Marginalized groups: Race, Class, Gender
Yuta Kaneko
4/27/14
History 122 Tu-Th(2-3:20pm)
Control Over the People We are all subject to being marginalized. As a group, we get treated as marginalized groups, even today. We are victims of Americanism. “I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver -- no, not I. I’m speaking as a victim of this American system” (Malcolm X 26). The American system, led to the flawed belief and motivation to try to “nationalize” the country, and deem anyone different as a “minority”.
We can see the government’s attempt at control and manipulation through segregation of education systems, racial confinement, and its effect on the marginalized groups, as well as the outcome on society. Racial prejudice, in itself, is a major violence towards the marginalized groups. If the basis of one’s knowledge and education is already filled with racial stereotypes, segregation, and prejudice, one becomes used to the idea of racism and the categories they create. “School plays a role in the production of a race as a social category both through implicit and explicit lessons through school practices” (Lewis, 188). Simple concepts such as separating ethnicities by classrooms, providing different “racial lessons”(Lewis 188), and “receiving different educational opportunities”(Lewis 188) influence young minds greatly and shape their identity as a minority, or a marginalized group. “Racial inequalities then are, at least in part, products of racialized institutional and interactional practices within the education system” (Lewis 188). Through the education system, children of color have been impressed upon with not only a flawed education approach, but also a dominant understanding of race. The racial ascriptions, racial identities, racial categories, all hint towards the idea of white supremacy and inequalities toward the minorities. What makes the concept of educational systems reinforcing racism, is the adaptivity to change.
4/27/14
History 122 Tu-Th(2-3:20pm)
Control Over the People We are all subject to being marginalized. As a group, we get treated as marginalized groups, even today. We are victims of Americanism. “I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver -- no, not I. I’m speaking as a victim of this American system” (Malcolm X 26). The American system, led to the flawed belief and motivation to try to “nationalize” the country, and deem anyone different as a “minority”.
We can see the government’s attempt at control and manipulation through segregation of education systems, racial confinement, and its effect on the marginalized groups, as well as the outcome on society. Racial prejudice, in itself, is a major violence towards the marginalized groups. If the basis of one’s knowledge and education is already filled with racial stereotypes, segregation, and prejudice, one becomes used to the idea of racism and the categories they create. “School plays a role in the production of a race as a social category both through implicit and explicit lessons through school practices” (Lewis, 188). Simple concepts such as separating ethnicities by classrooms, providing different “racial lessons”(Lewis 188), and “receiving different educational opportunities”(Lewis 188) influence young minds greatly and shape their identity as a minority, or a marginalized group. “Racial inequalities then are, at least in part, products of racialized institutional and interactional practices within the education system” (Lewis 188). Through the education system, children of color have been impressed upon with not only a flawed education approach, but also a dominant understanding of race. The racial ascriptions, racial identities, racial categories, all hint towards the idea of white supremacy and inequalities toward the minorities. What makes the concept of educational systems reinforcing racism, is the adaptivity to change.
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