Race Impact On My Life Essay

To what degree does race impact my life? I knew for me and African Americans it was a very high percentage. I said about 80%. The reason I say 80% is because of my faith in God whom I believe is ultimately in charge of my life. So man’s power is limited. What I learned is that race impacts every aspect of all races 100% of the time. I felt White people’s lives were not impacted by race at all. The book brought out a very interesting point. “If you are White, race plays an impact in your personal relationships, opportunities and sense of security in your community. You are racially secure in this society and benefit greatly from a schooling system that was geared to serve primarily White children". I have always heard my relatives say that white people will move out of a community simply because a black family moved in. It is true that race impacts 100% of our life experiences. Another point I thought was interesting is that educators often develop an undertaking of the fact that black and brown students are not meeting standards by naming family, community, poverty, language, and mobility. Current research indicates these common …show more content…
The prior year we had one white teacher. Our school scores were very low. Which I heard this was the second year in a row scores where low. Many teachers were let go and many chose to leave. This was the year that it had to change. When I returned this school year there were at least 20 new white teachers. Three of them did not make it to September and 2 left during Christmas break. At the end of the year the scores still did not meet standard in the upper grades. I wonder if the hiring committee thought that white teachers would bring better test results. Did they think that the students (98% black) would respond better to white teachers? I will never know. I know that if I were to ask them they would probably say “we didn’t notice the race we just hired who was