High schools usually have Sex Ed and general health as a mandatory class. But if they drop-out before they are given such knowledge how will they know the dangers of unprotected sex? But, not only can dropping out of school determine their educational level, but not getting the same education as another ethnicity can harm them in the same way.
The African American community has almost always been targeted when it comes to not receiving a good education. A teacher of mine once said, “African American Students are not stupid. They are; however, followers. They follow what the trend is currently and that’s why there aren’t as many black children going to college because the majority are followers. You only get a few leaders from the crowd.” This spoke to me because I realized that schools had given up on African American students as a whole. Those few leaders weren’t even given a chance to lead. That’s why our society hands white children’s plans for a better education, They are already seen to succeed in the world while a black child is seen to destroy. African American children are restricted from getting a higher education because people stereotype and believe that they won’t go anywhere in life.
HARC, or HIV/AIDS resource center, and other resource centers and prevention programs claim to help try and help with preventing the STD from spreading and providing help to those before they come in contact with an HIV/AIDS infected individual. But, as I seen through my research
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 United States of America often forgets that historically black colleges and universities were created out of necessity. It has only been a couple of decades since African Americans have been allowed to get degrees from predominantly white institutions. Millions of African Americans have given their blood, sweat, and tears in hopes of gaining basic rights like education to their descendants. America has come a long way within the past fifty years but there is still a disconnect when it comes to believing what the average African American can accomplish as an individual. When it comes to historically black colleges and universities there is still a stigma that the education is less rigorous and
African American education systems and colleges faced many issues systematically and socially. The process of integrating colleges was a process faced with opposition because the idea that higher education was made for strictly for white upper-class men was still the underlying ideal. While equal opportunity was promoted in the light, behind the scenes, systematically money, policy, procedure hindered black education and equal opportunity. Realizing this injustice, black students sought to find their own solutions to social justice issues happening not only within higher education but their communities while leading by example.
African men and women deserve to get an education just as much as anybody and if a student wants to go to a school where there is more than just 10 percent of the school’s student class then they should be able.
Society has made it so hard for blacks to become successful, but for the great minds of the students at CAU; it’s so easy for them to succeed and not for them to fall into what society calls the “system”. This too, is a reason as why some African Americans feel like they just don’t have to try. The harder they try; they may still get nowhere being limited to so many great opportunities. Although there are no excuses to be made for the African American communities, this reasoning’s will leave some people to think they will never be good enough for society. “Eliminate what’s distracting you and keep it moving in order to succeed” are words that I will always remember Helen Smith Price saying before the closing of Founders Convocation 2017. In life not everyone will support you nor help you get to where you want to be and those are the people you leave behind in order to succeed. As a graduating senior of Clark Atlanta University I will always “Find a Way or Make
Slavery was a time where blacks were treated unequally to the "white man". Slavery was that individuals were owned by one who work. In the Douglass Novel, Douglass narrates the story about his life during the 1840's. Life was unpleasant being a slave. No one would want to have life of a slave.
The NACCP has changed and expanded the opportunities in education to all races. Yet there are many injustices, former president Obama explains a few such as the educational system not always being fair to all people because of their differences. To elucidate this Obama says “All of us can agree that we need to offer every child in this country the best education the world has to offer from the cradle through a career.” The education of an African American isn't always the same of the education provided to a white person. This is evident in schools everywhere. Obama also states, ”African-American students are lagging behind white classmates in reading and math – an achievement gap that is growing in states that once led the way on
This nation has a history of oppressing African Americans, as seen during antebellum slavery and the Jim Crow era, and despite the gains made during the Civil Rights movement, African Americans continue to find themselves under the control of whites. Because students of color have become the prime targets of overly strict policies, generations of African American students have been relegated to an oppressed underclass of people intensely surveilled by law enforcement; suspensions, expulsions, and dropping out directly translate to lower educational attainment and lower socioeconomic status later in life so African Americans are forced into an impoverished underclass that has been created as a means of control.
