I live in an area that is a cross between the ghetto and suburbia. In my neighborhood, I can literally see the difference a block makes. The race division, the housing projects that grace Beach Channel drive, the much more elaborate homes a block away in Shore Front Parkway, and the rich versus the poor.
We often perceive the rich as well refined, privileged with better education and somehow well mannered. Where as the poor, the under privileged and unfortunate, are perceived to be ill educated, ill-mannered and riddled with delinquency. The stereotypes as we all know are far from truth. We can never see the rich’s struggles. Many times we believe that life is handed to them with utter ease.
The rich will never understand the struggles the poor many are faced with in the ghetto. They will continue to judge the poor and place blame on the people of the ghetto refer to them as lazy. Many will not …show more content…
I’ve stated earlier my son was placed in a predominately black school in spite of the fact we live closer to a white school. Like most, if not all, parents my son’s education is important to me. Placing him in the best schools is what any concern parent would want for their child. Clearly, society would prefer to have ghettoization.
During the slavery period, African Americans were deprived of an education; even freed Africans Americans were forbidden to learn. According to an article from the Library of Congress, the 1847 Virginia Criminal Code states: “Any white person who shall assemble with slaves, [or] free negroes . . . for the purpose of instructing them to read or write, . . .shall be punished by confinement in the jail . . . and by fine . . .” The article further states under this code, one such person, Margaret Douglas, of Virginia, was found guilty of teaching “free children” and was arrested, imprisoned and
We often perceive the rich as well refined, privileged with better education and somehow well mannered. Where as the poor, the under privileged and unfortunate, are perceived to be ill educated, ill-mannered and riddled with delinquency. The stereotypes as we all know are far from truth. We can never see the rich’s struggles. Many times we believe that life is handed to them with utter ease.
The rich will never understand the struggles the poor many are faced with in the ghetto. They will continue to judge the poor and place blame on the people of the ghetto refer to them as lazy. Many will not …show more content…
I’ve stated earlier my son was placed in a predominately black school in spite of the fact we live closer to a white school. Like most, if not all, parents my son’s education is important to me. Placing him in the best schools is what any concern parent would want for their child. Clearly, society would prefer to have ghettoization.
During the slavery period, African Americans were deprived of an education; even freed Africans Americans were forbidden to learn. According to an article from the Library of Congress, the 1847 Virginia Criminal Code states: “Any white person who shall assemble with slaves, [or] free negroes . . . for the purpose of instructing them to read or write, . . .shall be punished by confinement in the jail . . . and by fine . . .” The article further states under this code, one such person, Margaret Douglas, of Virginia, was found guilty of teaching “free children” and was arrested, imprisoned and