Discrimination In The Education System: Audience Analysis

Systematic racism within education Institutions, such as the lack of adequate funding as well as subtle discrimination, continues to be the root of the problem that plagues this nation. Even though segregation was abolished in 1964, the lingering effects that remain are significant and cannot be passively mended. Although it is tempting to think that this prejudice is caused by a select few and not the many, it is clear that this problem holds more depth. Recent studies conducted by the National Education Studies (NEA) have proven that even in school’s African American students are often times targeted and punished at a significantly higher rate when compared to their white peers. The study states “Black students make up almost 40 percent of all school expulsions [in the] nation, and more than two thirds of students referred to police from schools are either black or Hispanic” (Blacks: Education Issues). This study conducted by the Department of Education, cabinet-level department of the United States

In the United States, public school systems are intended to provide free and equal education to all students. Sadly, this is rarely and sometimes not the case what so ever and the effects can vary from student to student. Many studies have been used in the calculation of the outcomes that students can go through when they are being treated unjustly in schools.

The Civil Rights era of the 1950’s and 1960’s ushered in copious federal spending directed towards the desegregation of American Society. Moreover, the ultimate goal was the creation of a leveled playing field that would allow minorities opportunities to gain access and reap benefits that had not been traditionally extended to them, thereby resulting in large disparities in wealth, resource, and education between races and cultures. In a courageous attempt to amend these woes, Congress passed a series of legislation designed to achieve these ends. One of the most notable pieces of legislation passed during this era was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Created with all-deliberate intention of desegregating schools

Even in the 21st century the United States public school system is once again becoming segregated by race. Results of research show there are several factors involved in this trend, including housing discrimination and the United States Supreme Court granting the states sovereignty to govern their own policies on school desegregation; even going so far as to say the policies employed by states to desegregate based on race were unconstitutional. This topic addresses the issues causing resegregation and the ideas set forth to alleviate the problem and insure equal education for all children, regardless of race or socio-economic status.

Growing up in America, it is not uncommon for people of color to experience racism. Although there is a wide spread of areas people face this inequality, children and young adults spend most of their time at school. Therefor racism in the learning environment has an extreme impact. A Huffington Post article talks about this racism and the different levels children will face while growing up. This article begins by stating that a great number of people, like academic John McWhorter and Harvard professors William Julius Wilson and Roland Fryer, believe that racism has declined tremendously or that it is gone entirely (Cokley, 2016). This article explains why racism is not dead, but instead thriving and a part of millions of black Americans’ lives

This discrimination affects many students throughout the United States. Many have witnessed or experienced this issue whether from their peers or even the instructors at the institution. This issue can occur at all levels of schooling and can essentially determine one’s future. According to the article, “How Racism Affects Black and Brown Students in Public Schools” written by Nadra Kareem Nittle, the U.S. Department of Education states, “Black students are three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than their white peers and in the American South, racial disparities in punitive discipline are even greater”(Nittle, ThoughtCo.). This truly shows the difference in how people are treated in the school system according to their race. Although race may not always solely be the cause for this variation many times it is. However, the treatment of those based on their race does not always cause a negative effect on those in the school system. Currently in some schooling institutions many minority groups are more likely to get admitted as a way for the institution to appear more diverse. They do this as a way to combat against the racial discriminations but it also brings up the question of “reverse racism”. Many believe this concept to be a myth however, I believe that it is true and actively present in many schooling institutions throughout the modern United States. Within competitive institutions

A main question in this journal article is if “children of different racial back grounds attend different schools” (author). Even after the desegregation act after the court case Brown v. Board of Education, children are still widely segregated. Most of the children who get left behind are minorities, and because of segregation they get put into inferior schools compared to their white counter parts who get put into better schools. This article is about finding why minority children are left behind by a system that is supposed to be helping them to become equal. The researchers in this article search for schools that minorities are attending and try to find out why they are being left behind. The act, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) allows researchers to find schools that are heavily segregated. They research the reason why there is a difference in test scores of white and minority children. They then try to find the reason behind such differences by seeing what kind of schools these children are going to and how the schools characteristics are linked to the children’s performance. In their studies they have found that more white children preformed at or above the national level in academics. With this study, researchers are looking into the

The issues of equality and academic success of Latino and African American minorities may be related to a need for more research in this area however, it’s a need that needs to be addressed. Ever since the 1954 landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka there has been a focus on a colorblind academic school system, where everyone has equal opportunities regardless of the color of their skin (Delago, Stefancic, Harris 2017). Since African’s in America where allowed in the same classrooms as the white superior class then institutional racism within the school system was supposed to be omitted. However, racism was not removed from the educational institutions of America as it was transformed from overt racism to a subtler form of covert racism (Delago, Stefancic, Harris 2017).

I agree that many minority groups are discriminated in education. Not only Hispanics who want to go to law school are discriminated. There are also many African Americans and young women’s who have been discriminated in other education paths. A family friend who came from El Salvador had big goals for the future; he wanted to be a psychologist. That family friend was outstanding student in high school with a GPA of 4.6. That friend name Tony, had a friend who also wanted to be a psychologist but Tony was a better student than his friend was. When time came for college application, Tony and his friend both apply for NC State, UNC and ECU. Not surprisingly Tony’s white friend got accepted to all 3 colleges but Tony only got accepted to ECU.

According to the U.S Education Department, “Eighty-one percent (81%) of Asian-American high school students and 71% of white high school students attend high schools where the full range of math and science courses are offered...Black students (57%), Latino students (67%), students with disabilities (63%), and English language learner students (65%) also have less access to the full range of courses”. What does this tell us about schools in the United States? Although intentions have been good, schools are still promoting racial discrimination throughout the U.S. Discrimination has been proven by surveys on discipline and the opportunities given to non-white ethnic groups. Schools should be more concerned with how students that aren’t white are being treated and analyze the opportunities they are being given.

Having a diverse workforce in an organization can be beneficial in training and skill development. Diversity within the workforce creates opportunities for the workforce to learn from each other.

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Discrimination in education goes further than the theory of the school to prison pipeline. Discipline in schools raise several questions but one in particular, are minority children punished more harshly than white children for the same infractions? Most parent’s response to that question would be home school. Common among white Americans, is showing an increase among African American kids. The government play a huge role in education, however what role does the government and the Obama administration play in the matter of discrimination in schools? School discipline, the law, and racism, how do they contribute to discrimination of education in the public school system?

Racism comes in all shapes and forms. When I was younger, I was high-strung at school and would be put in TOR (time out room) basically every day in elementary school. Now when I look back, the TOR room was my primary classroom and Mrs. Cole was my homeroom teacher. Taking a child out of the classroom in his early years of learning creates a lack of building blocks vital to his future learning abilities. This causes many of our black children to fail.

“I say to you, quite frankly, that the time for racial discrimination is over.” Is a statement that most people can get behind in today’s world, where news of racial injustice sprouts up seemingly every day from across the globe. The call for equality in the United States has been around since its genesis as a colony, with different eras finding various cases of success. Such examples could include: the abolition of slavery, the legalization of interracial marriage or the desegregation of public schools. Even with these cases, and many others, standing tall as marks of progress, our country could use further reform in the education department. It has become apparent, through much research, that desegregating schools by law doesn’t clean