With the relevance of racism in the modern day, the question is raised if whether or not treatment of minority peoples in the world has changed throughout history. Originally, schools would be segregated to either all white or all black. Over time, schools began to become integrated and minorities started mixing into the all white schools but these black children were still harassed and treated badly. However, people were against integration and many races are still looked down on. Some might say that racism is an old subject and is not around anymore. This is not true as many people still have the same stereotypes for minorities and they treat them as less. Treatment on minorities has changed throughout history, but there has not been enough
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In the book, “Warriors Don’t Cry” written by Melba Pattillo Beals, Melba talks about the experiences she had when integrating her school in 1957. In her situation, she went to a school where the whites hated the blacks and they treated her very badly. The white parents would cause riots about the blacks being in school and the white students would do anything to hurt the black children. This caused the school to shut down for an entire school year. However they did end up reopening. In the book it says, “With its tenacious legal work, force Central High to open to integration one more- but only two black students were permitted entry.” (Beals pg.308). Although they were letting black students integrate the school, they were only letting a small amount. They did not care for the other black students not in the white schools education. Even when the black children did integrate the white schools, they were in the face of death everyday. The teachers didn’t do anything to help either. In the book it says, “A boy stood over me shouting insults while the teacher and the entire study hall looked on.” (Beals pg.265) This shows that the adults/teachers did not do anything to help the minorities in any way and left them to be bullied. The treatment of minorities has been very bed throughout
In the book, “Warriors Don’t Cry” written by Melba Pattillo Beals, Melba talks about the experiences she had when integrating her school in 1957. In her situation, she went to a school where the whites hated the blacks and they treated her very badly. The white parents would cause riots about the blacks being in school and the white students would do anything to hurt the black children. This caused the school to shut down for an entire school year. However they did end up reopening. In the book it says, “With its tenacious legal work, force Central High to open to integration one more- but only two black students were permitted entry.” (Beals pg.308). Although they were letting black students integrate the school, they were only letting a small amount. They did not care for the other black students not in the white schools education. Even when the black children did integrate the white schools, they were in the face of death everyday. The teachers didn’t do anything to help either. In the book it says, “A boy stood over me shouting insults while the teacher and the entire study hall looked on.” (Beals pg.265) This shows that the adults/teachers did not do anything to help the minorities in any way and left them to be bullied. The treatment of minorities has been very bed throughout