The Trust Gap: Why We Won’t Go Back [Excerpt from AAWW Article]

Recently, Lynn Shon and Jose Vilson of EduColor wrote an article related to school reopening in NYC and how the trust gap exacerbates the inequities we’ve seen here and elsewhere. Here’s an excerpt:

“For those of us who serve at perpetually underfunded public schools that are ill-equipped to manage even a common flu outbreak, we knew the public health crisis and subsequent fight this global pandemic would bring. How are we to feel protected by a system that has long failed to meet our most basic physiological and safety needs? With the attention of those previously unharmed by the status quo, we began to ask, why did it take a global pandemic to secure the soap, nurses, working windows, air conditioning, outdoor spaces, and smaller class sizes that we have needed all along? And with renewed strength from the national uprisings for racial justice, we began to hope, will this be our chance to secure the counselors, BIPOC teachers, and culturally responsive curriculum we have always demanded? Will this be our opportunity to achieve equity in our public schools?“

To read more about what’s happening in NYC, click here. Thanks to the Asian American Writers Workshop and Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities for the opportunity to elevate the message of educators.