{"id":1815,"date":"2024-06-06T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/indiana\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:48:40","slug":"ignorance-and-hurtful-rhetoric-are-trying-to-quiet-black-parents-pleas-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/indiana\/our-stories\/ignorance-and-hurtful-rhetoric-are-trying-to-quiet-black-parents-pleas-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignorance, hurtful rhetoric by white parents aim to shut down Black parents\u2019 pleas for help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Advocates like LaToya Tahirou won\u2019t let that happen.<\/em> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Her voice cracked and I could hear the emotion pouring through the phone. LaToya Tahirou, one of the strongest parent leaders I\u2019ve ever had the privilege of working with at Stand for Children, was trying to find the words to describe her experience at a recent IPS school board meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I couldn\u2019t see her, I could sense the tears welling up as she explained how deeply hurt she was by something another parent had said to her \u2013 a baseless accusation that questioned her motivation for speaking up about a resolution being discussed at the IPS board meeting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI already have imposter syndrome. I constantly question whether I\u2019m truly qualified to use my voice to stand up for closing the opportunity gap in our schools,\u201d LaToya said during our phone conversation last week when I called to check in on her.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is LaToya has more knowledge about what\u2019s going on in our public schools \u2013 especially those in underserved communities \u2013 than nearly anyone I know, including and especially me. There has not been a more powerful advocate when it comes to closing the tragically large opportunity gap between white students and children of color than LaToya. It\u2019s parents like her who drive the work of Stand for Children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By supporting parents \u2013 mostly Black and Latino families \u2013 to build their confidence and use their innate power to demand better outcomes for their children, Stand has built a network of parent voices who are ensuring education policy is being done WITH<\/em> them and not TO<\/em> them.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that fact scares some people \u2013 specifically people like \u201cSusie\u201d \u2013 a white mother who has enrolled her children in one of IPS\u2019 top schools, which happens to be an innovation charter school. (While \u201cSusie\u201d is a real person and this story details real events, I\u2019ve decided to not use Susie\u2019s actual name as to not target her the same way she has targeted Stand-affiliated parents<\/em>.)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s clear Susie is an advocate in her own right, and she\u2019s done her homework on what school is the best option for her children, which is admirable (and also hard work in this complex education environment). That kind of respect for Susie\u2019s role as parent was not reciprocated by her at last week\u2019s special-called IPS board meeting when she shouted down LaToya and other Black and Brown parents.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why was this parent so angry, you ask? Because Stand parents like LaToya had the nerve to fight for their children to attend high quality schools \u2013 including high-performing charters \u2013 just like Susie\u2019s kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susie started accusing LaToya and other Black and Brown parents of being \u201cpaid\u201d to show up to advocate for charter schools. And she consistently interrupted LaToya and others during breakout groups, and then proceeded to turn her anger toward the majority Black IPS Board of Commissioners, who all did their best to facilitate a meeting that allowed all parents to be heard and respected. In fact, Stand-affiliated parents felt like IPS commissioners were hearing and respecting them throughout \u2013 it\u2019s just that Susie was going out of her way to attempt to tear down the entire process.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is so much wrong with how this parent acted at the recent IPS board meeting, it\u2019s hard to even begin to unpack. But let\u2019s start with Susie\u2019s baseless claim about LaToya and other Stand parent advocates being paid to show up to IPS meetings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s 100% false. But worse than that lie being told by Susie is the implicit racism at the core of her claim: If Black parents are showing up to advocate for growing high-quality schools \u2013 including charters \u2013 than they must be getting paid <\/em>to be there.<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the other deeply offensive myth this parent and others associated with her in the past have pushed: Black parent advocates are being \u201cbrain-washed\u201d to advocate for growing high-quality schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing frustrates me more than hearing white parents like Susie tell lies to intimidate and denigrate parents of color who, like LaToya noted above, already feel like they shouldn\u2019t be at the education policy table because our unjust system has treated them as second-class citizens (or worse) for generations. The fact is Stand parent advocates are incredibly smart and discerning when it comes to assessing school quality, and they know the data about Black and Brown student achievement better than some policy experts and elected officials. And moreover, parents know <\/em>their children best \u2013 and those experiences (positive and negative) should be shaping the policies we implement to boost achievement for historically underserved students in IPS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, Susie isn\u2019t interested in hearing about the experiences of Black parents \u2013 because they tried to speak at the IPS meeting and got interrupted by her constantly. If she\u2019d listen, Susie would know Black parents were advocating for IPS to scale the very type of schools her kids attend. To be honest, I believe she knows that, but she\u2019s simply comfortable with her own breathtaking hypocrisy. Susie\u2019s actions speak louder than her words in this case: I\u2019m not going to send my kids to low-performing traditional schools in IPS, but I\u2019m going fight to ensure Black parents have no other choice but to do that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could go on and on about how Susie\u2019s hurtful lies made me sad and angry at the same time.  But like so many other things LaToya and parents like her have taught me, it\u2019s better to take the high road. And this moment is also not about my feelings \u2013 because in the end, we can\u2019t let any more adult feelings\/ego\/distractions get in the way of urgently addressing the fact that Black students in IPS are seven times less likely to test on grade-level than their white counterparts. Addressing that injustice must be our true north \u2013 even when fear-based ignorance tries to send us in a different direction.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, it\u2019s important to go back to this fact: LaToya and parents like her have fought to grow the very types of high-quality innovation schools that Susie is currently sending her kids to. So even as she talks down to Stand parents, it\u2019s advocates like LaToya who continue to stand up for policies that are benefiting Susie\u2019s family.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the kind of example LaToya and Stand parents are setting. I\u2019m hoping Susie is watching and listening instead of shouting and bullying. Because it\u2019s long overdue that we shape a vision for IPS \u2013and public education across the state — that is done in partnership with<\/em> Black and Brown families, and not done to<\/em> <\/em>them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to stand alongside Stand parent advocates in their pursuit of growing schools that are delivering the best results for students of color then sign on to this letter to the IPS board. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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