (you should know difference between institutional, structural, and systemic racism)
Of those sent back to jail or prison for parole violation, what percentage are for technical violations
What is 70%
According to House I live in, the war on drugs has always been racialized. What are three examples they provide?
Anti-Chinese racism and opium wars; Anti-Mexican racism and marijuana; Anti-Black racism and crack (and Cocaine earlier in 20th century