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La Tonya Johnson: “MPS is over 90% black, but the teachers are over 70% white.”

Featuring: La Tonya Johnson, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 57:14

In all facets, minority educators matter, but in this building, we tend to think that they don't. As much as they complain about MPS in this building and our lack of education, MPS is over 90% black, but the teachers are over 70% white. So we need to make sure that we're not widening those gaps or further causing disparities because of the decisions that we make in this building. And we see that also the time. (57:14–57:21)

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Asserts racial disparity between students and teachers in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS).

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