Jada Wiiliams of Rochester N.Y., never imagined when she wrote
an essay comparing the racist oppression faced by Frederick
Douglas to her current lived experiences as a Black student,
that it would end with her teacher claiming offense or in Jada
having to leave the school. “Most White teachers that I have
come into contact with over the last several years of my life,
have failed to instruct us – even today,” she wrote. Her parents
were forced to pull her out of school when they noticed that her
grades suddenly began to drop in several of her classes. In
tears, she told ABC News, “I did feel overwhelmed because I
didn’t know that it would become this huge.” The fact that her
grades declined after handing in this essay adds validity to the
charges of racism that Williams bravely made in her essay. RCSD
Interim Superintendent Bolgen Vargas, who is clearly on the
defensive, stated that, “Teachers, regardless of their color,
are able to teach us.” Most of the teachers in the Rochester
district are white. Although