Institutional Racism In Public Schools

“Inequitable funding of U.S. public schools contributes significantly to the under achievement of our low-income and minority students. It’s something we have to fix if we are to progress as a society,” says Cynthia G. Brown who is the vice president of the education policy at the Center for American Progress. The Center for American Progress also reports that in areas with high poverty, which tend to be inner-city areas, school resources are limited. Due to this nationwide dilemma of unequal distribution of funds to schools, it allows for some students to have unjust learning opportunities. A proper fund allows for the necessary resources needed for a good education, not just an education that includes the bare minimum. All public schools across …show more content…
It is the institutional racism that causes the biggest barrier to their education. So many affluent people assume, "if they just work harder, they can dig themselves out of the hole!" What they don't understand is that institutional racism makes it harder for people of color to get well-paying jobs. Many parents work two and three jobs and they are just scraping by. Work ethic is not the issue, it's low-wage positions. Maybe a business flat out won't hire them because they are black. Maybe they don't have transportation to an area of town with higher paying jobs, so they have to work close to home. Maybe they didn't receive a good education, so they don't have the skills to work a higher paying job. Institutional racism also resulted in literal concentrations of race in many cities. In the 1950s, blacks would only be granted housing in one area of town. If they tried to move to a white neighborhood, they would be denied loans. If they somehow made it to move in, the property value of the white homes went down, so then the white people moved, taking their wealth and resources with them, and leaving the black people behind with