Dallas Principal Blames Black Students for School's 'B' Grade, Not Systemic Underfunding
A Dallas principal was *removed*—not fired, mind you—after blaming Black students for the school's 'B' grade, reportedly telling them, "You guys are the reason we are not an A school." This headline from The Independent paints a clear picture of individual prejudice, but conveniently sidesteps the consistent underfunding of predominantly Black and brown schools across the U.S. It’s easier to
target 6% of the student body (the Black student population, according to the article) than to examine decades of disproportionate resource allocation, teacher retention issues in high-poverty districts, or the structural racism baked into standardized testing. One might wonder if the district's 'A' status was ever truly equitable, or merely a metric designed to maintain a convenient hierarchy.