Rough Draft Disparity. Living in a region that was supposed to bring prosperity and fruitfulness, only to have the exact opposite occur. This is what many off the African Americans who migrated to the North, specifically the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia currently Spruce Street on the north, South Street on the south, Sixth Street on the east, and Twenty-Third Street on the west. Here, the African American community was the largest out of any other region in Philadelphia. During famous sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois’s study, known as the Philadelphia Nergo, of this region, he discovered that black males’ lack of education were consistent variables that were critically damaging the community. The question is if his findings still have relevancy today as statistically black males struggle within the current education system. Within his own field of study, W.E.B. Du Bois set off to make one of the most monumental studies in sociology history. After he became the first African American in United States history to graduate with his Ph.D. from Harvard University, he decided to focus on his own community and their
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As famously in 2010, Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million dollars to the failing school systems of Newark. Today more than half the money is gone and there has been no improvement in the school system. Further studies done by Berkley professor in 2011 showed that black students who had the chance to spend five years in an integrated school structure earned twenty five percent more than those who never had the opportunity (Johnson). Students are placed in classrooms better equipped with teachers who are well aware of what it takes to succeed at the next level. They prepare lessons plans to what is expected from college professors rather than in lower school districts who are lacking sufficient amount of
As famously in 2010, Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million dollars to the failing school systems of Newark. Today more than half the money is gone and there has been no improvement in the school system. Further studies done by Berkley professor in 2011 showed that black students who had the chance to spend five years in an integrated school structure earned twenty five percent more than those who never had the opportunity (Johnson). Students are placed in classrooms better equipped with teachers who are well aware of what it takes to succeed at the next level. They prepare lessons plans to what is expected from college professors rather than in lower school districts who are lacking sufficient amount of