Many sociologists have linked labelling in school, especially by teachers, with the difference in achievements in terms of ethnicity. Negative stereotypes and labels may cause teacher to treat students from an ethnic minority differently, which could in turn, disadvantage them and ultimately, result in them underachieving. Studies from different sociologists back up and support this. Gillborn and Youdell (2000) found in their studies that teachers were more likely to discipline black students quicker than they would with their white counterparts, due to the fact that teachers held “racialised expectations”. They argued that they stereotyped and expected black students to present behaviour such as threatening and challenging authority, which leaves the student feeling underestimated and picked on.
Black pupils felt that teachers underestimated them and picked on them. Gillborn and Youdell conclude that much of the conflict between white teachers and black pupils stems from racial stereotypes which the teachers hold rather than the pupil’s behaviour. Thus, it creates ethnic differences in education achievement as if the teachers do this then it makes the students less motivated to work which may be the reason why black ethnic minority groups might do worst in education. On the other hand, some sociologists would argue and say that the external factors are the important factors which cause ethnic differences in achievement. The Swann report (1985) found that some minorities
This news story makes me realize a question: what determines blacks’ bad academic performance, like D'Souza says in the end of racism? D’Souza argues that cultural background is an unignorable factor, such as the hard working spirit imposed by Asian family. However, there is another approach to explain the question. If blacks can share the same opportunities
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La’Toyrious Granville Mrs. Sharon Cargill English 12 20 February 2013 Racial Profiling Racial Profiling is mentally segregating and it disunites the U.S.A because it permits negative aspects to every race. In the U.S. it is acceptable to embrace foundations and establishments like BET, Black Entertainment Television, and/or The Chinese District, For example, but what if these titles were revised to WET, White Entertainment Television or The Iraqi District? Would these organizations be appropriate or racially disgraceful? From any standpoint it is mental segregation. Programs like the previously listed instills the negative trait of racial profiling into child before he or she has any idea of what racial profiling is, it programs them to judge and make race a chief factor when it should not be (Psycho 1).
There is a general acknowledgment that without a racial identity you my struggle to have an identity at all. This is due to how people use racial categories to provide an idea to what another person is like. Such assumptions on personalities is tied into preconceived notions that different race’s act differently. This is a great stereotyping which helps reveal what race is in society. It shows how it could be used to fuel racism, it also shows how people use it as a way to gauge other people.
When DuBois addresses the problem of the color line I believe that what he is signifying is the clear racial divide between the black and white races. The color line that DuBois speaks of is the known segregation that exists between the two races. In speaking of the “problem of the 21st Century” being the color line it exemplifies the divide between minorities and the majority when as it relates to educational opportunities, choice of better jobs, economic status etc. I believe that in many respects the color line does still exist, though Affirmative Action, the Americans with Disabilities Act and other measures have helped to get minorities in the door, with faulty educational structures and socioeconomic conditions that often fall within the poverty line it still causes difficulty for some minorities to break through the color division that exists. I believe however the color line of today has expanded past that of just race, as we so often see a separation between male and female, sexual orientation, disabled verses bodied individuals etc.
Even if after the initial judgment takes place and their base opinion is changed, because this person is ‘different from the norm’ the initial judgment did occur, and that person did assume personality qualities to that person for know reason other than race, and personal beliefs that people have about that specific ‘kind of person.’ I have met people of all different races who judge others by their skin color or by their culture unintentionally. Racism is everywhere and it is a hidden evil that people choose to ignore for the time being. Most people in today’s society are at least slightly racist, probably on accident. Which is awful, because the concept of race is something that the human mind created, and not something that has any truth to it, because there is only one race, the human
In the essays “Ethics of Living Jim Crow” and “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” both of the main characters are discriminated against because of their race. In the essay, “The Handicapped” the main character is discriminated against because of his disabilities. In all three autobiographical essays, the main characters are being discriminated
Phase 1 IP Diversity in American Life What is racism? It is when individuals treat people differently, negatively or positively, because of the color of their skin color. As sad as it is, it exists in our world today. There are many different levels of racism. We have the ignorance of the Klu Klux Klan, the fear of Hitler and the Jews and the whites against the Native Americans.