Research shows that a classroom teacher has some of the greatest impact on student learning. I wonder if teachers realize how much influence and power they have over our young students? We must not forget that the over 75% of the educational secondary workforce for teaching positions are middle class White women, which there is nothing wrong with that at all. What the problem lies is in their perspective of certain racial background of students. For example, teachers will have a higher expectation for a student who is Asian than a student who Hispanic, but the lowest expectations are from those who are Negro or at least look Negro.
If your black-white biracial students complexion is dark enough, and they identify with being a Negro chances are their teacher will have a lower expectation for them just based off of how they look.
How do teachers get away from this perspective, I will share that in my next blog.
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