Nowadays, we are a too larger number of Black males who are being assigned to special education throughout the United States. The author Jawanza Kunjufu insists that Black boys are put in special education over four times more frequently than Black girls. Overall, males are more likely to be placed in special education than White females. The book “Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education analyzes these problems and focuses on building awareness and expands solutions. Kunjufu's book debates research that supports how gender and racial prejudice conduct to disproportionate placement of Black boys in special education.
Kunjufu is an educator, speaker, and activist who supplies consultation for public school educators, guardians, and students. His ability is sought by school systems and he is the co-author of the Self-Esteem Through Culture Leads to Academic Excellence (SETCLAE) multicultural …show more content…
He then differentiates and emphasize differences to those signs to characteristics of the gifted and talented student. Young black males are often delineated as hyperactive and violent in the classroom. Kunjufu stretches that African American males are culturally more vibrant and confident, which is misunderstood by teachers who do not comprehend the African American culture. This misconception is also exhibited in how Black boys are punished at school; there is a basic goal that they need to be crumbled. Kunjufu argues that this is a huge error that fractured the spirits of young males. According this author, African American males’ access kindergarten with the same enthusiasm to learn as any other child, but very often before fourth grade the appetite is
Kunjufu is an educator, speaker, and activist who supplies consultation for public school educators, guardians, and students. His ability is sought by school systems and he is the co-author of the Self-Esteem Through Culture Leads to Academic Excellence (SETCLAE) multicultural …show more content…
He then differentiates and emphasize differences to those signs to characteristics of the gifted and talented student. Young black males are often delineated as hyperactive and violent in the classroom. Kunjufu stretches that African American males are culturally more vibrant and confident, which is misunderstood by teachers who do not comprehend the African American culture. This misconception is also exhibited in how Black boys are punished at school; there is a basic goal that they need to be crumbled. Kunjufu argues that this is a huge error that fractured the spirits of young males. According this author, African American males’ access kindergarten with the same enthusiasm to learn as any other child, but very often before fourth grade the appetite is