Discrimination In 'Good Boys, Vs. Ferguson's Bad Boys'

California is a very diverse state that is mainly brought up by minorities. However, discrimination in school still goes on. Young boys of color are mostly punished because of the belief that they’re the ones who cause most problems. Teachers, at times, forget to treat every student equally and end up discriminating students by their appearance and or ethnicity. In class a Hispanic student was falsely accused by a substitute for causing trouble. The sub jumped to conclusions similar to what Ferguson points out that minorities are more often blamed and punished for troublemaking . Ferguson’s article “Bad Boys” focuses on how young black male students are labeled by the school system as at risk of failing, unsalvageable or bound for jail. …show more content…
The main reason why the student was frustrated was because the substitute was being rude and disrespectful towards him. The substitute would tell him to man up and tell the truth and not to act stupid, which is something that would get anyone angry and make them feel belittled. I personally feel like the substitutes attitude was unacceptable because he was trying to take control of the situation by acting tuff and a bit verbally aggressive. He was also frustrated because he wasn 't given the chance to explain why it wasn 't him and whenever he would try to say something he sub would ignore him and tell him to stay quiet. In Addition the referral was going to get him in trouble because he had some warnings with the principle and with the referral he was going to get suspended and his chances of attending a continuation school would increase. Not only was he frustrated he was also confused because out of all of the students he chose him. He understood that his ethnicity may have had to do with the accusation, but didn’t understand why he was the …show more content…
The way the substitute handled the situation was very dramatic and unnecessary. The whole class was in shock because the sub took things to the extreme for something that was pointless. We were also frustrated because he was being rude to the rest of the class, for example, if you tried to defend the student who was being accused he would tell you to mind your own business and stay quiet. And if you asked a question regarding the assignment that was handed out, he would ignore you or tell you to figure it out on your own and see what the teacher wanted the next day. Besides him being rude, he threatened to write a bad report to the teacher regarding the class behavior and send the students who tried to defend the other student to the office. This relates to Ferguson when she states, “...teachers didn’t know how to discipline black kids; that white teachers were “intimidated” by black boys…”(18). I would have to agree with Ferguson, because in this case an Asian substitute didn’t know how to properly take control of the situation and discipline the student in a reasonable manner. In which makes me believe that he felt intimidated and attacked by a class full of minorities and made him act the way he did. When security arrived everyone tried to help out by clarifying what happened because the substitute didn’t have any solid evidence. Also, because we felt like the sub not only