A documentary we watched in class revealed the truth about how African Americans are falling behind in school and being placed in lower level classes than whites. Some African Americans are reading at a first grade level and are being placed in remedial classes, compared to white students who are striving in AP classes (Renaud). Part of the reason they continue to be educationally unequal is that they many of them lack the motivation to show up at school. Luckily, there are a few African Americans being placed in AP classes that are predominantly white because they are trying to “not end up like their parents,” yet, they continue to segregate themselves socially by all bunching together on one side of the classroom (Renaud). As a nation, we have all this wasted potential since African Americans do not have access to a decent education where they could help our country progress with technology and
“Unequal Education and Federal Loophole Enables Lower Spending on Students of Color.” One of the struggles young African Americans face is getting a good education. Some believe a good education depends on your economics background, whether you live in a wealthy districts
If you were smarter than a white student, you knew you weren’t going to receive fair teaching. Without education, it is challenging to get into college and to get a job. Lack of education is making it more difficult for African Americans to accomplish their
The issue I chose for the government to protect from sexually transmitted disease such as herpes. Many people understand that sleeping unprotected sex can cause serious health issues depending on what type of disease is contracted. Individuals that have sex do know the risk of having sex unprotected, but just like any other disease you wouldn’t think it is so easily to be contracted by the disease, and often feel the person would know there symptoms and you trust the person you are with. Although they are ways to prevent some of these diseases we as humans do not seem to utilize it effectively. There are some people that do contract the disease, gets upset, and feel the need to go around, and infect others. This particular disease is a silent
When HIV positive it could expose you to other STDs and make it worst.Of course being HIV positive is worst than anything . Fifty percent of sexually active youths will contract STDs by 25.20 percent of high-school girls have an STD. 1 in 5 people over 12 have genital herpes as a result of type one or two herpes, though most genital herpes are from type two. Without showing any signs of an infection you could still be infected so it always good to get tested.STD infections are Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Hepatitis B and C Herpes, Syphilis and Trichomoniasis Eighty-five percent of Americans with herpes (42 million people) don't know it. That is a disturbing reminders that HIV isn't the only sexually transmitted disease that people need to protect themselves against.The estimated number of americans living with a STD is 65 Million.Three different sessions protective meetings for deducting STD and HIV infection risk behaviors were tested out with a sample of 400 men who went to a large military STD clinic. The experiment evaluation was design to compare regular clinical care alone against standard care combined with one of three experimental process on health-risk ratings a interactive video and targeted situational behaviors. When the data was collected at baseline and during follow up visits after 2 weeks and 2 months the research indicated that the health-risk evaluation and interactive video increased the clinics recommendations to refrain from sex and it increased readiness to change risky partner selection behavior . Data that was later found in the research suggested that STD related risk behavior was almost used to change but that the single session intervention had some impact which could be viewed as a preparing effect that strengthen multi session meetings. Sexually transmitted diseases provides important focus for HIV
Teens have difficulty grasping the consequences of unprotected sex for themselves, their parents, family members and possibly their unborn child. Unprotected sex among teenagers in El Paso has become an issue seeing as they are not receiving the right information they need to know about sex and how to prevent it, sexually transmitted diseases can be passed on through sexual contact in which can be harmful and be passed on from one person to another, and teen pregnancy and STD’s bring substantial social and economic costs through immediate and long-term impacts on teen parents and their children. Nowadays social media and technology seem to really take a toll on teenagers, the both has impacted teens in a way that it is all they are on. My proposal of fixing this solution is getting the message across through social media and doing presentations at different schools, this will impact teenagers mostly because this is the generation where social media has become a part of their lives. To those with low education about unprotected sex, will pay attention to what is being said, which will be no problem since Google and the internet are there to provide answers to their questions. Lastly, teens do not pay attention to adults in general, but if they listen to what a teen has to say then they will most likely understand, thus a presentation at their school will help them learn more.
Unprotected sex seems like the norm for many college, and even high school students across the nation. Although many of these students are protecting themselves by using contraceptives such as condoms and birth control pills, on the other hand, many are not. Instead of worrying about protecting themselves, some students are more focused on having fun and feeling good for a few minutes, versus having to deal with a lifetime of negative effects once its all over. They are more concerned with immediate satisfaction instead of taking all of five seconds to "wrap it up" and put on a condom to protect themselves. It seems like even though these individuals know that having unprotected sex can have frightful repercussions, that