[midwood-reps] Racist Ad: Charter Schools Continue Attempts to Divide and Conquer

[Rodneyse Bichotte via Reps-announce]

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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> September 29, 2015
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> Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Responds to Racist Ad by Charter Group
> Families for Excellent Schools Launch Unfair Attacks on Mayor DeBlasio and the Public District Schools
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> (Brooklyn, NY) -- Today, Assemblymember Bichotte released the following statement in response to recent attacks on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City public district schools:
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> The recent commercial and open letter to the Mayor by for-profit charter school leaders using Black and Latino children and their families as political pawns is a disgrace and is in itself racist. They continually use this tactic to pit parents of color against each other to disparage the Mayor and our public district schools.
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> From day one, the Mayor has introduced and implemented reforms in order to begin to remedy years of damage and neglect. Part of that neglect is the money due to New York City through the Campaign for Fiscal Equity.
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> They say that changes are not happening quickly enough. But we all know that these types of systemic changes cannot happen overnight. The needs of students of color and their families have been ignored institutionally for decades and as a result these children have been stripped of their right to a decent quality educational experience. A bottom line approach in the past overlooked the context in which these children were living. The Mayor and the Chancellor have developed a strategy that gets to the root cause of some of these complex issues, including Universal Pre-K, the development of community schools, the investment in renewal schools, adjustments to the school discipline code, and the vision for readying all of New York City's public district school children to compete in our global economy. All of these actions are a true testament to how much the Mayor cares about the whole child, and not just their grades.
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> They say that charter schools are the answer. There are some successful charter schools, however, studies have shown that on average charter schools have not proven themselves as a solution to our struggling public school system. They constantly put forth a narrative that our district schools are failing, however there are successes that are occurring in district schools as well.
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> They say that parents are being denied choices, which is another cliché used to justify the privatization of schools. Privatization benefits millionaires and siphons off public resources --- our taxpayer dollars. Choice seems to only be defined by those who would choose charter schools, but there are parents who are choosing their public district schools, and we need to preserve that option by providing adequate funding and additional resources not taking them away.
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> Please join me today along with the Alliance of Quality Education (AQE) to express your outrage. 
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> Who: among others there will be public school parents, Hazel Dukes, NYS NAACP; Bertha Lewis, The Black Institute;The Alliance for Quality Education, the Coalition for Educational Justice, New York Communities for Change, Make the Road NY and elected officials
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> What: Rally demanding Families for Excellent Schools take down its racist ad
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> When: Tuesday, September 29, at 1:00PM  
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> Where: Steps of Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers Street, between Center and Broadway 
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> Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte represents the 42nd Assembly District in the New York State Assembly representing Brooklyn communities of Ditmas Park, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Midwood. She is currently the Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), and serves on the following committees: Housing, Government Operations, Economic Development, Small Businesses, Banks and Social Services. She is also the Vice Chair of the NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators.  
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> As the current Assemblymember and District Leader, Rodneyse Bichotte has been outspoken advocate on issues concerning immigration, unemployment, education   reform, health care access, senior citizen centers, affordable housing, women's and LGBTQ rights, as well as other issues affecting the quality of life in the community.
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> Rodneyse Bichotte by visiting her website at www.rodneysebichotte.com or http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Rodneyse-Bichotte 
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