April 14, 2021 GMT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) When the next school year begins in August, students across South Florida will be expected to return to their classrooms.
Online classes, which started when schools shut down March 2020 because of the coronavirus, are ending in three of the state’s largest school districts. The superintendents in Miami-Dade and Broward counties made the announcement on Tuesday, while Palm Beach County officials announced their decision last Friday. Schools reopened for face-to-face learning in October and more than half of the students returned to the classroom.
“There will be no blended, hybrid or remote learning for students,” Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie told the School Board.
Amid backlash against Black Lives Matter, Afro-Latinos find setbacks and opportunities
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Amid backlash against Black Lives Matter, Afro-Latinos find setbacks and opportunities
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Amid backlash against Black Lives Matter, Afro-Latinos find setbacks and opportunities Lautaro Grinspan, The Miami Herald © Al Diaz/Miami/TNS Leilani Bruce, who is Afro-Cuban, started the Candela Book Club to help shine a light on issues of race and racism in Cuba, and to elevate Black voices.
MIAMI For South Florida native Yvonne Rodriguez, being Black in West Miami means coming in frequent contact with her white Hispanic neighbors casual racism, be it in the form of off-putting jokes or uncomfortable appellations ( What s up, mulata? What s up, mi negra? ). Even as a second-generation Cuban American, Rodriguez finds her Latin identity, and her ties to her parents homeland, put under constant questioning.