I dont think we should justify peoples assumptions about children or about schools under any circumstances. At the same time, i think you have to recognize probably the difficulty for somebody who has no experience both of the south or of poverty or of our Public Schools and doesnt know the craft of teaching. They probably have, as you would know because youve taught, right . They have a lot to learn. And i just hope that people come to schools with humility, understanding that theyre not there to impose their will or vision onto the children or the schools. Made assumptions about the students and their capabilities and it is a recurring issue over time. I want to add something from my city with a 4000 population. We have a Votech Center. And instead of Government Force for people to go here and there, people want to come. We have our Votech Center you may have read about, the sundance are solar car racing scene, we won the National Championship of the winston dell solar challenge in o
Somehow it was about me which is, i think, a tendency of any young person who is 22, but especially someone who comes and does a Service Teaching program that has a year or twoyear stint. And i think, i think that the answer is that people coming in need to be more humble and to do better. I dont think we should justify peoples assumptions about children or about schools under any circumstances. At the same time, i think you have to recognize probably the difficulty for somebody who has no experience both of the south or of poverty or of our Public Schools and doesnt know the craft of teaching. They probably have, as you would know because youve taught, right . They have a lot to learn. And i just hope that people come to schools with humility, understanding that theyre not there to impose their will or vision onto the children or the schools. Made assumptions about the students and their capabilities and it is a recurring issue over time. I want to add something from my city with a 40
We appreciate their support as well, and now i wanted to introduce todays Panel Moderator ralph u banks im honored to introduce my friend ralph of mississippi native a journal in mississippi dark path which book critic name as one of the best of 2003. Ralph the graduate of the university of mississippi and university of michigan a recipient of a guggenheim fellowship hes been a fellow at the if new america foundation. Ralph lives in washington, d. C. With wife and three children and former editor of the virginia quarterly review at the university of virginia and scholar in southern studies here in jackson so welcome ralph. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you im really honored to be moderating this panel. We have a really great lineup, and i just want to start off by introducing each of the panelist. Our first panelist to my left is derby and book wednesdays in mississippi proper ladies working for radical change and to her right is author born of conviction white med dis and mississippi cl
[gunfire] jon we have Fox Team Coverage from coast to coast, but we begin with Christina Coleman live in los angeles. Reporter jon, four men are now charged with destruction of federal property, accused of trying to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square in d. C. The doj says the suspects were caught on video vandalizing the property in demonstrations last monday. One of them was arrested and will make his initial Court Appearance before a u. S. District court judge in d. C. Tomorrow. President trump signed an executive order friday calling for stiffer penalties against people who deface or destroy monuments. This as tension mounts across the country over statues and symbols of confederate leaders, slave owners and other monuments that some deem controversial. But when violence erupts and when people try to bypass that process and impose their will, thats where the president has made a very aggressive case that the federal government will assist or participate in prote
Location that is home to not just one but 40 monuments but not only that, its north of the mason dixon line. And as the nation debates what should be done with statues, this area remains quiet. I speak of gettysburg, pennsylvania which i visited yesterday. 1863, 160,000 fought there. Robert e. Lee led his groups back to a tortuous trip back. 3 1 2 laters president Abraham Lincoln would deliver the g gettiesburg agress. Notwithstanding that several of the statues were erected not in close time to the era but amidst a more modern debate over civil rights in the 1960s and 1970s. For perspective, i spoke to Scott Hancock professor of history and jason marks acting officer for the gettysburg park. Professor thank you for being here. Weve agreeded to social distance and drop our masks for this statue. Tell me about the statue. This is the Mississippi State monument. Erected in 1953. Its one of 12 state monuments that goes up during the civil rights era, immediately thereafter. And there are