Africentric schools and standing by

Standing by, and Africentric schools.

When I was studying to be an ESL teacher about 10 years ago, one of the class assignments was to chose a topic that the other students could discuss and to lead that discussion. The only Black student in the class chose the topic of "recognizing our prejudices about Black people". None of the other students, who were all white, admitted to having any prejudices or to ever having acted in any way against Black people. If I had not stood up and admitted my prejudices, the student would have failed. The other white future teachers didn't have enough courage or self-knowledge to admit their prejudices. They just stood by and would have let the Black student fail the course. With teachers like this, I suggest that an Africentric school is an excellent idea.