Racism In High School

Growing up in a predominantly white community, I had never thought of the issue of race as a child. My neighbor and I were best friends, and I never thought of myself as different. She had blonde hair; I had black. She had blue eyes; I had dark brown. We loved to play with the same things, thus we were

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

Some many cases that have affected my heart and have me thinking about what I should do as an African American women. I remember witnessing police brutality for the first time with the Sean Bell case. It was such a big story. I remember I was twelve when that happen and during Christmas and New Year’s Eve my family will talk about how tragic and angry they are about the case. But, what was so memorable about that case to me and what made my family so angry was Sean Bell and his friends were shot over 50 times on his wedding day. It’s almost make you realize that there is a war between black people and police

Colleges are vastly known to have people who bring in their ideas and cultures to campuses. However, there are sometimes when people from two different cultures conflict with each other and it causes problems for not only a college campus but for a society as well. Take the racial conflict between African American and Caucasian Americans, their feud has been going on in America for the past two decades. In 1992, Rodney King was beaten by L.A. police which started the “L.A. Riots” (Biography.com, 2015). During 2012, Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman (Biography.com, 2016). In August 2014, unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson (Buchanan, 2014). These events have two significant things in common. The three victims were killed by white individuals and they were killed on the basis of discrimination and mainly direct racism.

My parents and my extended family has always made sure I knew my culture and that my race was different from other races such as Caucasian and Asian children I went to school with. I also always knew I related to a different race due to my family skin color versus the other people who were around whose skin color is different from mines. As a child when I was growing up I heard adults or older kids talk about issues such as different races and people they have interacted during the day. Another thing exposed to me as a kid was the different political issues especially George Bush administration and racism as general. Being exposed to many views on how the color of your skin will affect the way society sees you and places you in the social system put perspective on how I saw my future. Being black you often automatically deemed as you are not going to succeed in life or you are not going be educated enough to place in high

The article that I was assigned focused on racism that take place on college campuses. The article starts by speaking specifically of the University of Missouri. Concerned Student 1950, which is a student led activist group, worked to demand changes in the “systematic racism” that they witness on campus. As their protest gained more media attention, it led to the university’s president resigning; and they have started a nationwide movement.

It’s 6 AM on a Monday morning. She drags herself out of bed, grabs her jeans and band T-shirt along with her Vans. Gets dressed, goes to brush her teeth, and to do her makeup. She walks back to her bedroom. By 6:45 AM, she’s ready to go to school. Dealing with frustration, failure, resentment, irritation, dissatisfaction and annoyance of the other students. The name calling, racial slurs that the hateful students yell across the classroom, whisper to their friends, laughing and pointing. Brushing it off, she continues with her classes throughout the day. The final class of the day, no one has said a thing since the warning bell. Perhaps they all got tired of their everyday routine, with the racial slurs, name calling? There it is, the first

Schools were desegregated in 1968, when I was in the fifth grade. Even though we were now going to the same school, not much else changed where I lived~ at least from my young perspective. I graduated in 1976, and blacks and whites still lived on opposite sides of Highway 77, the road that dissected my town. Affirmative action where I lived meant that a hiring freeze was on, the sentiment being that if the government thought it could tell us who to hire, then we wouldn’t hire anyone. During the day while at school we were friends, but when we went home it was to our side of town. My house was one of the oddities, in that we had our black friends over to dinner and hang out during the day, although we

This was the first time that I felt the wrath of racism. The ignorance, hate, and annoyance that I felt as an eight year old that day scarred me for a long time. When I went home and cried to my sister about it, she told me that there will always be people like that in this world, and that there will be three times that many kind people. Instead of feeling fear and hostility, this optimistic message pushed me forward to be more hopeful. As I grew older, I took all the adversities I faced, and fought against them. I did not just want to ignore my feelings and hide away because I knew that somewhere in the world, there were others fighting the same racist battle. Instead, I began to participate in campaigns against bullying and racism to make a true impact and change in the world.

The school year of 1963 there was segregation in our country and it got real rough but especially on these three boys Timmy Turner, Tommy Pickles , and Grant Zyppah. All three of them were black at a time when there were supposed to go to school with only blacks kids . But, they were smarter than the rest of their classmates by far. So they were sent to an all white school because the intelligence was much higher there and harder work to do . All three boys were neighbors and spent lots of time together. The boys grew up in Washington D.C. .

Prior to my class readings I used to believe that racist people have been bought up to be racist or are just ignorant. My opinion have definitely change because I have a deeper understanding that yes sometimes people are unintentionally being racist or stereotypical because they just do not know. Not saying that all people are oblivious that they are saying racist comments or stereotyping people. While reading Blaine, "Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" , I questioned, as I read, why did she stick around with these kids who clearly has no cultural experience with anyone beside of their own culture because they will never understand what she is talking about about. But as I read on she begin to explain how the impacts of racism begin early when the children are exposed to Disney Movies. I instantly thought of Pocahontas. Pocahontas was a cartoon that gave an animate portrayal of the Europeans colonizing the Native Americans. At an early age with

I’m not going to argue that teaching every single student in a public or private school system is necessary. I believe it helps when trying to solve the problem the US has been having with racism, but there are some cases where it’s just not going to help. So instead I’m going to argue that we teach every student in or above grade five with parent consent. This is because teaching a five-year-old or a student around that age isn’t going to do anything but cause more harm. This is because a five-year-old more than likely has never has a single thought go through there head about different skin colors. If you start introducing racism and the issues involving racism to a five-year-old that’s when things like a little kid saying they don’t want

Back then it was bad, everyone was racist the kids would even get the used books from the white people, and the black people would be separated from the whites in school. If you notice now it is very different you see all types of skin color in classes and they all get along in some sort of way.

“You should go back to India!” shouted my overtly racist next-door neighbor from his bathroom window at my mother who was leisurely watering her backyard garden. “We don’t want your kind here!” he yelled as he swiftly walked back inside his home while my mother stared at him in absolute shock with a running hose dangling from her hand. Unfortunately, incidents like this one are neither rare nor unexpected considering I’m biracial and live in a predominantly white neighborhood. Ever since my multiracial family relocated to Bayside, we have been the victims of blatant racial discrimination which is so severe my mother ended up calling the police on my neighbor on one occasion because he trespassed upon our property and proceeded to assault my father for countering a racial slur of his.

Institutional Racism in the education system can be combated by teachers and administration working together. Schools must take the initiative of incorporating different cultural perspectives in the curriculum. Only addressing the basic characteristics of culture such as dance, food, and religion is not enough. Racism affects people on many levels, and it's essential to acknowledge the history and culture of a society in all aspects. Cultural characteristics influenced by the political, social, and economic climate. To have an accurate grasp of the values that shaped the culture one must break down and analyze the bias and discrimination of the society.