Statistics show that more than three fourths of children enrolled in certain city school systems are black or Hispanic. It is very unlikely to find white students in these schools. Numerous Americans who do not live in major cities do not know how segregated these urban schools really are. They believe that the inequalities in the school systems have gotten better, when in reality it is the opposite. Certain schools that take after the name of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and other honored leaders are not diverse.
2. I utilized an “Acid Test Ratio” which shows us whether the entity could pay all its current liabilities if they became due now or sooner than expected. In 2011, the acid test ratio was 0.64. By 2012, it decreased to 0.43. Even though the acid-test ratio is less than 1 which rates in the lower third quartile in the industry of 1.6, 0.9 to 0.6, it indicates a concern with repaying current liabilities.
Do minorities and whites engage in self segregation? I agree with Beverly D. Tatum from the book “Taking Sides”. I think we do self-segregate and that is because of the society we are brought up in. In today’s modern society African Americans do not sit in the back of the bus or go to separate schools however there is still segregation. I think it is because of two basic reasons; firstly, as Tatum points out, one can relate better with peers of their own race because they too understand the difficulties of being a minority.
Treatment of African Americans as second class citizens was still bad regarding economics in the north, but not as severe as in the south. For example, a mass migration of brought two million blacks to northern cities to seek out better economic opportunities. Also, unemployment in the north fell from almost one million to around 150000 by 1945. This was due to the creation of jobs in factories during World War 2, when it became easier for blacks to get jobs (although not as easy as it was for whites). In the
Latinos and Black works tend to have to work more than one job to make ends meet. When you have both parents working, possibly more than one job the support for their children’s education will also suffer. The opportunity for minorities to graduate from high school is less than a white student. The ability for minorities to go to college following high school is less than for white students. It is shown that the higher level of education the higher level of income.
Public school systems are intended to provide an equal and substantial education to all children who are enrolled from kindergarten through the twelfth grade in high school. However, many urban neighborhoods such as the areas in inner city Houston have been neglected in being provided with education that is of equal stature of those who reside in suburbs and smaller cities. Although budget cuts have happened to schools in the Houston area, urban area schools have been more affected by these cuts before their budgets were lower to begin with. Therefore, urban area schools lack access to education equal to those in suburban areas. This failure to provide equal education is due to economic inequality, teacher quality, and size difference between
The percentage of blacks eligible for admissions for UCLA has doubled in recent year, yet fewer than one hundred blacks are expected to enroll this fall. The reason is that there is too much weight in admissions based on the SAT (Rogers). Blacks make up for most of the students in urban districts and these districts usually have low funding. The SAT does not discriminate based on gender, race, or economic status, but universities also do not know the other factors contributing to the student’s score. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) has made the SAT a requirement for clearing at the division I and II levels.
In Rotherham’s article he says “According to the Bureau of labor Statistics, in 2010, the median weekly earnings for someone with some college but no degree were $712, compared to $1,038 for a college graduate.”the evidence provided clearly shows that getting a higher education and investing time and money into getting a college degree can result in earning more financially for people to support themselves and their families. The opposing side of this argument might say that “even though begin a college graduate, and having a degree can lead to finding well paying jobs. Graduates are often left drowning in
In schools there is mass inequality among public schools in the suburbs and those in the inner-city. The suburbs have more resources, better educational materials, better school buildings and a host of outlets that inner city children do not. Although this gap maybe getting smaller because of funding cuts to the middle class, it is still wide enough for concern. There is also a large graduating gap between whites and minorities in college. There could be financial reasons or they simply could have went to another college.
The neighborhoods where blacks and Hispanics live are made up of families where both parents usually work at lower wages to make ends meet. The children who live in these neighborhoods do not have the same advantages as those students who live in the more expensive suburbs. They are forced to attend the neighborhood public schools. Their parents would never be able to afford private schools or live in the suburbs. In Jonathan Kozol’s essay, Still Separate, Still Unequal, he writes “One of the most disheartening experiences for those who grew up in the years when Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall were alive is to visit public schools today that bear their names or names of other honored leaders of the integration struggles that produced the temporary progress that took place in the three decades after Brown v the Board of Education and to find out how many of these schools are bastions of contemporary segregation” (Kozol 240).