Talking about race relations with the youth of Clarksdale

During our time in Clarksdale , Mississippi we came across an several amazing people from different ranges of age . One group was the young people enrolled in the Griot Arts afterschool program.  During the time we spent there, we did a racial reconciliation workshop with them and several thoughts came to mind as I was listening to the two young ladies from my group speaking about their Griot experience, as they are both about to graduate. Segregation is real in Clarksdale, and there's a form of it in the education system, too . They keep the freshman in a different building at their high school because they feel as though they are too wild . The school administrators should keep in mind that the students are children and that it’s still time for them to mature, and keeping them around the older students could teach them how to mature well.  It’s pretty sad because it makes me think of the current prison system, and I feel as though it is prepping those young students for failure in the future . Keep in mind that this is a predominantly black high school and they choose to 'segregate' the students in this way. Are the racial systematic tactics being drawn over into this? Hopefully change will come for the education system .