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Educational Birthrights and Cultural Heritage

Shortly after the 1992 acquittal in Simi Valley of the Los Angeles police officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King, and the riots in Los Angeles that followed, I accepted an invitation to serve as a guest teacher for one session of an American history class for juniors, in an inner-city high school. I looked forward to the challenge of the class, knowing that the students were mostly poor and of many different ethnic origins. Some were immigrants whose native language was not English. Others had been exposed to violence in the streets and at home. From prior experience at the same school, I expected them to be outspoken about the shortcomings and failures of the United States; in the ninety minutes that we spent together, they did not disappoint me.