Racial Discrimination in Student Minorities

Racial Discrimination in Student Minorities By Rachel Varughese

Thesis: Racial DISCRIMINATION IS AN INJUSTICE THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY.

Minorities, across America, made about 33% of the population and in 2014, that number grew to 38%. Around 50.2% of American children, younger than five, were minorities.

Many schools across the States are racially diverse.

"the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex."

Many students face discrimination because of their backgrounds and our society we live in deeply affects our thoughts on racial differences.

CNN survey on how children view race biases:

More than 70% of the older African American children chose the darkest skin tone when asked what skin color do most children think look "bad" on a boy.

More than 61% of the younger children chose the two darkest skin tones when asked what color children don't like.

More than 57% of the younger kids chose the two darkest shades when asked what skin color looked the "ugliest".

THIS STUDY PROVES THAT WE STILL LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE LIGHT COLORS ARE VALUED AND DARKER ONES AREN'T.

These differences affect school working conditions in collage as well.

“...underrepresented minorities, including African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans, received just 12% of the total SME degrees awarded (NSB, 2002).”

This text gives evidence that the number of minorities have received only 12% of the total SME degrees. That percentile is very small and can be caused by quite a bit of factors. One of which is discrimination.

Being put on the spot is something that many people go through in school, but being put on the spot because of your race/beliefs is something else. It’s basically harassment.

"A 7TH-GRADER IN VANDALIA, OH, FACED POTENTIAL EXPULSION AFTER HE THREATENED TO KILL A 6TH-GRADE MUSLIM STUDENT HE HAD CALLED A “SON OF ISIS.” "

I know, I'm Indian.

#BrownandproUd

First things my grandparents will criticize me of: weight and skin color. Just an Asian thing I guess :)

So what can we do?

Goal: try to reduce in-school discrimination as much as possible.

Methods: We have an RES Group at Davidson and we talk about all of the problems that we encounter at school and what are the best ways to fix them. We need to get kids EXPOSED to what actually happens to others. Ask questions. Be involved in people's lives.

Obstacles: Kids learn everything from their parents and the environment around them, if those two things don't change, then our results in discrimination won't either. If students don't get involved in a topic like this, then minorities will continue to be discriminated against.

Now you know a bit more about the serious injustice of Racial discriMination in school.

Minority numbers are increasing.
Children's minds are being filled with stereotypical ideas of race and skin color which causes discrimination to spread.
Change this injustice by exposing others to what really happens in school and help one another in times of need.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - GhAndi

Citations:

Blad, Evie. "Feds Urge Schools to Shield Muslim Students From Harassment." Education Week 24 Mar. 2016: n. pag. INFOhio. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

Chang, June C. "Women and Minorities in the Science, Mathematics and Engineering Pipeline." ISEEK - Education - Viewing 'Women+and+Minorities+in+the+Science,+Mathematics+and+Engineering+Pipeline.+ERIC+Digest.' ERIC Digest, 2003. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

Cooper, Anderson. "Study Shows How Children View Race Bias." YouTube. CNN, 18 May 2010. Web. 20 Feb. 2017.

Koenig, Shulamith. "The Human Right to Freedom from Discrimination." ISEEK - Education - Viewing ''. The People's Movement for Human Rights Education, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

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