Though there a many people who would like for racism to end, there are many who would say other wise. Racism has been an issue all over the world for many years and, as stated before, it is affecting America’s children. Racism is seeping into our schools and affecting the way that America’s students are learning. How is a child supposed to obtain the neccessary education in an environment that may not be safe due to racism? In this video, WFMY News in North Carolina talks about racism at Northwest High school in the Guilford County school district and how the superintendents plan to take on racism in their schools.
As an African American student, I have never endured such blaitant acts of racism. I think that in the case of Northwest High school, maybe its location has a part in what is happening. Since the southern states are not located very far from North Carolina, maybe there is more potential for open racism than in states like Washington, though I am not sure. I think that the students in environments like the one at Northwest should be able to express how they are feeling when things like this happen to them. They should also have somewhere where they can report the ongoings with some confidentiality so that they can feel safe. I feel that no student is able to learn at their full potential in an evrionment that is threatening to them.
Why is it that in college we have to take diversity classes, and we didn’t have to take them in Jr High or High School. I think it would be a good idea to educate people about cultural differences as soon as possible. Maybe they are doing that now, I don’t know. Any kind of education seems to help stop racism though. I know that educated folks don’t have even close to as many racist ideas or behaviours as uneducated kids on the street do. I say education is the answer!