Category Archives: Racial Justice

Community Organizer Worries About ‘School To Prison Pipeline’ – #nced #ncpol

Posted on November 1, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

I’ve written in the past about the ‘school to prison pipeline’ narrative.

The idea is that school discipline practices are discriminatory.

The goal, which organizers will deny, is to have a separate set of discipline rules for minorities and remove any type of police presence from schools.

The tactic is to protest using similar escalating methods like ones we’ve seen at Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter.

The difference is this time, it’s middle school and high school kids. With professional agitators supporting them.

Three groups have been involved in this in North Carolina – Education Justice Alliance, NC HEAT and Youth Organizing Institute.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), BlueprintNC, Moral Monday, NC NAACP, Racial Justice, Social Justice | Tagged Education Justice Alliance, NC Heat, school to prison pipeline, Youth Organizing Institute | Comments Off

Bree Newsome’s “Daring” Climb

Posted on June 28, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Have you heard about the woman who scaled a flagpole in South Carolina to remove the Confederate Flag? Some are calling that “daring”.

Given that she was wearing climbing gear and had a spotter I’d call it “staged”. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, Racial Justice, Reverend Barber, THE LEFT | Tagged Bob Hall, Democracy NC, Moral Monday | 1 Comment

#DM7 Article: The ‘Outrage Industry’ Ties To Education

Posted on June 21, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This is a reposting of my weekly column at Da Tech Guy: The ‘Outrage Industry’ Ties To Education Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Poltical Correctness, Protests, Racial Justice, Social Justice | Tagged Magnificent Seven, SPLC, Teach For America | 2 Comments

Common Core Aligned: ‘Teaching Tolerance’ – PT 5

Posted on June 12, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This is a multi-part series on certain Social Activism curriculum claiming to be aligned to Common Core as created by ‘Teaching Tolerance’, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. This is the final edition, part five. [Read: Part one, Part two, Part three, Part four] Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, Poltical Correctness, Racial Justice, Social Justice | Tagged Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC, Teaching Tolerance | 1 Comment

Common Core Aligned: “Teaching Tolerance” – PT 4

Posted on June 10, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Last week, I started this series on certain Social Activism curriculum claiming to be aligned to Common Core as created by ‘Teaching Tolerance’, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. I continued this week with part three. This installment is part four.
[Read: Part one, Part two and Part three] Continue reading →