EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS OF COLOR NOT A PRIORITY

 

For these are all our children. We will profit by, or pay for, whatever they become.

----James Baldwin

The report from sources at Connecticut Juvenile Training School clearly shows disregard for education of residents. A new school facility has been built at CJTS for older residents [ 18-20 years old ] residing in building # 6 on Units 6B, 6C, 6D. However from reliable information this blog writer learned the following story about a horrible situation in which residents ( of color mostly ) were placed in a new school setting that was not thought out in terms of logistics. Vocational curriculums, books, and teachers were placed into the new school for older residents in order to meet deadlines in order to gain finances from outside sources. Also when this charade of a school opened on January 27, 2015 chaos roamed the new facility masquerading as rationality. All over America there have been demonstrations by ethnically diverse activists to claim #blacklivesmatter as it relates to black men being killed by law enforcement. Yet by not providing proper educational tools, books, and proper thinking to open up this school clearly shows CJTS residents – mostly of color- do not matter.

For readers who are not familiar with CJTS and the culture of racial animus at that facility let me educate you. This blog has highlighted numerous accounts of conflict between Youth Service Officers of color and white management. Former employee Cornell Lewis et al., tried to make public all the things that led to a racially toxic milieu at CJTS. YSOs filed petitions, demonstrated outside of CJTS in Middletown, Connecticut plus launched a class action lawsuit in 2010 focusing on racism. White management then fired Lewis on trumped up charges; but an arbitrator reinstated Lewis stating the punishment did not follow proper procedure. Clearly there is some type of disrespect for people of color on the DCF Plantation, disciplinary actions show how 66% of terminations focus on men of color. Let me also add the employment of DCF shows people of color only comprise 45% of the total base.

Now there is a situation where residents of color are herded into a new educational facility that is not prepared to teach them basic skills. Does the scenario just described show concern by white management that #blacklivesmatter ?? In conclusion let us be honest and state opening that school is all about acquiring financial resources for the expansion of the DCF Plantation. There is no way on earth white people would allow their children to suffer such indignities associated with being placed in such a school setting. And to make matters worse, the resources taken from the original school at CJTS caused younger residents to go to classes like art or math two-three times. There are no resources in the original school after stripping it and jamming vocational tools in this new facility for older residents. People are marching around Hartford talking about #blacklivesmatter; in my estimation it might be wise to focus on white supremacy and what it is doing at CJTS.