The struggle for survival in the United States has always been difficult for the poor and even more difficult for minorities. While each participant in the game of life is supposed to be guaranteed an equal chance to play based on the federal, state, and local legislation, that doesn’t always seem to be the case. Nevertheless education has the clearest legislated mandate. Public education is a free right. Even though laws are less clear on areas such a social welfare and economics, the evidence suggest that minorities have not been given an equal chance to maximize educational opportunities in this country (Brown, 1975).
The United States Constitution passed the Thirteen Amendment, which freed blacks as slaves (James, 2015). In the year 1892, …show more content…
Mental health of racial minorities is particularly seen in the concepts if alienation and anomie, sought to understand and explain the relationship between each individual and society. These individuals are subjected to these experiences in objective social structures (Vega & Rumbaunt, 1991). In high school, 12% of black students are held back while only 4% of white students are (Cook, 2015). When racial discrimination occurs in schools, it can signal to students that they are devalued as members of the school community, and therefore society at large, because of the color of their skin (Hope, Skoog, & Jagers, …show more content…
Bollinger, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges are allowed to make narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decision to further captivating interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body (Bennet, 2015). Race-conscious favored admissions have been widely practiced by selective colleges and universities to enhance minority representation. At the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan, automatically added 20 points out of a possible 150 points to a minority applicant's score in its rating system. Harvard University has an "unofficial lift" scheme, which also targets minority applicants (Qiang, 2006). According to Holzer and Neumark (2000), theoretical studies of the efficiency of affirmative action on education are virtually nonexistent and can be a patronage program to minorities. At any university, the entering blacks and Latino students entering university are less likely to be in a top academic rank (Bunzel, 1996). As this Country tries to aid in helping fix the problem of racial discrimination in the schooling systems, it still hinders the expectancies that black and minority students will
The United States Constitution passed the Thirteen Amendment, which freed blacks as slaves (James, 2015). In the year 1892, …show more content…
Mental health of racial minorities is particularly seen in the concepts if alienation and anomie, sought to understand and explain the relationship between each individual and society. These individuals are subjected to these experiences in objective social structures (Vega & Rumbaunt, 1991). In high school, 12% of black students are held back while only 4% of white students are (Cook, 2015). When racial discrimination occurs in schools, it can signal to students that they are devalued as members of the school community, and therefore society at large, because of the color of their skin (Hope, Skoog, & Jagers, …show more content…
Bollinger, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges are allowed to make narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decision to further captivating interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body (Bennet, 2015). Race-conscious favored admissions have been widely practiced by selective colleges and universities to enhance minority representation. At the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan, automatically added 20 points out of a possible 150 points to a minority applicant's score in its rating system. Harvard University has an "unofficial lift" scheme, which also targets minority applicants (Qiang, 2006). According to Holzer and Neumark (2000), theoretical studies of the efficiency of affirmative action on education are virtually nonexistent and can be a patronage program to minorities. At any university, the entering blacks and Latino students entering university are less likely to be in a top academic rank (Bunzel, 1996). As this Country tries to aid in helping fix the problem of racial discrimination in the schooling systems, it still hinders the expectancies that black and minority students will