It's 2023, Why are Schools STILL Segregated?
Schools will forever be segregated no matter how hard the world set laws, make public claims, etc. The government and higher-ranked white people of our society will always find loopholes around the Constitution and other set laws and policies in order to keep us African Americans and Hispanics away from the whites. They are still segregated in 2023 mainly due to laws and placement, as in mainly redlining. “The system is Rigged!”, people like me don’t even start with a fair chance at the game of life we’re already 10 steps behind. Many may express that schools aren’t segregated, but realistically they are segregated based on placement. Schools with good scores, funding, rates, etc. are primarily placed in the white neighborhoods. And for the schools with low scores, the bare minimum to no funding, and struggle to pass board standards are primarily placed in minority neighborhoods.
Growing up all black kids had/have the dream of “making it out of the hood”, I didn’t understand back then but now I truly do it’s sad to grow up and learn that no matter how much success or money you have the world will always keep you in the “hood”. The only time we “made it out” was if we had amazing grades or was an amazing athlete, that’s when we were welcomed to the white neighborhoods and schools but even then we still were the outcast. Because if we are allowed to move into those suburban areas, the property value and experience will decrease extremely just because of the color of our skin. So even then we were STILL separate and viewed as degrading the value of their area.
Hey Madyson! I loved reading your thoughts about this week's blog. I think that you made really good points over segregation of schools that still occur today. It is very unfortunate that this is still an occurring issue within our schools today and it is important to understand in order to help our students within our future classrooms. I also think it is beneficial to the success of students to break the break the cycle poverty that occurs within our system , because of the segregation of our schools. Is there any ideas you have on helping your future students to be able to escape the cycle that so many of our students are facing? I think that a good place to start, when tackling this issue is to advocate for those students and bring awareness to this issue within our education system. Being aware of this situation is the first step to making progress.
ReplyDeleteHey Chandler, thanks for your comment. As a future teacher i'm willing to do whatever i can plus some to break this cycle because i think one of our biggest issues is funding kind of going back towards last week. So if we're able to increase our funding than we are able to make our students feel some what equal to the opposite race. But unfortunately i believe a true change will never occur nor stick.
DeleteHey Madyson! I think you brought up some really good points in this blog post. One thing that really stood out to me is what you said about not being able to make it out of the hood unless you really excelled in something. You said "The only time we “made it out” was if we had amazing grades or was an amazing athlete, that’s when we were welcomed to the white neighborhoods and schools but even then we still were the outcast." This is something that not enough people talk about in my opinion, despite how common it is. Black people have to be exceptional to be able to accomplish great things while white people are allotted the privilege of just being average and receiving the same opportunities. This is because of racism; people of color are not recognized or given the same opportunities as white people. This means that black people have to work ten times harder and be ten times better to make it to the same level as white people which is completely unfair.
ReplyDeleteHey Alissa, thanks for commenting and enjoying my post. I strongly agree, it's sad that white people are already gifted the successful route, while black and hispanic people have to fight and prove our worthiness of it. And even if black people work ten time hard and surpass those white people, we will still be overlooked because if we are viewed higher than the accomplishment will be degraded.
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