it is happening. but i think that the desire to make sure that kids don t feel tokenized, that they can go to school and just focus on being in school and being a kid. i would never ever want my child to be the one black child in a classroom. wouldn t wish that on anybody. shortly after the poseys came forward, these mothers were part of a group of concerned black parents at the school who wrote a letter in support of briscoe. they asked us to conceal their identities because of ongoing threatening phone calls to the school in the wake of the segregation claims. they believe briscoe acted in good faith. if the race was used as a factor in the class placement, they say they are in full support. i grew up where i was the only black child in the honors classes in my high school for four years. and when i say that i still have trauma based on it, i still have traumais bad on it. it was very isolating. principal briscoe is a black woman, she went to a black college, she raised two b
can be comforting. reporter: clinical psychologist kyra banks says there is psychological research suppor supporting the idea of critical mass in the classroom for minority groups, especially at a school like mary lin, where black students make up an estimated 10% of the 599 students. now, to frame those classes as the black classes that i think is problematic in the sense of how you frame it and how you articulate the intention and why it s happening. but i think that the the desire to make sure that kids don t feel tokenized, that they can go to school and just focus on being in school and being a kid. i would never, ever want my child to be the one black child in a classroom. i wouldn t wish that upon my kid. reporter: shortly after the posies came forward, these mothers were part of a group of concerned black parents at the school who wrote a letter in support of brisco. they asked us to conceal their identities because of ongoing threatening phone calls to the school i
but i think that the desire to make sure that kids don t feel tokenized, that they can go to school and just focus on being in school and being a kid. i would never, ever want my child to be the one black child in a classroom. reporter: shortly after the poseys came forward, these mothers were part of a group of concerned black parents at the school who wrote a letter in support of briscoe. they asked us to conceal their identities because of ongoing threatening phone calls to the school in the wake of the segregation claims. they believe briscoe acted in good faith if their child s race was allegedly used as a factor in the class placement, they say they re in full support. i grew up where i was the only black child in the honors classes in my high school for four years. and when i say that i still have trauma based on it, i still have trauma based on it. it was very isolating. principal briscoe, she is a black woman. she went to a black college. she raised two black sons. there