{"id":64283,"date":"2018-04-28T05:18:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T05:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64283"},"modified":"2018-04-28T05:18:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T05:18:27","slug":"chancellor-richard-carranza-stands-tweet-viral-video-upper-west-side-integration-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/chancellor-richard-carranza-stands-tweet-viral-video-upper-west-side-integration-fight.html","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor Richard Carranza stands by his tweet of viral video in Upper West Side integration fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chancellor Richard Carranza stands by his tweet of viral video in Upper West Side integration fight<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on Friday stood by his decision to tweet a viral video with a harsh headline about Upper West Side parents angrily protesting a proposal to integrate middle schools, reaffirming that he intends to speak more bluntly about segregation than his predecessor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carranza also received some backing from his boss, Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been criticized for appearing far more reluctant to tackle the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just before 1 a.m. on Friday, the chancellor tweeted a video that originally aired on NY1 but got picked up by the news site Raw Story. Carranza didn\u2019t add any of his own commentary, but his Twitter followers saw it as an endorsement of the site\u2019s characterization of the video headline: \u201cWealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Facing questions from reporters after touring a middle school in Hamilton Grange, Carranza said the video from the District 3 meeting \u201cstruck me\u201d and \u201cspeaks for itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The chancellor, on the job for less than a month since he was plucked from his post as superintendent in Houston, stressed that he didn\u2019t choose the provocative description of the video. But asked whether the language was divisive or if he shouldn\u2019t have shared the footage, Carranza did not back down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, he noted that he has already heard from many parents, students, and school leaders who are concerned about segregation in New York City, and touched on his own experiences as a Mexican-American.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a conversation that\u2019s been everywhere, so I\u2019m glad we\u2019re having the conversation,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I will say very strongly that as the chancellor of schools in New York City, I am who I am, and I\u2019ve lived the life I\u2019ve lived, and I am a man of color.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not running for office. I just want to do whatever I can to be part of creating this incredible environment for 1.1 million children,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his regular appearance on WNYC\u2019s The Brian Lehrer Show, de Blasio stood by his schools chief. Though de Blasio said he \u201cmight phrase it differently,\u201d he also said the chancellor hadn\u2019t intended to \u201cvilify anyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe chancellor is speaking bluntly as someone who understands, from personal experience, that there is a lot we have to overcome in this society to create fairness for people of color,\u201d de Blasio said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials in District 3 are pushing a plan to offer at least a quarter of seats at the district\u2019s 16 middle schools to students whose state test scores suggest they are not proficient in reading and math. Since academic achievement is closely linked to race and economic status, the plan could integrate middle schools on multiple levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

But some parents who worry their higher-scoring children will be shut out of the most sought-after schools have pushed back hard against the plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the viral video, one mother shouts: \u201cYou\u2019re telling them, \u2018You\u2019re going to go to a school that\u2019s not going to educate you in the same way you\u2019ve been educated: Life sucks!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carranza said concerns that the quality of schools will suffer if they accept more low-performing kids is \u201ca red herring conversation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDiversity is a positive. It is something that adds to the education of our students,\u201d he said. \u201cI want parents to understand that the social compact we have, living in a society, means that we take care of the entire society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carranza has repeatedly signaled that he believes the education department has a central role to play in desegregating schools \u2014 offering a contrast to the chancellor he replaced, Carmen Fari\u00f1a.<\/span><\/p>\n

He did not weigh-in on the specifics of the District 3 proposal, saying he is still looking into the details. But Carranza called it \u201cwell thought-out\u201d and \u201cvery moderate, quite frankly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/posts\/ny\/2018\/04\/27\/chancellor-richard-carranza-stands-by-his-tweet-of-viral-video-in-upper-west-side-integration-fight\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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