The property rights of whiteness deals with the concept that includes the right to be recognized as the privileged class while excluding others. This white identity solely belongs to the whites and gives them a higher value within our country. As I research this topic, I can’t help connect it back to a story I heard yesterday. On April 21st, a black 16 year old student, Amy Inita, was beaten to death by her fellow classmates in her high school’s bathroom at Howard High School. A group of girls had planned to have a fight with Inita to settle disputes, which were supposedly over a boy, while the rest of her classmates stood by and recorded the fight (Farrell, 1). While reading this story full of disgust and mourning, I couldn’t help but think
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Stories are most commonly heard from the white voice so when others voice their opinion, it is taken with less seriousness. Farber and Sherry further support this idea in, Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education, when they say, “Gender and minority heritage in themselves create a unique perspective or different voice that would persist even in a completely egalitarian society… however, many different voice scholars also argue that traditional academic standards reflect a white male voice and therefore undervalue the work of women and people of color” (Taylor, 2001). Storytelling allows the minority to communicate their experiences in a way that the listener will be able to understand easily. It is important to take into account their voice in legal scholarships so that they can be influenced to take action and change our laws. However, these stories need to be analyzed properly or else they will be deemed useless. Through story telling is only a small part of CRT, it does an excellent job at revealing multiple perspectives.
Another strength of CRT deals with affirmative action, which gives special rights of advancement to members of groups who have suffered from past discrimination on account of race, sex, etc. Each student has a different experience in the classroom and it is important to take into considerations these differences in order for them to perform well in school. …show more content…
However, a weakness of affirmative action is that many people are convinced that affirmative action does not help Asian Americans. Whereas Asian Americans were direct beneficiaries of affirmative action policies in the past, they are now rarely considered under affirmative action programs at schools with selective admissions. This doesn’t mean that Asian American students cannot still benefit from affirmative action. They are still able to enjoy the benefits from affirmative action by being in an environment with diversity and receive subgroup benefits. Though the popular belief is that other minority groups are hindering the progress of Asian American students being admitted into college, we can combat this argument by taking a closer look at negative action. Negative action is a process where a white student is more likely to gain admission at selective educational institutions than an Asian American student who has equal merit. This concept challenges the fact that whites do have a preferential treatment in the admissions process, and so affirmative action can help Asian Americans in fighting negative action (Taylor
Stories are most commonly heard from the white voice so when others voice their opinion, it is taken with less seriousness. Farber and Sherry further support this idea in, Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education, when they say, “Gender and minority heritage in themselves create a unique perspective or different voice that would persist even in a completely egalitarian society… however, many different voice scholars also argue that traditional academic standards reflect a white male voice and therefore undervalue the work of women and people of color” (Taylor, 2001). Storytelling allows the minority to communicate their experiences in a way that the listener will be able to understand easily. It is important to take into account their voice in legal scholarships so that they can be influenced to take action and change our laws. However, these stories need to be analyzed properly or else they will be deemed useless. Through story telling is only a small part of CRT, it does an excellent job at revealing multiple perspectives.
Another strength of CRT deals with affirmative action, which gives special rights of advancement to members of groups who have suffered from past discrimination on account of race, sex, etc. Each student has a different experience in the classroom and it is important to take into considerations these differences in order for them to perform well in school. …show more content…
However, a weakness of affirmative action is that many people are convinced that affirmative action does not help Asian Americans. Whereas Asian Americans were direct beneficiaries of affirmative action policies in the past, they are now rarely considered under affirmative action programs at schools with selective admissions. This doesn’t mean that Asian American students cannot still benefit from affirmative action. They are still able to enjoy the benefits from affirmative action by being in an environment with diversity and receive subgroup benefits. Though the popular belief is that other minority groups are hindering the progress of Asian American students being admitted into college, we can combat this argument by taking a closer look at negative action. Negative action is a process where a white student is more likely to gain admission at selective educational institutions than an Asian American student who has equal merit. This concept challenges the fact that whites do have a preferential treatment in the admissions process, and so affirmative action can help Asian Americans in fighting negative action (Taylor