To the Editor: The Chief's excellent coverage of the case of Principal Minerva Zanca ("DOE Ripped for Backing Principal Accused of Blatant Racial Bias," 1/31/2020, et. al.) draws back the curtain on a situation unique only insofar as it came to public attention, thanks to Zanca's explicit and open prejudices, and her sharing her revolting racism with someone unusual: an Assistant Principal whose conscience was stronger than careerism.
In my experience, discrimination by administrators and supervisors, mainly white, against black Teachers is common. The Brooklyn High School in which I taught is an example. It had four Principals, and each department had at least three successive Assistant Principals of Supervision (department chairs) during the time I was there, 1990-2016. Yet the statistics based on school yearbooks, and my experiences as union delegate and chapter leader, reveal an institutional policy of discrimination against, and even persecution of, black Teachers.
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