Effects Of Racism In Education

Racial accommodation, racial etiquette, Jim Crowism and a host of other discriminatory measures are a result of racism. One thing we must understand is that racism is a direct result of the human classification system of race. Race strategically serves the purpose to compress different ethnic groups into what White Americans believe to be their assumed cultural stance. Consequently, racism has heavily impacted our education system, the sense of community for African Americans, and has construed our racial ethos to a double consciousness of who we are. Many of these issues resonate from the early years of slavery in America and remains to sustain its presence in modern society. In addition, these same effects have marked the progress of ethnic groups in America alongside their native countries as well. In this essay, I will explain how racism has presented itself in America’s education system and the …show more content…
Racism has heavily impacted our educational system by placing a Eurocentric culture at the center of all subjects of learning, with little to no mention of other ethnic or cultural groups. One may argue that this Eurocentric stance