A Lighthouse

Association President's Opening Day Speech at New Trier High School, 8/17/15

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5. “…a new commitment from people of all
   races to question the status quo…”
   

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8. “This was wrong
   and it was cold-hearted.
   Cold-hearted….
   

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9. “You took my son away from me.
   You know hard it was for me to get him to
   stay in school to graduate?
   You know how many black men graduate?
   Not many!”
   

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11. “…to talk about race…to stop being color
    blind and instead become color brave.”
    

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18. THIS is Water
    

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19. THIS is Water
    “Morning, boys!
    How’s the water?”
    

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20. THIS is Water
    “What the hell is water?”
    

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    New Trier Employee Demographics (2014-15)
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White
    WHITE
    82%
    LATINO
    6%
    ASIAN
    3%
    BLACK
    8%
    This is water.
    

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    New Trier Employee Demographics (2014-15)
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White
    WHITE
    82%
    LATINO
    6%
    ASIAN
    3%
    BLACK
    8%
    

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    SUPPORT/SECURITY
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White
    WHITE
    73%
    LATINO
    8%
    ASIAN
    3%
    BLACK
    16%
    

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    PPS
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White
    WHITE
    37%
    LATINO
    30%
    ASIAN
    2%
    BLACK
    31%
    

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    FACULTY
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White
    WHITE
    94%
    LATINO
    1%
    ASIAN
    4%
    BLACK
    1%
    

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    ADMINISTRATION
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White
    WHITE
    100%
    LATINO
    0%
    ASIAN
    0%
    BLACK
    0%
    

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27. “it calls for the development of
    agile and diverse thinkers”
    

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    USA: Year 2010
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White Other
    WHITE
    65%
    LATINO
    16%
    ASIAN
    5%
    BLACK
    12% OTHER
    2%
    

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    USA: Year 2050
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White Other
    WHITE
    46%
    LATINO
    30%
    ASIAN
    8%
    BLACK
    12% OTHER
    4%
    

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    USA: Year 2050
    African-American Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic/Latino White Other
    WHITE
    46%
    LATINO
    30%
    ASIAN
    8%
    BLACK
    12% OTHER
    4%
    “…a racially just school.”
    

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31. “culture is fundamentally more important
    and harder to change than strategy.”
    

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33. “As educators, we seldom know the post
    script to our students’ stories.”
    

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