Making Connections

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by Taqiyah Gibbons9 views·Updated Aug 13, 2021
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  1. Hello, My name is Tiki Givens and this is my
  2. making connections.
  3. I'm going to do a text to text connection.
  4. Um and the text that I'm going to talk about
  5. in depth is the school to prison pipeline.
  6. The intersections of students of color with disabilities by Kristin
  7. harper. Um and I'm going to be supplementing it with
  8. the urgency of intersectionality by Kimberly Crenshaw and when SCL
  9. is used as another form of policing by sierra kayla
  10. jones. Mhm.
  11. Yeah. The school to prison pipeline is a phenomenon that
  12. has been tracking the system in which Children are transitioning
  13. out of school into prison due to um falling into
  14. criminal activity.
  15. This phenomenon shows us how schools are adding to the
  16. mass incarceration of black and hispanic people in schools, students
  17. are often heavily punished for a normal child like misbehaviors.
  18. Here are some quick demographics from the A.
  19. C. L.
  20. U. This image shows us the zero tolerance discipline.
  21. Um and it's um In comparison to white and black
  22. students, black students represent 31% of all school related arrests
  23. and they are three times more likely to be suspended
  24. or expelled.
  25. In comparison to white students.
  26. And lastly, um students that are expelled or suspended are
  27. three times more likely to be in contact with the
  28. juvenile justice system.
  29. In the text Harper Shines a light on how this
  30. trend is heightened among students of color with disabilities, 6%
  31. of all public school Children receive suspension and it doubles
  32. to 12% for students with disabilities goes up to 25%
  33. for students of color with disabilities.
  34. And lastly black Children with disabilities received 37% of all
  35. out of school suspensions.
  36. My personal discovery has been from my experience in school
  37. that students were students of color were often categorized with
  38. the disability for behavioral reasons, of course not discounting students
  39. with special needs.
  40. Um but a student similar to myself, I felt largely
  41. ignored by my school and my needs as a student
  42. didn't feel like they were met.
  43. Um I felt like I should have been tested for
  44. dyslexia and a D.
  45. D. And showed signs of that as a child.
  46. But I was very quiet as a kid and because
  47. of that, I feel like I was overlooked and my
  48. needs as a student was as well in the urgency
  49. of intersectionality by Kimberly Crenshaw.
  50. She tackles the intersection um of gender and race based
  51. conversations because we often only hear and speak about men
  52. who fall victim to the system, the school to prison
  53. pipeline and the lack of dignity for black lives.
  54. The longstanding problem in America, our Children are being treated
  55. as criminals even when they look young and are playing
  56. in parts Yeah, our folks with special needs are being
  57. treated as criminals while walking home simply because they look
  58. suspicious with no knowledge of how to protect themselves and
  59. being completely vulnerable, vulnerable due to their special needs.
  60. Okay, our women are disrespected and undervalued and often unnamed
  61. when seeking justice because their stories are often unheard.
  62. Mhm Mhm.
  63. Mhm. We are now quickly going to tackle when SCL
  64. is used as another form of police.
  65. Abi Ciera kayla drones.
  66. SCL also known as social emotional learning, is the process
  67. in which young people and adults apply the knowledge skills
  68. and attitudes to develop healthy identities and manage emotional emotions.
  69. In order for SCL to work, there has to be
  70. an acknowledgement of the systemic oppression faced by black and
  71. brown people, which brings me to the point um in
  72. the quote, healing for black and brown, young people should
  73. be centered in S.
  74. E. L.
  75. We need to stop criminalizing normal childlike behaviors of black
  76. and brown Children and acknowledge that some of these kids,
  77. regardless of their race, may have trauma that they are
  78. healing from.
  79. Instead of jumping to conclusion on certain behavior issues, understand
  80. that there may be more to the story and choose
  81. grace, along with choosing grades, give Children the space to
  82. express themselves in which every way that they see fit.
  83. Whether that is singing, dancing, playing and honestly, sometimes having
  84. an attitude, We need to acknowledge the longstanding elephant in
  85. the room which is white supremacy and acknowledge how white
  86. supremacy plays a role in the current structures we have
  87. at school.
  88. To wrap us up, I'm going to briefly talk about
  89. I. D.
  90. E. A.
  91. Here's the definition and speak about how the author Miss
  92. harper ties it all in together into the school to
  93. prison pipeline.
  94. So the idea is a law that is standing to
  95. hold schools accountable, um and to do the work for
  96. our Children first.
  97. It's just simply labeling them with a negative term and
  98. allowing the views that society already has for them to
  99. perpetuate States must be honest about their shortcomings and be
  100. honest about the connections of expulsions and suspensions along with
  101. race and ethnicity overall.
  102. Um the importance of intersection overall, I wanted to make
  103. the connection between the school to prison pipeline and the
  104. intersections of disabilities, gender, race and so much more.
  105. Thank you so much for listening, and I hope you
  106. enjoy