The Podcast: The Outcast Of Segregation School

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The podcast has really stood out to me because it was a very powerful statement about how the educational system can be bias. The students in Missouri have segregated school systems. The students at the white schools were given so many more opportunities than the students in the black schools. Parents truly thought that the black students would bring down their children when they were forced to integrate the schools. The opposite was actually truth. It was heartbreaking to hear about Cameron’s typical day at school. The teachers did not even care about showing up to work, yet alone even bothering to teach while they were there. In my opinion, it is very evident why these children weren’t learning. No one was even giving them the chance to be

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