Miamifield Research Paper

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Another issue with race is Miamifield’s community perspective and involvement with it. Miamifield community members have been sharply criticized for ignoring the history and literature of racial minorities in the United States and the world. Adults in the local African American, Latino, and Asian American populations had recently formed a coalition demanding that a series of eleventh-grade ethnic studies courses be developed and offered as alternatives to any student who might wish to study American history or literature from a different perspective. This caused a conflict in the community. But the former mayor insisted that ethnic-studies courses are themselves racist since they identify race as a central element of each person rather than …show more content…

Issues in Miamifield will not get solved unless the whole community is willing to help fix the issues. In addition, this is a huge problem because it is limiting students’ education. If a student wants to take an ethnic studies course instead of American history or literature the student should be allowed to because if a student is in a class that is interesting to them it will lead to the student to paying more attention and learning more in that class. In an article about what students wanted from teachers and what they wanted from their school the article stated “We asked students to describe a time when they felt in charge of their learning in school—when they were working not just for a grade but because they were excited and interested” (ascd.org). This is so important because it supports that if a student gets excited and interested about a class they will learn better. Also, the school mascot being a redskin might not be offensive to everyone but it is still offensive to some people. A school should be a safe environment where students come to learn and not have to worry about being

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