Deep Brain Learning Healing The Heart Analysis

Young minds are some of the most important in our society today. For this reason, children should have positive representations of themselves in their education system. In America, most children of color do not have these adult figures in their schools. According to the article “US teacher are no where as diverse as their students” Jesse J. Holland says that almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet only 1 in 5 of their teachers are nonwhite. African Americans have a much more difficult time getting employment in the U.S school system today.

In the article “Deep Brain Learning: Healing the heart” by Larry Brendtro it states that for the growing brain of a young child, the social world supplies the most important experiences influencing the

expression and regulation of genes.

Racism not only impairs the well being of a person with color but also white who experience stress in interracial contacts may be compromising their own health as well. Our system preforms fast, intuitive thinking and comes to automatic judgments all without any conscious control. This automatic system is responsible for racial biases. Negative thoughts crop up automatically before we are consciously aware of them, so tamping them down requires extra mental effort

William Garcia, an African American man had been employed at the Austin Independent school district in 2014. For the first few months of him getting hired he was assigned to mentor another former teacher that had been teaching there for a few years. This lady never went out of her way to help William out in any means. “ One of those white liberals who thought she knew something about racism, educational inequality, and low-income communities” says William about his former mentor. William felt attacked being one of the only African American teachers at this school, and every time he had made a mistake the principle would call him out in front of the class and humiliate him. He never understood why

they were so unprofessional about things, especially when it came to him. A week from finishing his registration he was approached by a cop outside the school asking him if he was trying to “stab” a teacher. Shocked about that comment he quickly stated that statement false. Later in the week he went and talked to the principle about why those accusations were made about him and she started to deny that was ever said. She continues to lie and lie until finally she gave up and said that the phrase he used which was “slicing and dicin” was inappropriate words to tell someone. Surprised, he started to explain to her that he was filled with African American jargon and that is was not intended to come out like that and he would appreciate if she would not assume things before actually talking to him about it. William Garcia ended up leaving this school district because he was forced too. Williams says “ Discrimination and harassment in the workplace is illegal as well as instilling fear for ones employment termination, which is the prime reason why I had decided to simply resign and protect my professional integrity.” People’s life depend on jobs, and being an African American can put a damper on that when racism and discrimination are such big factors in the world today.
Diversity is all around us, in our hometown, every public place, and even schools. By not giving African Americans the same equal rights as Americans it is giving our future generation the image in their heads that they are either superior to African Americans or that they are not able to make a difference in the world because of the color of their skin. We are giving the wrong impression to kids who are still learning from right and wrong. Every little thing people do now always ends up affecting our future in sort of way. If people discriminate towards a certain race, gender, ethnicity it will carry on with the next person and they will be do that same. Diversity is our future and everyone should be accepting to it, before discrimination ruins our world, our home.
According to the article “US teacher are no where as diverse as their students” Jesse J. Holland says that almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet only 1 in 5 of their teachers are nonwhite. This makes it difficult for African American kids to relate to their teachers. Having someone that is just like you in a sense even if it is just by the color on your skin can really help minority children feel motivated. Kevin Gilbert, the coordinator of teacher leadership and special projects for the Clinton Public school District in Clinton, Mississippi says that nothing can help motivate our students more than to see success standing right in front of them”. Forty-eight percent of public schools are filled with nonwhite students. African American students might feel like their school is racist because of the simple fact that they do not have any black teachers. That can put a damper on the way these African Americans preform on a daily basis at school, or they might not be as motivated because of the fact that they feel like they are not welcome at their own school because of the color of their skin. We want to encourage students, not discourage them.
Living in 2016 the human race should be well more advanced when it comes to equality, discrimination and racism. It is not something out of the ordinary to see someone that does no look like you. Everyone is capable of being someone good and someone that can change the world. Juanita Johnson-Bailey says, “ all areas of education reflect the world in which we live and are part if the systems that reproduce and maintain the whole American society.” As Americans living in America we are so quick to judge people who are not nor look the part as an American, and that is where we should be crossing the line. Not only does racism affect the people who are getting discriminated but also for our future generations. If we were more open about these subjects our world would most likely become a better place for change, for people who want to be accepted. Who knows what people are capable, and focusing on only the bad can cause dramatic consequences for the world. For example, what if the world best teacher is a African American and he can not get a job because of his race. What does that do for our world? It weakens it.
Discrimination plays a big role in how African Americans are looked at and treated in the world today. Google’s definition, “Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex”. A few women decided to do a case study on assessing the impact of racism on black faculty in white academe for a span of 5 years. These ladies have had many achievements during the time they spent at this school, and at the end of each year they are required to get reviewed by the rest of the committee. Every year they got rated low performance, and that they were the least productive faculty members in a department of 41. This shows that no matter how good of teachers these black ladies were, they were not going to get acknowledged for it because of the color of their skin. The color on your skin does not matter and does not determine your character. There are so many African Americans out there that are equally the same as some American people. Skin does not factor in anything besides your complexion.
There has been many incidents where people often did not receive a job offers because of the color of their skin. Jerry L Jackson, an African American lady that had her doctorate was in her mid forties when she had been interested in a school district job. She got a call from the employer saying that they were looking for African American applicants and that she would be making two hundred thousand dollars a year. She was super surprised when he did not tell her to submit her paper work online so that they were able to review it. Instead he just never called her back and said that she was not the “best match” for the job. If she had not told this man that she was African American would she have gotten the job? She had the credentials of this teaching job, and she even had a doctorate from Columbia and had five years experience leading a high-minority school district. Jerry Jackson says, “ While white candidates can take positions in both white minority districts, the reality is that African-American candidates are rarely considered or positions in nonminority districts”. It is not fair that so many African Americans are either not receiving job, or even losing jobs because of their race.
According to Richard Beswick, by age two a child noticed color differences and in the next two to four years the child begins to identify their own racial group. By the next few years they are able to form their own preference patterns basis of the prevailing attitude within the group and not by contact with a racially different group. Parents are easily the most powerful source of racial attributes. In Lane County Oregon the schools have a “ Racism free zone”, which means that any racism acts towards anyone will get in trouble because it is not tolerable in their school districts. This gives African American students and teachers the feeling of protection, security, and pride. Oregon schools take it in account that students must learn different cultures, ethnicities, and religions different than their own. Molding children’s minds at school is one of the most effective ways to teach them about these problems we face in the world today with racism and discrimination.
Our children of the world today are the most precious humans on the planet in America today. Therefor, these children should be exposed to the different kinds of diversity that the world has to offer. African Americans have it tough when getting jobs, especially in the Educational system today. Young minds are going to think racism and discrimination are things that are right and should not be changed if they see it everyday in their school systems. Setting a good example for the future generations is what is going to bring such accomplishments for not only these children but for our world as a whole.