I actually think that the white teenager wouldn’t be able to see why the colored boy was hurt, they would just brush it off and give an explanation like “oh the teacher didn’t mean it like that”. Secondly, I feel that because history has had such segregation, either by race, religion or by class, people feel as if they would be going against the norm and what society wants from them. History has taught us that the black people go here and the white people go there so that is what is ingrained in our minds. Also we are taught from a young age to marry our own kind and have the same colored children, for example, look at Barbie and ken dolls; they are the perfect white couple, and do you ever see a five year old white girl holding a black baby doll?. So because people are exposed to segregation at such a young age, when a intermarried
While they were given some rights as time progressed, equality among all men and women had not been achieved. Even with affirmative action it did not seem as if the individuals were receiving the chance to better their education or obtain a better job because they belonged to a minority group. This unequal treatment is they key argument for the affirmative action. The argument against affirmative action is reverse discrimination. 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 eye of the storm When reading the article on how interracial roommates can reduce prejudices, it seemed to me that the researchers were inferring that African-American students cannot do well academically without being accompanied by white students. Even though these are actual results from a study, I do not believe this to be true. To me it’s almost like saying that when African American students are amongst each other in a predominately black school that their academic standings are poor. I am not saying that this is the case, but I am entitled to my opinion. At Indiana University, “the study found that whites pre-existing negative racial attitudes predicted which roommates arrangements would break-up.” I seem to find to this finding true.
QUESTION | INITIAL THOUGHTS | FINAL THOUGHTS | 1- What influence does culture have on a student's school success? | -Culture has an influence on how students interact with their teacher, their peers, and everyone around them. Also, communication can be affected when a student is from another culture or another country. A student’s culture also may affect how they learn, if they are more stimulated by visual, auditory, or tactile methods of learning. | Culture can affect student’s school success in so many different ways.
Districts were drawn as a primarily white community within the borders of the Lincoln School area traveled to the Webster School for their education rather than attending Lincoln. Parents believed that it was unfair to force the students to go to Lincoln school based on their living vicinity. There were many other students who lived in other school district lines but were still forced to go to Lincoln elementary because they were black. They believed school the
Academic achievement is devalued because of its association with the dominant and oppressive white culture. A contrary view notes that while both black and white adolescents may sometimes exert (or experience) peer pressure against being "nerdy" and working hard in school, this anti-intellectual norm is not usually racialized. Fordham and Ogbu reported on their observations from a single school. Several studies based on representative national surveys of high-school students have reached contrary findings. These have demonstrated that the differences between black and white students are negligible with respect to the value placed on education.
All the work of leaders and civil rights movement activist would be vain. Martin Luther king jr and Malcolm X’s deaths would have also been vain. People worked hard to insure integration and equality and it would be terrible if none of their teachings and efforts would have been applied. Instead of having the same rights and uses of materials in schools like Thurgood Marshall helped fight for, society would have to deal with one race being superior there for receiving better school material. When segregation was legal blacks received the worst material to study and get their education therefore they had an inferior education.
School uniforms can also be a very uncomfortable fashion that students would not take a liking to. They also won’t be the “quick fix” that many people think they are. The first reason uniforms should not be required is that most schools across the country believe uniforms take away from an individual’s identity, so they don't require their students wear them. In today's world a person’s identity and having a good sense of self is important to the diversity that Americans have shown in the past. In schools that require uniforms the student body all look like the same person, very bland and boring people.
Some people were against the idea of abstinence because they said this would put their kids at risk by “providing a fear-based program that gave children incomplete, inaccurate, biased an sectarian information”. A women from Planned Parenthood referred to it as a “trick” to the students (517). Limbaugh disapproves of this opinion, and says it is “absurd” since he believes that this approach is honest and provides student with information about health endangerment. Students will learn about the truth of a sexually active
When talking about homosexual vs. heterosexual unions, they are comparable in all ways; however, legalizing them together would cause irrevocable damage to our already weak view of the institution of marriage. Our young generation is in a time where they are being told how to speak and sometimes think, and societal indifference to gay marriage would further confuse our youths who already find their sexuality hard. It is very important that we continue to take strides toward accepting homosexual unions; however, legalizing gay marriage is not a necessary step for that to