re: MN Superintendent to now review all suspensions "of color"

Are they punishing one set of students harder? Honestly, they probably are as I've never seen a school that didn't treat the kids who had influential or wealthier parents better than other kids when it came to behavior -- even schools that minimize it do.

When it's analyzed in terms of race you see a racial disparity but if you did an analysis of punishments based on incomes at nearly all white schools, you'd see the exact same thing show up only it would show a disparity between rich and poor. Neither situation is a fair one to any one but it's harder to see economic disparity in the stats we take but hell let's fix what we can. I doubt it's intentional or even conscious that they're punishing one group harsher but more that they're being easier on the group with money, influence, and/or popularity in the community.