African-American Male Teacher A Vanishing Phenomenon, Experts Say
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Michael Booker, principal at Lake Area High College Prep in New Orleans, is a rare breed. According to the Department of Education, African-American male teachers and administrators are becoming extinct. Only 2 percent of the nation’s 4.8 million teachers are black men.
Bearing that in mind, Booker says he and other African-American male educators have a responsibility to set a positive tone.
“I’m not negating any ethnicity. I just think that we are a disproportionately low number, and African-American males in particular need to go into this profession and think of it as one where they can make a difference in the lives of all children,” he said.
Black male teachers, according to a study by Colorado State University in 2006, not only tend to be firm disciplinarians but also appear to enhance test scores among African-American students, particularly boys.
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Nevertheless, these teachers can have a great impact on their communities.
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I feel that one of the reasons why more African American males are not interested in the teaching professions is because so few have the basic requirements needed to teach. Many A/A males either did not complete their college education or have been completely turned off by the “so-called educational system” which they see as being anti-African and is designed to keep A/A’s in a subservient position to whites. The so-called education (which are basically lies that foster white-supremacy.) is a system of indoctrination and forced assimilation into accepting European culture. I don’t think that many A/A males are willing to make that sacrifice and are not willing to teach their children to become subservient to anyone.
Thank God, they are not.
Mr. Ausar Afrika
Perhaps they did not have positive relationships with their former teachers?