Topic: Cultural bias in IQ testing At all levels of education, there is great concern about the low performance of racially and linguistically diverse students on standardized tests. A wealth of argument surrounds intelligence tests , specifically given the consistently lower performance of minority groups. Tests have been parts and puzzle of nearly all educational system worldwide. It’s truly a fundamental part of the teaching and learning process. Many research have been conducted to enquire into the cultural biasness in IQ testing which confirms of its thriving existence in the educational fraternity.
Racial Ideology, American Politics, and the Peculiar Role of the Social Sciences”; where he explains his research on the intersection of poverty, crime and race. Bobo contends the United States is faced with a sophisticated, elusive and enduring race problem. His use of two separate focus groups one being all white and the other being all black uncovered evidence to support just how complex the race problem in America is. Bobo contends the just saying that the race problem still endures is not to say that it remains fundamentally the same and essentially the same. Bobo asks how we can have milestone decisions like Brown V. Board, pass a civil rights act, a voting act, fair housing acts, and numerous acts of enforcement and amendments, including the pursuit of affirmative action policies and still continue to face a significant racial divide in America.
The school also examined a host of subjective factors in making its admissions decisions, including the race and ethnicity of the candidates. "Underrepresented" racial and ethnic minority applicants (i.e., African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans) were looked upon favorably because they helped achieve the school's mission of student diversity. Evidence suggested that without the school's affirmative action policy, an underrepresented minority’s average chance of admission would decrease from 35 percent to 10 percent. Barbara Grutter, a white Michigan resident whose application was rejected, sued the school in a lower federal court alleging that its admissions policy was unconstitutional. Grutter alleged that the school made race a "predominate" factor in admissions decisions and that the school intentionally discriminated against whites, and that this violated the Fourteenth Amendment, which forbids states from denying "to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection
Immigration laws implemented differential inclusion, when “people are included in economy, culture, identity, and power because, in fact, they are excluded (subordination),” which was how Asian immigrants were allowed in the United States, but were not granted the same rights as others (lecture: Migrations and Movements, 10/6/2011). The Page Act of 1875 restricted immigration from Asia by only permitting single, Asian males. Asian women were not permitted because they were believed to solicit prostitution, a preconceived perception of Asian women created by American society. Because of the Page Act of 1875 and a later ban of the immigration of Asian spouses, Asian males could not procreate or have any family in America. As a result, Asian men were forced to do “feminized” forms of work due to the lack of women (Lowe, 11).
For anyone who doesn't fall into that category will just look past the information provided. | 38 | Concession: In what way(s) is that naysayer’s argument somewhat correct? | Black players are the ones with a low graduation rate so if I'm a White high school student-athlete, I'm not going to pay much attention to that part of the article.
As item A states “there are important differences in the educational achievement of pupils from different ethnic groups” there are statistics that prove this fact, for example in the UK between 50-60% of all white students on average attain 5 or more A*-C GCSES compared to 75% of Chinese students, the figure is closer to 85% for Chinese girls, and only 40% of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students, Indian pupils on average do better than white pupils but less well than Chinese. This essay will assess sociological explanations for these ethnical differences in educational achievement. Sociologists suggest that to fully understand the reasons behind ethnic differences we must consider both external and internal factors. This essay will begin with internal factors, i.e. the factors that occur within the education system, they can be divided into four different problems, the first being labelling and teacher racism.
| Introduction and Thesis Statement: Discrimination still persists in America today. People use labels everyday to describe the people different from themselves. The word “Asian” is often used to describe an actual race. An actual race requires four distinct characteristics to be considered a distinct race, but does Asian actually qualify as a certain race? (Blum, L 2010) In my paper I will go over the six characteristics that are requirements for a certain race.
A school that requires its attendants to pass a test is charged with discrimination when it does not meet the quota for its admittance. The answer to this problem, from a supporter of affirmative action, is the inflation of the minorities’ grades on these tests. Institutions are then forced to keep a certain balance in the diversity of their student body, which can lead to the inflation of the minorities’ grades on all subjects. This grade inflation would then lead to a poorer education and the reality of a failing education system. This same kind of comparison is evident in the work force.
In American Son by Brian Ascalon Roley Tomas and Gabe, who are two half Filipino-half German brothers, try to pass as different ethnicities than their own: Tomas as Mexican and Gabe as White; they do this is because they are ashamed of being Asian and believe that being White or Mexican is superior and empowering. In American Son, white privilege is enjoyed by Tomas’ and Gabe’s Aunt Jessica when she and Ika meet Stone. In this scene Jessica does not initially regard her sister in law as an important part of the group. In this regard, Gabe states that “Aunt Jessica does not introduce Mom to the driver” (122). White privilege, as Kendall Clark states is a concept that “should be defined carefully” (5) since there is controversy around it.
‘How do we account for low educational attainment among some ethnic minorities?’ Intro Functionalists believe the institution of education is harmonious, and aids a well-functioning society (Haralambos, et al., 2013, p. 665); but can this really be the case, when there is such a prominent gap in achievement children of ethnic minorities? Low educational attainment amongst some ethnic minorities is a fact; statistically Gypsy/Roma children are most likely to leave education with less than five GCSE’s, with Black Caribbean/African students also consistently performing more poorly than their white counterparts (Haralambos, et al., 2013, p. 714). The reason as to why this is the case is less clear. Many sociologists have offered explanations; culture capital, cultural deprivation, labelling of pupils, institutionalized racism and a curriculum which ignores their ethnicity. Or is it the pupils themselves who hold the answer?