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A Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island (FILM)
The documentary film A Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island, directed by filmmaker David Van Taylor, aims to show the racial disparity in education and illustrates the structural and systematic racism that continues to widen the inequality gap in Long Island schools.
Screening at the Hamptons Take 2 Film Festival on November 20 and 21, the film follows David, who attends Rockville Centre’s South Side High, and Owen, who attends Wyandanch Memorial High – two similar African American high schools seniors who have high GPAs, strong family structures, and similar part-time jobs.
A Tale of Two Schools takes a close look at how Long Island schools are funded, the resources available for students, and how race plays a key role in quality of education. The schools chosen as examples reflect the issue of segregation and its consequences. For instance, according to the Long Island Index, in Rockville Centre 77 percent of students are white and 8 percent are black. In Wyandanch, 80 percent are black; none are white. When it comes to students who go on to four-year colleges, Rockville Center sends 89 percent of students and Wyandanch sends only 21 percent, illustrating a troubling educational divide.
The film is part of a campaign by the advocacy organization ERASE Racism geared toward changing the public education system on Long Island, and the Hamptons event will be the first in a series of forums on the issue.
November 20 and 21, noon-1pm
Festival Pass, $20; evening only, $15
Tags : documentary, education, erase racism, film, hamptons, race
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