“Simply saying that we are color blind, or that we treat everyone alike, will not work,' writes Luciano S. Martinez, a retired Utah educator of 31 years.
Activists demonstrate as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, in Washington, Oct. 31, 2022.“Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accusethe United States Supreme Court has determined
I worked with many ethnic minority students as a professional Utah educator for more than 31 years. This took me to three local school districts, the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College. I was able to work at every level of education from pre-school to med school as a classroom teacher, school counselor and administrator.
One of the schools I visited was Harvard University. They had an excellent summer program which brought in outstanding ethnic minority undergraduates from all over the country. This gave me an idea to start one at the University of Utah for high school seniors. Through this program, we were able to pay for students to attend summer classes, stay in dorms and pair up with a health-science mentor. At the end of the summer, we all went up to the Uintas for a weekend.
I was able to secure some federal funding to implement a district-wide counselor-intern program. We paid tuition costs for ethnic minority teachers who wanted to attend the University of Utah to become counselors. Eventually, we were able to place five interns in local high schools. We also paid tuition costs for teachers who wanted to be administrators. This enabled us to add four ethnic minority administrators to our ranks.
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