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Crosscut has an article about a book that a 17-year-old trans person has written about their experience in HCC. The book is called, "You Failed Us."It was two years ago that Azure Savage began writing their first book, the origins of which can be traced back to their kindergarten year at Seattle’s Thurgood Marshall Elementary. It was there, they said, that they first noticed inequities in how different students are treated.
In August of this year, Savage published You Failed Us: Students of Color Talk Seattle Schools. Part memoir and part collected oral history, You Failed Us interlaces Savage’s personal journey with the experiences of approximately 40 other school-aged youth in the Seattle area.
Through 11 chapters, Savage's literary debut candidly explores issues surrounding race, as well as gender identity, mental health and structural barriers facing students navigating the city’s K-12 education system.I am trying to recall when Thurgood Marshall took on HCC students but was it more than 10 years ago? Maybe the book explains.
Brazile chooses to focus on Savage so we don't get a read on what the experiences of the other students Savage included in the book are.
One explanation for Savage feeling singled out comes from her mother who told reporter Liz Brazile that the differences between her own experiences and how Savage navigates society as a person of color were apparent long before the teen was school-aged.
Later in the book, Savage points to a difficult choice facing underrepresented students in advanced learning tracks: remaining in classes where they feel culturally isolated but reap educational benefits, or being in general education classes where they are more likely to find community.It sounds like Savage didn't make friends in class and felt more like a token and not a person.
“It’s more than having someone to laugh with during class,” Savage writes. “It’s the advantage of having someone to ask for help on homework, to study for the test with, to stand up for you, to confront the racist teacher with.”
Perhaps the Advanced Learning Taskforce and the Board and the Superintendent and Wyeth Jessee should read the book before revamping HCC.
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