Response to "Power"- "The End of The Experiment"

Summary:
When so many more black teachers were hired in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, suspicions began to grow as 19 white teachers and administrators needed to be transfered. These teachers were white and Jewish, being replaced by black teachers. Tension grew as a result. A committee was then formed called the Special Committee on Racial and Religious Prejudice in order to ease the tension. This tension is ironic though. In the past Jews and Blacks used to get along together. This experiment may have helped students in the classroom, but it brought bigger problems between races in the community.

What was the goal of the experimental school district? The teachers’ union was initially supportive of

the district’s goals; how do you explain the escalation of the conflict?
The goal of the experimental school district was to foccus on the educational process that students of different races undergo in order to better it. According to Jordan's opinion, the students benefited as they were able connect to teachers of their own race. However tension began to grow amongst races in the communtiy- blacks and Jews. Blacks began to form an anti-white prejudice as a result of their being a lack of white teachers in the school, and education amonst black students improving. Their predjudice though when compared to the prejudice whites had for blacks was far less violent, yet still exists.