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instruction to make school interesting for students, he said members of the team are also
interested in ensuring that students, parents and community members are equally invested
in Dorsey.
“Then this school can be a fairly democratically run place that meets the needs of
the young people and those who have a historically deep connection to the school,” he
said.
Beyond creating student leaders, Lippe-Klein said the CEJ is symbolic of much
more. One of the primary goals of the organization is bringing together a diverse group of
students to rally around social justice causes. Movements like these, he said, are a vital
element in a school like Dorsey that has experienced such marked changes in recent
years. In the midst of seeming differences, there is common ground.
“We’re trying to build something to demonstrate that students from different
backgrounds and racial identifications can work together and can build together against
what they see as unjust things going on in the community or in the school system,” said
Lippe-Klein.
Object Description
| Title | Dorsey High School: a lesson in transformation |
| Author | Kirkland, LeTania R. |
| Author email | letania.kirkland@gmail.com; letania_kirkland@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-28 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gutierrez, Felix |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Celis, William Wilson, Fracille |
| Abstract | Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles is at a crossroads. The school serves a community that, for decades, has been hailed as one of the largest historically black enclaves in the city. However, as migration throughout Los Angeles continues, what was once a predominately African-American community is almost equally Latino. This dramatic shift is mirrored at Dorsey, which some students and faculty call a segregated campus. However, there are others who believe the school has the potential to overcome stereotypes of so-called black/brown tension in Los Angeles. Dorsey’s faculty is working to create cohesion on campus and effectively serve the ever-changing community that it serves. |
| Keyword | Dorsey High School; Los Angeles; race; class; demographics; south Los Angeles; immigration; education |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2011 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3890 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Kirkland, LeTania R. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Kirkland-4459 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Kirkland-4459.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 25 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 22 instruction to make school interesting for students, he said members of the team are also interested in ensuring that students, parents and community members are equally invested in Dorsey. “Then this school can be a fairly democratically run place that meets the needs of the young people and those who have a historically deep connection to the school,” he said. Beyond creating student leaders, Lippe-Klein said the CEJ is symbolic of much more. One of the primary goals of the organization is bringing together a diverse group of students to rally around social justice causes. Movements like these, he said, are a vital element in a school like Dorsey that has experienced such marked changes in recent years. In the midst of seeming differences, there is common ground. “We’re trying to build something to demonstrate that students from different backgrounds and racial identifications can work together and can build together against what they see as unjust things going on in the community or in the school system,” said Lippe-Klein. |
