Racism+in+the+schools

media type="youtube" key="HVTrtoPH4BU" width="425" height="350""An eight-year-old black girl in South Africa recently told Ted Koppel on Nightline, "White people are better than black people. Whites know more, have more, and get more. I wish I was white but I am not." American children of color do not have to contend with apartheid, but they still do not live in a prejudice-free society." This quote demonstrates that although there have been great strides towards racial tolerance it is still evident in America.

Racism is very evident in schools. Many experts believe that this is because of the widespread use of slanderous racial jokes. Also because communication is very easy these jokes and stereotypes are widespread and cannot be stopped. Although we have been a desegregated country for about 50 years this still has not stopped self-deprecation, low levels of educational performance, or overall quality of life for people of different ethnicities.



These pictures demonstrate how in the past teachers would sometimes fail a student for being black. Although there are some instances of this or other forms of discrimination in school it is getting better. The picture on the left was created by young students in an attempt to show a world were racism is not evident anywhere. media type="youtube" key="cL6xZ8rFs9k" width="425" height="350" This chart shows how a larger and larger percentage of non Caucasian students are enroled in these schools each year. This is a step towards a more ethnically diverse nation. However the chart does not show if there is racism in the schools.

media type="youtube" key="99cw-wdHUwA" width="425" height="350" This picture demonstrates the different colors and races of human beings and how we are attempting to close the distance between the races and accept people for who they are. The quote by Gandhi demonstrates how it is up to us to try and make the change that we want in the world.

http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9215/racism.htm http://www.education.com/reference/article/racism-schools/ http://eash22.wordpress.com/ These sources support my information about racism in the schools.

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=jena_and_beyond Above is an article about racism in todays schools. It talks about how everyone thought that the fight for racial assimilation was over when Obama won the presidential election. Also it talks about how many people have not changed at all from "old" thoughts of racism.