Multiracial

students of color graduate and advance to college, and as such dropout rates are much higher for districts with high poverty and a high minority population. For Caucasian students, diverse schools aid them in the ability to better joining the diverse, multiracial workforce. A racially integrated school district gives opportunities for students to interact with children of different backgrounds, improves critical thinking skills through the understanding of various perspectives, and reduces the…

A constitutional amendment making English the official language of America would defend American values since the values are to be united and seen as an equal group rather than a group of oppressed people. America is seen as a multiethnic and a multiracial nation, and it needs an effective way to communicate as a group, which is why English should be the official language of the country. (Source D) English is the common language in America even though it includes native Spanish- and…

The state's historical narrative of Singapore is constructed as such to highlight Singapore's struggle for survival and success from the British Colonial Era till after Singapore gained independence in 1965. The state's narrative of Singapore is presented and taught to students through national education in schools. In comparison, the history of managing differences depicts internal developments in Singapore. Differences include race, religion, language, culture, gender, sexual orientations,…

Stacy Charles Roots, Race and identity Dr. Robyn Cope April 28, 2016 Texaco is a novel written by Patrick Chamoiseau. The novel presents a historical and personal perspective of individuals living in Texaco, a suburb on the outskirt of Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique. The central narrative of the story arises from Marie-Sophie Laborieux, who is a daughter of a freed slave. In her narrative, she recounts her family history from the beginning of the 1820s through to the late 20th…

Compton, prior to WWII, slowly began transforming from an all white community to a multiracial community, due to the migration of African Americans. After the war had ended, the black population increased significantly to approximately 100 percent, in Compton. Many of the African Americans who migrated to Compton endured many hardships until the mid-1960s, where things began to slowly change. After the 19960s, the African Americans were governing the city of Compton, along with its school…

While reading chapter eleven of Introduction to Criminology, one of the theories that I’ve read was the Feminist Criminology. Feminist criminology was emerged during the 1970s which was evolved by liberal feminists with the realization that gender was ignored from criminology theory. It was hard to understand why it was ignored seeing as gender played a big part of criminal behavior. This led to feminists realizing the limitation of criminological perspective, which didn’t examine the issue of…

Activities, and Resources for the Multicultural Classrooms written by Lori Langer of Ramirez, a multicultural education textbook that is designed for multicultural education or curriculum and instruction courses. Author and educator Langer de Ramirez has en extensive career that began as a teacher of Spanish, French, and (English as a Second Language) ESL. Langer de Ramirez is the author of several Spanish-language books and texts. In addition to her many books in Spanish, Langer de Ramirez…

International and domestic pressure through sport influenced the South African government to make changes to Apartheid and promoted multiracial interactions. Sport boycotts were effectively used to create global and national publicity about Apartheid. South Africa was isolated by the sports boycotts which resulted in adding pressure onto the NP to transform racial policies. In addition…

LITERATURE REVIEW Leadership is not mobilizing others to solve problems we already know how to solve, but helping them to confront problems that have not yet been addressed successfully (M. Fullan, 2014a). Introduction Highly effective schools are those where high levels of academic achievement can be found in all students, regardless of cultural or economic background (McEwan-Adkins, 2009). Researchers have found several common traits associated with highly effective schools including trust,…

We are finding different and new ways of defining one’s heritage. The racial options of the 2000 Census were modified to accommodate those who want to express their multiracial heritage. For the first time, respondents could identify themselves as members of more than one racial category. Also, a separate question about ethnicity appears before race (Banks, 2005). The United States has been called the melting pot due to the diverse cultures. According to U.S. census there is an estimated 3.5…