Why Chicago School Closings Are Disastrous

Evil thrives in the crevices of created by opportunism and

indifference. No better example exists than of the disastrous decision

made to close 50 schools in Chicago the vast majority of them serving

African American children.   The greatest impact is on the city's most

wounded neighborhoods, places already traumatized by violence . The

last thing the families in these neighborhoods need s further destabilization

by closing community institutions that in some cases have served these

neighborhoods for decades, and making children  go to school in another

neighborhood where they may not feel safe, while depriving them of teacher mentors they have developed relationships with. Only people who think relationship building between teachers and students is irrelevant could

destroy 50 school communities with the stroke of a pen

Make no mistake about this, this is both a local and a national

tragedy. You cannot blame this on the Republican Party. Or the NRA. Or

the Tea Party. This is an example of a poisonous cynicism that thrives

in the heart of the Barack Obama Democratic party and its liberal, once

radical apologists. Let us see if Michael Eric Dyson, Angela Davis,

Michael Moore, Rachel Maddow etc say a peep about this. It will take

open revolt, non-violent or otherwise, to turn this train around. And

it will come. Probably when people least expect it. Those who defy the

laws of history and morality usually get payback.