Ethnic classes are a way for students to learn American history through the perspective of people or races who are not from the United States. These people or races have played a role in the progression of the United States' history with their contributions and ideas. Many schools across the country have adopted ethnic studies as an alternative way for students to learn history. However, some school districts are less favorable towards ethnic studies, such as a school district in Arizona. In 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed House Bill 2281. The House bill banned all Mexican American classes and books from students of Tucson high schools. There are several stakeholders that have either agreed or disagreed with the existence of …show more content…
Many teachers took pride in the way they ran their classrooms. The classes provided a new style of teaching that encouraged students to learn cultural relevance, cultural competence, social justice emphasis, alignment with state standards, and academic rigor (Acosta, 2012). They witnessed many improvements in their students' academic progress and likelihood of graduation. The teachers affected by the ban take the position of being completely against the ban. They believe that the school officials are antagonizing a program that has helped students academically and personally. Another reason is that they have a preconceived notion of the ban being a hate act towards Mexicans. Out of all the ethnic classes offered at Tucson high school, the Mexican American class was the first to go. This notion could have been a result of the adverse thought of Mexican immigrants entering the United States illegally. Most teachers attempted to convince officials to overthrow the bill by creating petitions, protesting, publishing articles, rallies, and sit-ins. Their audience is composed of other high school teachers, students, and parents. They persuade their audience by putting themselves in the same shoes, that way they resonate together to complete a common goal. Teachers are able to talk to every other stakeholder, except school officials. These teachers claim that government or school officials do not wish to listen their pleas because they do not want to differ from their own opinions (Soto, S. & Joseph, M., 2010). The decision of banning Mexican American Studies classes was ultimately finalized by school officials. School officials did not discuss the pros and cons of the ban with teachers, but instead decided on the ban on their
The Latino community is considered the largest demographic minority in the United States and is expect to increase by approximately 15% in 2050 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2002). The Latino population is comprised of many subgroups from many different regions that have developed unique beliefs, norms, and sociopolitical experiences. Although the term Latino is used throughout this paper, it is important to underscore the great diversity found within the Latino community to avoid the development and perpetuation of stereotypes. In clinical practice, it is important to evaluate the individual in terms of their racial identity, acculturation, and socioeconomic status among other factors to create a more individualized and effective treatment
The increase and changing demography in the United State today, with the disparities in the health status of people from different cultural backgrounds has been a challenge for health care professionals to consider cultural diversity as a priority. It is impossible for nurses and other healthcare professionals to learn and understand theses diversity in culture, but using other approaches like an interpreter is very helpful for both nurses and patients. In this paper of a culturally appropriate care planning, I will be discussing on the Hispanic American culture because, I had come across a lot of them in my career as a nurse. The Hispanic are very diverse in terms of communication and communities and include countries like Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, South and Central America, and some of them speak and write English very well, some speaks but can’t write while some can’t communicate in English at all but Spanish.
In the article, “How to Incorporate Immigration Studies into High School Curriculum”, Dan-el Padilla Peralta argues that by educating high school students on immigration, they will be able to reform policies on it in the future.
This article pertains to the contentious issue of illegal immigration. Following the election of President Donald Trump in the United States, amnesty policies and laws have become obsolete. Furthermore, President Trump has promised to enforce immigration law and deport illegal and criminal aliens from the United States. Canada has seen a huge influx of economic migrants who illegal enter Canada, many of these are crossing from Minnesota into Manitoba, their failure to cross from a port of entry constitutes an illegal border crossing. Recently, there has been a movement among ‘bleeding heart’ politicians to declare cities as ‘Sanctuary Cities’. A Sanctuary City is one which provides safe haven for illegal immigrants and protects them from
After the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) roughly 77,000 Mexican people became citizens of the United States. Since then many of these citizens and later immigrants have been treated as unequal persons or worse. In the early part of the 20th century Mexican Americans faced injustices such as segregation, inequalities in employment, housing, education, and even frequent hangings. Further, they were not allowed to vote due to the fact that many of them had difficulty understanding English, and were not permitted to learn the language. Mexicans were not allowed to vote, and when they finally were they had to pay money for the right to vote. A large number of the Mexican people did not have the money to pay for this right, so their white bosses paid the fee and told them to vote for a candidate that favored the boss.
