Education is something that is strongly endorsed in the United State. It is strongly endorsed, yet unequal. The U.S is one of the most diverse countries in the world. There are people of all different races and cultures. Although, there are so many diverse groups of people, Whites still remain to be the most privileged. The privileges that White people have benefit them in every aspect of life. Many readings help support the evidence of this issue such as, “The Other Struggle For Equal School: Mexican Americans during the Civil Rights Era” by Ruben Donato, “Education For Extinction” by David Wallace Adams and “Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom” by Lisa Delpit. These are three informative readings that clarify how Whites have advantages within education over people of color and different ethnicities.
In Donato, Adams’, and Delips’ readings, they all discuss different forms of segregation within education and how teachers do not know how to teach students of different races, cultures and classes. Many White people believe that school is a place of equality, but many are blind to what is actually happening in the education system. Throughout the years of school, we have …show more content…
Unlike the other authors, Delpit goes into further detail in discussing the proper way of teaching students of color and different cultures. In Delpits reading “Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”, she reflects “the silenced dialogue” that she identifies as a constant issue in the United States schooling system. The author shares how African American teachers have expressed their feelings about being neglected when it came to the conversation regarding how to best educate children of color. A female African American teacher in the reading stated how White teachers were very arrogant. When the African American teacher tried to explain how
In Donato, Adams’, and Delips’ readings, they all discuss different forms of segregation within education and how teachers do not know how to teach students of different races, cultures and classes. Many White people believe that school is a place of equality, but many are blind to what is actually happening in the education system. Throughout the years of school, we have …show more content…
Unlike the other authors, Delpit goes into further detail in discussing the proper way of teaching students of color and different cultures. In Delpits reading “Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”, she reflects “the silenced dialogue” that she identifies as a constant issue in the United States schooling system. The author shares how African American teachers have expressed their feelings about being neglected when it came to the conversation regarding how to best educate children of color. A female African American teacher in the reading stated how White teachers were very arrogant. When the African American teacher tried to explain how