Discrimination is like looking at a box of crayons and not seeing all of the colours, this is a huge problem today. In the novel, “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary D. Schmidt the Vietnamese refugee, Mai Thi, gets discriminated by the students and teachers of Camillo Junior High in almost everything she does. Mrs. Bigio, one of the teachers at the school, changed her relationship towards Mia Thi from ignorance, to a delighted friendship. I think that Mrs. Bigio changed her attitude towards Mia Thi because she witnessed the students bullying Mia Thi in the halls and realized how cruel it is not to treat her equal to everyone else. The fact that the children in the book were so disrespectful and mean in their actions towards Mia Thi, just shows you…
Discrimination occurs if a person treats someone differently on the basis of an attribute or characteristic such as gender, sexuality, race, pregnancy, physical or intellectual impairment, age, etc. This School strives to meet the needs of each student through incorporating access and equity principles and practices in line with Education Queensland Policy which acknowledge the right of all students to equality of opportunity without discrimination.…
Institutional Discrimination, the reason why Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager who was unarmed was shot and killed by former neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman. How can the color of one's skin determine life or death? Or how can one’s class make someone assume they are dangerous to society? Justice needs to be served and equality should be given to all, the various ways of discrimination being practiced in the legal system institution has to end now.…
Schiele, J. H. (n.d.). Implications of the equality-of-oppressions paradigm for curriculum content on people of color. Retrieved from http://online.iona.edu/courses/1/SOW2220EA.FS12/content/_564129_1/Equality of Oppressions Paradigm.pdf…
We live in a world where there are numerous discriminations: race, religion, sex, age, or sexual orientation. bell hooks has eloquently explained multiple reasons why the black population is discriminated against in an educational setting, “...most white folks are rarely, if ever, in a situation where they must listen to black women lecture to them.” (hooks, 31) Daily we hear about the killings of transsexual men and women, as well as multiple examinations talking about men who receive more money then women in the workplace for the same job. Carl Grant intelligently said, “Another factor stimulating the change is the acceptance of the importance of social cultural factors in learning and the movement toward challenging traditional assumptions and envisioning multiple possibilities for change.” (Grant, 1) The discrimination I’m talking about most people don’t understand or even see,…
Institutional discrimination is the negative treatment of minority groups, that is built into society's institutions, such as banks, and schools. Whereas, Individual discrimination is the negative treatment by one person on the basis of that person's perceived character. (Henslin, 2013).…
The United States is believed to have one of the highest standards for education, and yet in this diverse country many youth from the minority groups do not make it to the uppermost educational institutions. The blame then falls on how they are being educated and what exactly they are being taught. While some are aware of this, most people are not conscious of the types of oppression they are being exposed to while in this system. Many choose not to speak out at all due to the system purposely employing strategies that teach that these oppressions are part of the social norm. Internalized oppression is kept in place by educational structures that constrain student’s abilities to freely think for themselves, employing tactics enforcing straightforward…
Often when a person thinks of discrimination, they think of discrimination against different races, however, there are different types of discrimination that exists in our society, regardless of skin color, wealth or social status. There are different types of discrimination such as, race, religion, sexual orientation, height, weight and more (Dempsey pg. 197). There are no limits where discrimination takes place and unfortunately it can take place at the store, church, on the street and even in the work place.…
According to (Shapiro, 2004) “Once about 20 percent of the homeowners in a neighborhood are black, in two years, the entire neighborhoods will be black. This phenomenon occurs because of tactics like blockbusting, a method where real estate agents survey white homeowners in an area. After persuading them that the neighborhood is about to be infiltrated by a minority community the homeowners will leave the area. This is called white flight. Institutionalized discrimination exists within the actual housing system, including redlining and mortgage discrimination” (Shapiro, 2004).…
In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled segregation in public schools, unconstitutional. The separate but equal act provided much to be desired for blacks educationally. Today we are experiencing a similar problem. Public schools in communities with a high population of minorities are severely lacking in academic achievement. Public high schools in these communities have been known to have an extremely low graduation rate, while those who do graduate many times academically fall far below those who come from a better district. Predominantly black schools are known to have far less funding than the average majority white school. Education is the first peg on the wheel of racial inequality.…
Within this essay, I would like to describe how and when to challenge discrimination within school practice, and how this can in affect children and young people. What discrimination is and how to prevent it happening in schools.…
Sometimes in life, things are very unfair. Though, you try even though you already know the outcome because it is your duty, your purpose to stand up for what is right. Equality is an important trait that everyone wishes to receive. “Im sorry, but you can not attend Coleman High Amanda.” said the principle. “We have a very high tolerance for “colored” students walking on the same grounds as our regular students.” said the principle. “But, I am a regular student sir! I deserve to attend this school no matter what the color of my skin is.” said Amanda. “I know that I am being argumentative, and before I came into this school today, I told myself that it was a possibility that I may not qualify. But, I did not stop there. I had to try, for whatever…
After reading the article on the Huffington Post titled Institutional Racism I see that this type of Racism is still running rampant in our American society. The article notes that “The old definition of institutional racism is simply put as racism that is done by habit, rather than one that is done by intent.” (Slayton, 2009, para. 3) This form of Institutional Racism is found within our political system, watched daily by the way that the right-wing conservatives speak to and about our current president. Their mode and logic is Racist, but since nothing is blatantly said that is racially taboo, the issue slides right under the rug; nothing is done about it. I wonder sometimes if the shoe were on the other foot and circumstances were totally reversed, would the black party be disciplined?…
Segregation in public school systems across the United States is a problem that has been present for a very long time. The beginning stages of this problem can start as early as when children first attend kindergarten and continues all the way to 12th grade. However, the most staggering outcome on this issue comes to light when one becomes aware that segregation targets and affects particular populations of people. It usually applies to minority groups, such as Latino and Black students who are put at a disadvantage where their education is often limited and they have to face other outside distractions. Unfortunately, the use of public policy, law enforcement decision making, and community partnerships are enforced to socially control, contain,…
As Olson (2007) denotes, every country was founded on certain events which took place in the past. Those events that took place in the past at different timing, monthly, yearly or even in intervals of compounded years, they were grouped together to form what people refer today as history. The events related to how people lived and existed in those ancient times. History was comprised of events such as politics, economy and innovations. Different countries had their own different history which formed the basis for revolution in those nations. Basing the historical research interest to a specific country, this paper seeks to explore the history of United States of America. The history is quite broad and that is why the study is narrowed down to the events that occurred between 1865 and 1990s, and to be specific the spotlight is on segregation in U.S public schools during the 1950s Era (Olson 198).…