The idea and thought of solving racial inequality sounds so simple. “Just treat everyone equal”, is generally what people view as equality. How do you treat everyone as equal without them being equal in education, race or gender though? It sounds simpler than it really is to implement a policy, law, or some form of control to the inequality. In this paper, it will go over the racial inequality that exists in the criminal justice system, in the workplace, in schools, and in housing developments and how this country can work to fix these issues. This isn’t a change that could happen overnight, but over time with steps in the right direction this country can change into a place for equality. It is a proven fact now that the criminal justice
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When students have less access to important courses or have lack of teachers who do not meet the state teaching requirements, we are hindering their education experience. One fourth of high schools with the most African Americans and Hispanic students do not offer anything other than basic math classes and a third do not have any kind of chemistry classes. Automatically, those students do not have access to the possible education and career paths they might have interest in. Seventy-one percent of white high school students and eighty-one of Asian-American high school students attend schools where they offer a broad range of math and sciences courses. Only fifty-seven of black students, and less than half of American Indian and native-Alaskan students have access to the broad range. (U.S. Department of Education). To fix the racial and systematic inequalities with education, we must first educate and prepare our teachers to teach equally. They must have the knowledge, skill, and understanding to not single out or perpetuate the isolation of students based on race. The only way to fix the schools, is to fix our teachers. Once we have teachers that are open and willing to recognize the equality and make an effort to treat students this way, only then will we have made
When students have less access to important courses or have lack of teachers who do not meet the state teaching requirements, we are hindering their education experience. One fourth of high schools with the most African Americans and Hispanic students do not offer anything other than basic math classes and a third do not have any kind of chemistry classes. Automatically, those students do not have access to the possible education and career paths they might have interest in. Seventy-one percent of white high school students and eighty-one of Asian-American high school students attend schools where they offer a broad range of math and sciences courses. Only fifty-seven of black students, and less than half of American Indian and native-Alaskan students have access to the broad range. (U.S. Department of Education). To fix the racial and systematic inequalities with education, we must first educate and prepare our teachers to teach equally. They must have the knowledge, skill, and understanding to not single out or perpetuate the isolation of students based on race. The only way to fix the schools, is to fix our teachers. Once we have teachers that are open and willing to recognize the equality and make an effort to treat students this way, only then will we have made