Throughout the history of the United States, racism and class inequalities have divided America socially and economically. Although some people believe racism and class inequality is a thing of the past, it is still very much alive and kicking today. In this essay, I will discuss the impacts of racism and class inequality throughout the history of America, and how these factors still impact us today.
The Three Most Important Aspects In “Turning the Tables on Assimilation: Oglala Lakotas and the Pine Ridge Day Schools, 1889-1920s,” by Thomas Andrews, the American government tries to assimilate the Oglala children into the American mainstream by creating day schools to combat tribalism (Andrews, 2002, p. 407). However, the Oglala tribe was …show more content…
In the article, Albert Kneale “implored the Indian with every argument he could muster” to make him “comply with American norms” (Andrews, 2002, p. 415). However, there were some American men with long hair at that time, so I do not understand how cutting off all of his hair would “Americanize” him. In “Place matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century,” I do not understand why the government segregates us economically. Economic segregation hinders us as a society greatly and makes us weaker. That is why I did not understand why the American government would want to hold back its citizens. In this book, the authors state that the state and federal government “could have chosen different policies” that would have lessened economic segregation, but instead the state and federal government chose policies that encourage “spatial inequalities” (Dreier, Mollenkopf, & Swanstrom, 2004, p. …show more content…
A Critical Race Theory Discussion of Community Cultural Wealth,” Tara Yosso talks about how “racism overtly shaped US social institutions” and continues to subtly “impact US institutions of socialization” (Yosso, 2005). In this article, Yosso talks about “community cultural wealth,” which is the “array of knowledge, skills, abilities and contacts possessed and utilized by Communities of Color” (Yosso, 2005). When Yosso explains what “aspirational capital” is, she talks about how Chicanas experience the “lowest educational outcomes” in the United States, but “maintain consistently high aspirations” (Yosso, 2005). When I read this, I became sad because I knew that I was part of that statistic. So my question for Yosso would be why do Chicanas experience the lowest educational outcomes compared to every other group? Does that mean that Chicanas experience the most racism in the United
The Three Most Important Aspects In “Turning the Tables on Assimilation: Oglala Lakotas and the Pine Ridge Day Schools, 1889-1920s,” by Thomas Andrews, the American government tries to assimilate the Oglala children into the American mainstream by creating day schools to combat tribalism (Andrews, 2002, p. 407). However, the Oglala tribe was …show more content…
In the article, Albert Kneale “implored the Indian with every argument he could muster” to make him “comply with American norms” (Andrews, 2002, p. 415). However, there were some American men with long hair at that time, so I do not understand how cutting off all of his hair would “Americanize” him. In “Place matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century,” I do not understand why the government segregates us economically. Economic segregation hinders us as a society greatly and makes us weaker. That is why I did not understand why the American government would want to hold back its citizens. In this book, the authors state that the state and federal government “could have chosen different policies” that would have lessened economic segregation, but instead the state and federal government chose policies that encourage “spatial inequalities” (Dreier, Mollenkopf, & Swanstrom, 2004, p. …show more content…
A Critical Race Theory Discussion of Community Cultural Wealth,” Tara Yosso talks about how “racism overtly shaped US social institutions” and continues to subtly “impact US institutions of socialization” (Yosso, 2005). In this article, Yosso talks about “community cultural wealth,” which is the “array of knowledge, skills, abilities and contacts possessed and utilized by Communities of Color” (Yosso, 2005). When Yosso explains what “aspirational capital” is, she talks about how Chicanas experience the “lowest educational outcomes” in the United States, but “maintain consistently high aspirations” (Yosso, 2005). When I read this, I became sad because I knew that I was part of that statistic. So my question for Yosso would be why do Chicanas experience the lowest educational outcomes compared to every other group? Does that mean that Chicanas experience the most racism in the United