“I do not believe that many American citizens . . . really wanted to create such immense human suffering . . . in the name of battling illegal immigration” (Carr 70). For hundreds of years, there has been illegal immigration starting from slavery, voluntary taking others from different countries to work in different parts of the world, to one of the most popular- Mexican immigration to the United States. Mexican immigration has been said to be one of the most common immigration acts in the world. Although the high demand to keep immigrants away from crossing the border, Mexicans that have immigrated to the U.S have made an impact on the American culture because of their self sacrifices on the aspiration to cross over. Then conditions
Secondary education is a highly debated subject. Many critics of secondary education say that inner-city high schools and students are not receiving the same attention as students from non inner-city high schools. Two of the biggest concerns are the lack of school funding that inner-city high schools are receive and the low success rate in sending inner-city high schools graduates to college. Critics say that while inner-city high schools struggle to pay its teachers and educate its student’s non inner-city high schools don’t have to deal with the lack of school funding. Also students from non inner-city high school are not being given the opportunity to attend colleges once the students graduate. But opponents of these critics blame an entirely different issue; and that is illegal immigrant students over crowding and attending high school at the expense of taxpayers. It cost millions of dollars a year for illegal immigrant students to attend high school and this is the main reason why schools are experiencing budget problems. Teaching illegal immigrant students creates a difficult learning environment and that is why students in inner-city high schools are not moving on to a higher education. This paper will explore the controversy and issues of secondary education; it will expose the hidden truths and prove that illegal immigrants are taking a toll on the education system.
Undocumented students are becoming a growing outrage in the United States. It has been a constant battle amongst the students, the schools, and the Government. According to collegeboard.com, statistics shows that 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools each year (collegeboard.com).After graduating high school they face legal and financial barriers to higher education. This paper will address the importance of this growing outrage and discuss the following that corresponds to it.
This change will have a big affect on our public schools. As I alluded to earlier, the groups are more protective of the...
“There is exactly one sentence about why schools should want to discriminate… It reads, ‘When the state’s most elite universities are less diverse, [a school official] said, it doesn’t provide our students with a level of diversity they need in order to learn about other cultures and other communities’…And that’s supposed to outweigh all these costs of discrimination; It is personally unfair, passes over better qualified students, and sets a disturbing legal, political, and moral precedent in allowing racial discrimination.”
Sociology is the scientific study of social structure, social structure influences through culture and principles, together it produces each individual to the way they act, live and think. Due to social influences, many of our morals and values are influenced through media, parents and school. Social structure is important in our society because it affects all dimensions of human experience, it is a pattern of social interaction and over all makes us who we are. The sociological term for social structure describes society as a whole and the action in which determines individuals. The three main structures that have shaped up my social structure and impacted my life are, my ethnicity, income and religion. Being a Hispanic American Latina forever would have a impact in my life because our culture diversity and the advantage and disadvantages it is to come from a family who had to establish each of their lives all over again by moving to the United States has driven my priorities to become successful very high and not become part of statistics of staying in the middle class or in poverty.
This claim, is not only false but also ignores the diversity among students that mirrors U.S. today. Ethnic Studies acknowledges that everyone is from various backgrounds, they tailor the curriculum as needed to make sure inclusiveness even with students who aren’t considered part of the Mexican American culture. In addition, those opposed hold the concept that all students will be treated equally and gives the dangerous, rather radical notion of color blindness,in treating all students the same and not accounting for their cultural backgrounds, language barriers, socioeconomic status etc. This is very harmful to their overall well-being because one is disregarding crucial aspects of one’s lives that negates opportunities for POC and goes along with the rhetoric of individualism. In the article “Edu as an Instrument”, illustrates how legislators such as Horne and Huppenthal thought about Ethnic Studies, their false assumptions and critiques of the program. Since their culture shown as dominant to what's considered “American”, these legislators have white privilege. This place of simply being the dominant culture, gives little leeway for them to understand what it means to become discriminated against based on the color of one’s skin and don’t
The culture I was born and raised on was that of Mexican-American culture. My parents were born and raised in Mexico, and when they came to America and had kids, they instilled a hybrid of their culture, and American culture, in us. They were each raised in the Mexican culture, but wanted us to be raised as Americans also, and added this to our upbringing.
The definition of immigration has developed to include a profound understanding of migration. Immigration has put an emphasis on the effects of school funding. Evidence suggests that the largest challenge in school funding is the result of increase in migrant children in schools. As a result, as the South Carolina State Superintendent of Instruction a policy must be in place for the anticipated increase of immigrant children.
Immigration played a large part in public education. With so many children immigrating to America for an education, schools were being packed with students. However, many of these students were not going to school and instead were working in