Sentences with phrase «punishment than his white peer»

When most of us think about minority students facing discrimination, we picture an event like the one in Lodi — two kids in a fight, one white, one black, and the black student is allegedly given a tougher punishment than his white peer.

Not exact matches

Recent school safety proposals introduced after Parkland — like potentially arming some teachers and staff — also ignore that students of color, especially black students, are more likely to face discipline and punishment in schools than their white peers, and that many of these disparities could be exacerbated by recent proposals to arm teachers or increase school security.

Moreover, punishments given out by school administrators, such as suspensions and expulsions, are three times more likely to be meted out to black students than to their white peers.