Above, a Pittsburgh high school student is put in a chokehold by a “school resource officer.” Unfortunately, similar circumstances are occuring all over America.
Black, Indigenous, Youth of Color (BIYOC) are policed and surveilled every day in classrooms across the U.S. by those entrusted with their care and education, teachers. Above, a Pittsburgh student is put in a chokehold by a “school resource officer.”
Utah statistics show BIYOC are suspended and referred to the juvenile justice system at a disproportionately higher rate than whites.
A 2017 report issued by Voices for Utah Children and the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law found that Black students are 4.1 times more likely to be suspended, followed by Indigenous students at 3.9, Pacific Islander and Latinx at 2.3 times the rate in Utah.
In the same report, we see that Indigenous youths are 7.7 times more likely to be referred to law enforcement.
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