Racism In Schools

After the protest in Oregon City High School revolving around the three racist social media posts; people can no longer reject the idea that racism is still a massive problem within modern society. If we want to stop racism within the schools of Oregon City, then we are required to work with each other in making sure the environment around us includes every race, to expose people to the dilemma of discrimination, to stop using racial slurs, and stop people that are.
Although each of the above will work well, the best solution is not to stop racists, but to stop creating them. We can still try to convert current racists, or try to stop them and their unacceptable ways, but what we need to do, and what would work better, is to understand
and stop the root cause of racism. As well as children and teenagers can do things by themselves, we can't stop racism alone. Which is why we will need adults and teachers to help the diverse populations feel included in everyday items and life, and to expose people to the sting of discrimination. To include everyone in everyday life, the adults will need to insure that the area they are in control of has: posters, pictures, books, toys, and other materials that are diverse in terms of race, and ethnicity. They can do this by buying objects or revising an area to produce one that has plenty of different types of cultures and races included in the pictures and if a book, in the cast; or buy separate objects for each race so that one won’t be left out.
The following will be to teach the kids about discrimination; they can teach the history of racism and put them through experiments that will have them go through the experience of being singled out and segregated, and then ask how it made them feel and then further explain how it is a major problem in modern society due to it breaking the trust and respect people should have for each other, and causes major problems in the learning environments of countless children that feel unsafe around their own peers which affects their ability to learn.
Even though both of these will be tough to achieve, and will take some time since you might need multiple teachings to each individual; they will work wonders in letting people connect to other cultures and races full heartedly.
Discrimination, it is something that has a place in our “perfect” society. The stop of using racial slurs, and not singling out people of color would be a step in the right direction. Start by eliminating words from our vocabulary that are condescending to other parties and races of people. Remember to stop other people from using that language by reminding that they could offend someone that is close to them. This can be started quickly, but would take years of enforcing to create a difference. It could affect people worldwide, but would take a great deal of time. Maybe someone doesn’t think something could be offensive, so nice reminders during meetings or just when you hear something, could help to eliminate harassment and racism in schools and community places.
Continuing from earlier in the intro, the only way to legitimately impact racism is to stop it at the root cause.
The root cause being that kids are picking up the wrong morals through observation. Participating in and supporting anti-racist and anti-bigot community events, protests, rallies, and programs will help you learn a great deal about racism and the current events happening around it, but they won’t generate a movement. Though they do an excellent job spreading the name of racism; they don’t stop the problem. The only way to erase racism is to slowly weed it out of the generations; practically to stop teaching the next gen of kids to be racist. The main reason that the next generation of kids is racist is the following reason, “children are mostly unaware of racial categories or racism, until they are taught to think and act consciously in ways that reproduce race...most researches still think that children who use racist language do so out of naiveté or ignorance.” says Dr. Manning
Marable.
Which means that they are learning it from the people around them, mostly their parents, and they just copy what they see.
We can fix this mindset early on by making sure to have open discussions with young ones on the topic of race and cultures and making sure that they are not only knowing about different cultures but experiencing them. Doing team bonding activities with other races, and having their colored peers teach them what their culture is like, will also help extremely since we will be changing their environment to one where they interact with every race equally, which will carry on into their later life and overwrite the one that doesn’t include such behavior. They will be able to connect with the other races in a way that will cause them to want to protect each other for the friendship they build.
Not only that, they/we can teach them what words and expressions will hurt another race so that they will be able to understand when they hurt the other; since most kids won't understand something is rude unless they are taught that it is wrong we also need to pay attention to this. They will become color smart. Everyone will be able to recognize that they are exactly the same as everyone else just a different color, and that “separate but equal” will never truly be
right. Our society is so based on looks that if someone is not an exact carbon copy of everyone else they are segregated and harassed. The world needs people willing to put in the time and effort to help stop it. The Oregon City High School protests showed us how racism is still a problem in modern day, and we will fix it by helping people feel included, to expose people to the solid truth, by not using racial slurs and stopping people that are and above else teaching kids ahead of time that everyone is equal when they help solve the problem of distance together, and learning about each other at the same time. We are a society/country that prides itself on being diverse and we should be ashamed if we can’t overcome the racism keeping everyone apart. Defeating racism constantly feels like an impossible task, but one ripple can create a wave. One small-scale act to end racism in your school or community could end up helping the whole world end racism.