In this weeks class we discuss unequal resources in education. As much as we all would love to find a solution to this problem it seems impossible. We agree that first step is acknowledging that these inequalities exist. However, throughout our discussion of inequality in resources in education race was never openly mention only inferred. As we share our different experiences in school, relationship with teachers, community parents involvement, environment and etc, which went according to the different races.
Many of us have been taught that through hard work, dedication we can achieve anything but for people of color or minorities they must work harder to fight against discrimination and stereotype. For those who are able to survive through unequal quality, resources and conditions in the education system, will always continue to suffer or be affected by these inequalities.
The idea of White as pure, privileged or superior and everything else is superior has been in placed and practice for so many years. The difference between now and then is that racism, segregation and discrimination is illegal continues to exists. Regardless of anything and all efforts race is still and will always be the reason behind inequalities. These following clips may not be about unequal resources but of how racial differences or race continues to be an issue
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3425640
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http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3401196
Friday, September 21, 2007
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So what did you think about the readings?
Once again i liked the kozol reading better because it is written from personal experience. it is vivid and detailed, i don't know if it because i know how it feels to attend a school under such deplorable conditions, or easily relate to children fustration. even though the study by jean Anyon is as realistic as it can be its written from the perspective of an outsider (observer)and talked about thing that i knew such how teacher effort, views of student differ or are influence by they enviroment and conditions.
After viewing the video you provided about biased medical care, it really did not come as a surprise to me. In a book I have recently read, pertaining to the history of our country's consistent racial medical society, it was mentioned that physicians were taught to treat White patients with superiority over Black patients. They said it did not matter if a Black person had his leg amputated, but considered a leg amputation serious for medical procedure for White patients. After reading the book I learned that if it wasn't for the torturous and inhumane medical experimentations performed on unwitting and unwilling Blacks, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, then our medical knowledge would not have advanced at the rate it did. It's just sad to see that the people who have advanced our medical knowledge are being denied the positive and beneficial effects of our medical knowledge and technology.
I found your video on the biased medical care treatment to be surprising! This new study that was conducted has proved what many have suggested in racist medical care. How can one not treat a patient the same way in a life or death situation just because of their color? But then again, the question can be posed towards education: How can one judge what kind of education a student should receive based on race?
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