African American Males 's Education

Throughout history, African American weren’t considered the smartest race on earth. With slavery and being for bided to ever touch or learn to read a book, African American became the race that envy having an education. Education became a prime factor in the African American culture. Having an education to an African is having the one-way ticket out of the terrible streets. They believe that if they don’t know nothing they won’t get nothing. In other word, if they aren’t educated their life would remain the same. Way back to slavery, African American would be beaten if they were to open a book and dare to read it instead of cleaning it.

In the article Black Males and Adult Education: A Call to Action written by Brendaly Drayton, Dionne Rosser-Mims, Joni Schwartz, and Talmadge C. Guy want to expose the challenges that black males face in education. They make it clear their purpose is to incite a great change in the way black males are treated in the education system, give black men a voice, and endorse an analytical evaluation of institutional procedures and practices. More importantly the article states that the authors’ point is not to encourage the stereotypes and behaviors attributed to black men that society has put upon them, rather their point is to show the world that their destructive view on black males is stopping them from reaching their full potential.

Next, “There is a large debate regarding why Black males are overrepresented in categories associated with negative behavior. The experiment conducted on this negative stereotype explored the influences on environmental lack of economic resources, social and political aspects related to academic performance of black males. The environment and culture can help shape the male’s performance. Resolutions to the many issues listed above are a work in progress. Organizations which include educators, parent and youth service providers are combining their energy to diffuse and redirect the matter. “The Trouble with Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American Males”, (Noguera ,2015 p.1).In brief, on the

For centuries African Americans have fought for equal rights, one of them being an opportunity for the chance to get an equal education. Many people believe that African Americans have an equal or better chance at getting an education than other students. This is not the case when in fact, it is actually harder for these three reasons: African American students tend to come from harsh, poverty stricken atmospheres. Shattered family lifestyles that make it difficult to pursue a higher education because they have not received the proper information. Secondly, just because African Americans are minorities does not mean that they receive a vast amount of government assistance or financial aid to pursue a higher education. Lastly, African

The successful education process starts with the family in the home and community, and continues in school and throughout life. The extent to which Black parents become actively involved in the education of Black male children is the extent to which the destruction of potentially millions of young Black men will stop. When young Black men realize they have become expendable, are we ready for their reaction? The United States does not tolerate young Black men being unproductive or counter-productive to the goals of mainstream society. Black males are suspended, expelled and failed in schools at rates that are two to five times higher than students of other races and go to jail at rates five to ten times higher than people of other races ().Jackson, Phillip. “The Massive Failure of

Students attend school starting at pre-school then kindergarten, kindergarten to first grade and leading up to middle school then high school, the classes and teachers are supposed to prepare them for the next level. With the correct preparation and tools, after graduating high school, many students have their mind set on attending college as the next level. However many African-American male students who do have the ability to graduate high school, are not prepared for their next level which is college. Due to the quality of these schools “the school districts in urban neighborhoods have fewer academic offerings, less qualified teachers, out of date materials and lower quality curriculum” (WOOD, J. (2011), results in the poor education of the minority students attending them. Also due to the different academic and environment backgrounds that white and black students come from, many teachers are unaware of how to teach black students and how to gain their attention in the classroom. Other than

This study sought to support and add to the literature related to African American Male Theory (AAMT). I have a strong desire to see all students succeed, but I have an even greater desire

A Broader Problem that plagues Black males are not totally the responsibility of the public schools, but are a responsibility of society as a whole (Delpit, 1995). We can say, however, that the public schools do play a major role in addressing the problems of Black male students. The educational experiences and the support services afforded Black male students could play an

schools outright banned African American from learning with white students by either segregation or outright banning from such institutions. Integration of black children with white children was made nearly impossible during these days due to fierce local opposition, such as Canaan, New Hampshire’s Noyes Academy, with a lack of support African Americans had been mostly illiterate until during the Reconstruction period in the South. With the conclusion of the Civil War, the newly established coalition of Freedman and Republicans in the Southern state legislatures passed laws establishing the right to public education regardless of race throughout the United States. With African Americans being granted the right to public education, their literacy rate climbed over 50% by 1900, a major achievement within less than one generation. From the notable segregation of African Americans from the white population with schools, colleges began arising throughout the country, both state schools such as Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, as private colleges established by Northern missionary societies. This overall segregation of schools would continue in the south, with the notable exception of New Orleans schools which were desegregated, until Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 deemed it unconstitutional leading to fully integrated schools nation-wide by the 1970’s. After the decision, technically equality of education regardless of race had been achieved by 1970.

