Case Study: Cordington High School

Cordington High School’s located in a small town in North Carolina with a population of about 10,000 people. Down the road from the school is a home with a Confederate flag hanging in the front yard, even though the flag is a known racist symbol because of the negative connection used in the past to deal with slavery. Though the town is diverse, the towns’ people are stuck in their ways and only see the Confederate flag as an expression to their heritage. Down the road of this house is the high school which contain 80 percent of whites, 10 percent blacks, and 10 percent of other ethnics. Although the school is diverse it is important to conduct studies because it gives a better perspective because of the small sample of students compared