The Importance Of Racism In Education

The brain is the most complicated part of the human body. I will begin explaining certain parts and their

“The Human Brain”, by myPerspectives, is an informative article that claims that the brain is a complex organ that is truly impressive. The brain is a key part of the central nervous system, that controls the entire body’s activities, to simple things such as breathing. These actions are fired through neurons, that quickly travel through the spinal cord. Surprisingly, the brain transmits these messages at an unimaginable rate, at 150 miles per hour, through 85 billion cells, called neurons. These neurons can form up to 10,000 synapses, or connections to each other. By itself, the brain can create billions of synapses, which change the structure of the brain every time new information is learned. However, there is still much that scientists

Australian normalcy and thus were to blame for any racism faced. Australia prides itself on being a multicultural country, however; the belief of the people stating that it is in fact people of different ethnicities fault for the racism creates a difficult environment in a school and makes lesser opportunities for these students.

The brain can be considered the most complex organ in the body and the centrepiece of the nervous system. Although the brain works as a unified whole, neuroscientists have identified areas within it that perform specific functions. This makes the brain interconnected by three different layers: the central core, the limbic system, and the cerebral cortex. All of which contain structures that regulate everyday life and psychological function.

My study displays how people from several categories have differing opinions about racists teaching in the education system. It can help determine peoples’ attitudes toward race in the schools. However, there were some of the limitations to my study. One was that I could not interview and interact with the respondents personally. I was not able to ask in depth questions as to why people felt a certain way about racist teachers. Also, I wanted to know if the respondents surveyed ever had any interaction with a teacher that was deemed to have racist attitudes towards them or a family member. It would have been nice to study the information based on location of the respondents polled. This would further help understand the attitudes people have towards race based off of geographical location. There are some behaviors that people perceive to be racist and talking with people individually would help get all of this information. I ran multiple cross-tabulations to help me in my study on allowing racist teachers in the education system. These were using the independent variable allowing racist to teach and the dependent variables, education, race and sex.

Another problem that America faces, is a lack of education in public schools about racism that has occurred in the past. Therefore, to curtail the problem of racism and oppression in the public-school system, schools should teach children about the brutal American past that inflicted racism and oppression toward certain ethnic backgrounds and people of different races. The United States has had extensive conflicts with people that are not of white origin. From the early part of history in the United States, starting with the Native Americans, the United States government took away rights and freedom from the Native Americans, all for the sake of the land. Eventually, after the United States gained control of Native American land they soon needed individuals to exploit the lands and the government allowed slaves or indentured servants to solve the land from 1619 to 1865 (History.com). Accordingly, the United States has experienced an extended chronicle of oppression toward different ethnicity and people of color. Another case of the United States oppressing people is, during World War II the American government ordered and made Japanese people live internment camps; the regime intended that whole Japanese people posed a hazard to the country. From slavery and internment camps, the United States has inflicted many lives of many different ethnicities. Thus, teaching kids in elementary schools about American history is important as it informs a greater consciousness of

Legal scholars introduced critical race theory (CRT) as a framework to uncover racial inequalities and injustices perpetuated by the legal system (Taylor, 2006). These legal scholars defined racism as these “larger, systemic, structural conventions and customs that uphold and sustain oppressive group relationships, status, income, and educational attainment” (2006, p. 73). Thus, critical race theorists desire to reveal the hidden curriculum of this racism that maintains the status quo of white supremacy (Lynn & Parker, 2006). In revealing this hidden curriculum, the critical race theorists rely on a set of defining principles for their work, and these principles can be applied to education (2006). First, racism is normal and is a fact of daily

Do you think that racism still exists in public schools in the United States? Do you think ________? Well in a survey I took of middle schoolers of many different races including, Caucasian, African American, Hispanic and more, ___% of students answered “yes” to the first question. African Americans can often be discriminated against in schools. Racism in schools has been going on ever since slavery ended in the United States, and they have segregated African Americans from everything, including schools. Then in 1965, the Brown vs Board of Education court case, ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. But ever since the integration of whites and blacks started, there has always been some sort of prejudice, or unfair treatment

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

Racism is a deeply rooted injustice within American society. As a result of nothing but the want to create a hierarchical sense of importance, thousands of minorities have been affected within the hands of unrightful prejudice. Racism, alive and well in today’s world, has taken a huge toll within the education system. Not only having to subject to discrimination within various aspects of their lives, minorities (black and latinx people) are now being exposed to racism the moment that they enter the school system. Despite claiming to be “the land of opportunity,” America’s education system- ranging from pre-k up until college graduation, has ultimately created barriers between minorities and their true educational potential. Minorities are ultimately separated from their counterparts (caucasians) in means of education, are they are suffering. Not only are they being belittled simply by the color of their skin, but they are facing injustices within the one institution where all individuals are supposed to be granted equality. This shadow of prejudice, following minorities from prekindergarten, to grade school, to higher education, is deterring the potential of thousands of deserving human beings.

Although the school had a good reputation and seemed to be a great school. It had many struggles over the years. The institution had closed twice. The first time they had enough funds to reopen it, but the second time there was just not enough people to keep it open. To many teachers and students had enlisted into the war. Leaving the school closed. The school was an enormous success while it was open and helped many people to see through racism and learn that it is ok to go to school with different races. Many kids from this school still went on to have great jobs such as teachers, doctors, lawyer, and much more. The school was an overall immense success. There was now a public school close by that kids could get an education at.

Students should not still discuss issues like racism today in schools because if one student says they think it’s good and another student says it’s bad, then a big fight could possibly start. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there was a lot of racism. Examples: Tom got killed because he is black, Mayella can’t like Tom because he is black, blacks and whites sit separately at court, & the blacks and whites have separate everything.

The racist systems in place that continue to marginalize individuals are evident on the governmental level, the corporate level and on the individual level. On the individual level, children are mostly acculturated by their parents who lack a bicultural or multicultural worldview, which perpetuates ethnocentrism and racist beliefs. Racism has been proven to be a learned behavior and children are acculturated into racist beliefs by their parents and their main source of entertainment, television programs. Most racist beliefs start at home and are taught to children by parents of the dominant culture, who have benefited from the systems of power designed to marginalize racial groups. Once these beliefs are acculturated into children, they continue to perpetuate systems of racism and marginalization

Racism is an ongoing force that negatively impacts the lives of Americans every day. The racist mindset in America stems from the times of slavery, where blacks were thought to be inferior to whites. Throughout history, the ideology of race and racism has evolved and developed several different meanings. Today, we can still see the devastating effects of racism on people of color, as well as whites. “Racism, like other forms of oppression, is not only a personal ideology based on racial prejudice, but a system involving cultural messages and institutional policies and practices as well as beliefs and actions of individual” (Tatum, pg. 9). As a result of this system, it leaves the

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.