{"id":414,"date":"2020-06-01T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.justtalk.blog\/?p=414"},"modified":"2020-06-01T15:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:19:50","slug":"just-the-facts-black-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/index.php\/2020\/06\/01\/just-the-facts-black-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST the Facts: Black Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190122_192148-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\" width=\"201\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190122_192148-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190122_192148-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190122_192148-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190122_192148-2-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190122_192148-2.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><figcaption>School Board Protest 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A reader asked for figures today on local youth and education, recalling past postings here.  After yesterday&#8217;s impressive rally organized and led by Binghamton  High School students we might ask again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Binghamton:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why are Black students in the Binghamton school district suspended at a rate 2 \u00bd times more than white students?<\/li><li>Why do we have a 26% drop rate for Black students at Binghamton High School?<\/li><li>Why is the Black drop out rate 50% higher than the white rate?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Broome County, Black youth are 10 % of local youth. Why are they:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>over 40 percent of those classified as Juvenile Offenders?<\/li><li>over 40% of the youth surveilled by family court?<\/li><li>almost 50 % of the youth tied to probation?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The end result: a county incarceration rate for Black residents over 2,000 per 100,000 (vs. 270 for whites).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/25\/the-binghamton-school-to-prison-pipeline\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/justtalk.blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/25\/the-binghamton-school-to-prison-pipeline\/\">The Binghamton School to Prison Pipeline<\/a> (January 2019)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader asked for figures today on local youth and education, recalling past postings here. After yesterday&#8217;s impressive rally organized and led by Binghamton High School students we might ask again: For Binghamton: Why are Black students in the Binghamton school district suspended at a rate 2 \u00bd times more than white students? 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