Racism In Bilingual Schools

Going back to my first three years of elementary school I remember being placed in bilingual classrooms. This was a choice my parents made, because they always feared that my Spanish would be entirely replaced with English. As I got older, I began to speak more English at home instead of Spanish. This just made my parents frustrated with the fact that there were many different vocabulary words that they did not understand, especially when I spoke to them. When it came to doing homework, it was hard for me to receive any help when my parents didn’t 100 percent understand the language.
Now, reflecting back to the classroom setting I was in, I never really faced racisms myself. As most of the students in my classrooms were Spanish speakers, it did seem as if we stood out from the rest of the classrooms. Even though placed in a bilingual classroom might have not been a big deal, it actually made me feel as if I needed more help with my English, compared to the other children in the school. In a way it made me feel less than others. Other than this situation, I can’t think another time where race …show more content…
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