School Segregation In Normandy
Segregation has been a very controversial topic in American history, particularly in education. Many people overlook segregation in schools, but they need to stop. School segregation is a very important topic. In some schools, white people don’t want to be educated along with black people. This makes the black children have to go to poorer underdeveloped schools. Nikole Hannah–Jones wrote the article, School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson. In this article she talks about desegregating schools and the racism that many black people face every day. She focuses on the discrimination of black children living in Normandy, who were trying to get a better education. Normandy is a little town in Missouri. The Normandy school district
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People know these schools are segregated and have acknowledged that we are keeping the good teachers and good programs for people who have more money, which are mostly white children. Schools that are private are for people who have the money to spend on their kids to get a better education. But most of the time people who have money are white families, making the education playing field unleveled for the black families that can’t afford to spend the money on private schools. This makes it harder for black children to get an education. If a black child is struggling with their education, then all they can do is ask their teacher for help. And most of the time, the teachers who are working for a poorer school district, don’t want to spend the extra time helping or they aren’t as qualified as teachers who get paid a higher rate. Many of the teachers who work for poorer school districts have to get other jobs to make a living, which means that the teachers don’t have time to stay longer with children who are struggling. Black children don’t have the same resources as white families. This means that they are not going to learn as much and as well, as kids who go to wealthy schools. In the long run this leads to many black children dropping out of school or not going to college. Black families want their children to get a great education, but they just don’t have the money to compete with wealthy white
People know these schools are segregated and have acknowledged that we are keeping the good teachers and good programs for people who have more money, which are mostly white children. Schools that are private are for people who have the money to spend on their kids to get a better education. But most of the time people who have money are white families, making the education playing field unleveled for the black families that can’t afford to spend the money on private schools. This makes it harder for black children to get an education. If a black child is struggling with their education, then all they can do is ask their teacher for help. And most of the time, the teachers who are working for a poorer school district, don’t want to spend the extra time helping or they aren’t as qualified as teachers who get paid a higher rate. Many of the teachers who work for poorer school districts have to get other jobs to make a living, which means that the teachers don’t have time to stay longer with children who are struggling. Black children don’t have the same resources as white families. This means that they are not going to learn as much and as well, as kids who go to wealthy schools. In the long run this leads to many black children dropping out of school or not going to college. Black families want their children to get a great education, but they just don’t have the money to compete with wealthy white