Historically black colleges and universities, otherwise known as HBCUs, have played an integral role in advancing the education of underprivileged black teenagers since their inception after the American Civil War. They have had students extremely well known in their fields today, such as billionaire entertainer Oprah Winfrey, the first African American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Though their graduation rates tend to be around 1 in 3, they have produced a majority of successful African American professionals. For the continued advancement of African Americans, HBCUs are necessary for offering educational opportunities that their students had been historically denied and presently out of financial reach, while promoting strong family values and equality that may be lacking at traditional schools and displaying positive African American role models in their alumni and staff.

The root of the African American education gap originates from anti-intellectualism. It would be disheartening to think that what is holding African Americans back is part of African American culture itself. However, only if African Americans, and all Americans, are honest about their flaws, will we be able to fix the flaws and make progress forward. It is believed that African Americans are not naturally inferior in intelligence; actually, based on the article by researcher Lindsey Cook, African American students are reported as having high learning potentials when they first attend schools. What African Americans really need is a driving force that motivates them to excel in academic fields. The first step for African Americans to initiate

Not only is it abnormally difficult to keep your life as an African American residing in the US, but it is also challenging to make a living. Blacks are less likely to be hired and this has negative repercussions that influence them for the rest of their lives. “Their unemployment rate is higher, and so is the level of poverty within the black community. In 2013, the poverty rate among white Americans was 9.6 percent, among black Americans it was 27.2 percent.” (Gillian White) Because of racial prejudices towards African Americans they are less likely to be hired, which in turn means the poverty rate for African-Americans is much higher than for whites. If African Americans do not have jobs they do not have money, and if they have kids their kids do not get into as

As Tyson (2013) pointed out, students of color often receive a lower quality education. Palmer (2010) furthers this notion detailing Black male experience within education. He first notes that American education has historically been less proactive in supporting Blacks. Further, academic research has often described Black males as “endangered, uneducable, dysfunctional, and dangerous” (109) within society and within educational settings. He continues by saying that the issues that hinder Black males from graduation begin early within their educational experience. First, teachers and counselors often write-off Black males in regards to having successful futures. Secondly, Black males have higher suspension rates than their White counterparts. Next, Palmer (2010) points out that Black males are underrepresented in gifted and advanced placement courses, due to ability tracking standards. In opposition, he points out that Black males are disproportionately present in special education courses based on perceived behavioral issues and learning disabilities. Given this experience, Palmer (2010) found that only one out of 15 Black males were adequately prepared for college education, which is in close relation with the invisibility of Black males within the global

When asked why is there a need for African American studies? One must understand the Eurocentric and political game the American school system imposes on young children African American students are bombarded with negative stereotypes throughout primary school and sometimes even college. The American school curriculum has a conservative effort in glorifying everything European from European art, history and music, while African American history is crammed in the month of February. During this month African American history starts with the slave trade and ends with Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream speech.” They refuse to enlighten students on the great African empires or the great African American inventors. Instead they are educated about slavery and how they were savages before the intervention of Europeans. Therefore, leaves lots of African American students ashamed of their history and creates this negative perspective of not wanting to be black. This leads to the question Malcom X stated in his speech, “who taught you to hate yourself?”

Have one ever thought that something that can weigh such great value, can also be a burden? No right, a great example will be education. For a Black man education can be the best thing they receive, it also can be the biggest burden they bring upon themselves. It has been proven over the past few years, and it is still continuing to be a great burden on them.