Blog Post 6 Educational Inequality

Educational Inequality    

    Segregation in schools was common place until its legal end in 1954. Mexican, Chinese, and African Americans all attended segregated schools. These schools were severely underfunded and the quality of education was much, much lower than their white counterparts. Although legally segregation was put to an end, discrimination is very much still alive. For a long time (and unfortunately in some cases still to this day), educators have extreme biases, and these can greatly affect students. Some believe people of color to be less intelligent and less academically capable. It has been proven that when teachers believe their students will be low achieving, they have a tendency to become low achieving. This can also be explained by the fact that many schools that exist today are still predominately white, predominately Mexican, predominantly black, etc. Rezoning will racist intentions could be the cause, or it could be blatant racism. When segregation first became illegal, white families or more affluent families would move away from places where colored students were beginning to go, and therefore many of those schools became underfunded. Underfunded schools led to a lower quality of education, and the cycle continued. 

    I believe that white privilege affects almost every aspect of white people's lives, including their education. White students are typically favored by school boards, a large percentage of teachers are white, so white students might feel a stronger connection to them, children's literature features mainly white children, and many, many more privileges students might not even realize they have. The US caters to white people, often leaving people of color behind. 

    Affirmative Action was put in place to ensure that people of all color have a fair chance of getting into universities. It was put in place to ensure more diversity in colleges and states that race can be a factor that  can determine admission. This could make white people very angry, as shown in the Fisher v. The University of Texas case, because they think that their race, or their whiteness can be a factor as to why they will not be admitted to a school. I agree with the idea of Affirmative Action. Our country has failed students of color so many times on so many different levels, it only makes sense that now we do what we can to ensure they get an education that can help them be successful. Your race can also be a large part of your identity and your experiences, so it is only natural to consider that while determining admission as well. 

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