Race In Education Research Paper

One might wonder how different the world would be if everyone had the genetic mutation and were colorblind to the biological color of race. Michael Omi and Howard Winant defined race as “a concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to difference of human bodies. Race has had a big factor in the history of the United States and even into present day it can decide who gets educated and who gets a quality education. One should not be ignorant to race, as not many people would deny that race exists. However, the issue is whether someone’s race affects their individual life outcomes, especially in the lens of education. Simply put, citizenship in the United States was equated by minorities to have a share

This is part of the inclusion behind Thomas Jefferson’s thought process as to why he considered public education essential for a successful democracy, however he was merely advocating for the republican version of education in which those in and with power would be educated. With the start of the Common School Movement of the 19th century, there was the basic premise that “anyone” could attend schools supported by tax dollars. However, “anyone” in most cases did not include non-whites and women. The reference to race in this paper will be to the social construction of race in the United States and how educational outcomes were and are determined by how the United States has associated race to citizenship. United States policies have also originated from the notion that whites were intelligently and overall more superior to people of color, for example the eugenics movement. The people who write and create policy also play a major role in which polices get enforced, whose plights they decide to hear, and how policies are executed. The irony behind this notion is that although people of color have comprised the United States population since its creation, the people who write policy has remained the same, shockingly for about