Racism In Schools

History Of Problem

Throughout the history of schooling, there have been conflicts between students from different races. These problems occur during school time which negatively affect one's learning experience and social life. In today’s society, not everyone is accepting of different ethnicities and cultures they live around. In many cases, a student from the major ethnic group of a school is the one being racist to the minority group. The kids who are considered a minority have always struggled to mix in with the crowd and live a normal. They are usually viewed as different and get picked on for that by their peers. In a school environment, this should not be acceptable because schools are supposed to treat all students, no matter what race,

“CHILDREN of six or seven must be prevented from developing racist attitudes towards other children from different ethnic backgrounds…. ‘No child is born with racist attitudes. They have to be taught to hate,' she said. ‘Schools must become centres of fairness and inclusion where diversity is celebrated and a growth in understanding leads to good relations between children of different ethnic backgrounds.’” (Racism; Schools must lead way 1) Teaching kids about diversity and accepting different cultures and races can have a positive lasting effect in the way those kids behave later on in life. If they learn at a young age, kids would be less likely to develop racist ideas and become racist towards other people. Even though the civil rights movements in the 1950s caused more diversity in schools and finally broke the racial barrier in America, students in schools still have a hard time adapting to diversity. While schools allow people from all kinds of races, that does not mean the students have to be accepting of them. That is why teaching kids about diversity and making them familiar with it at a young age can cause a positive change in schooling and the the way kids from minority groups are treated

If racist ideas can be passed down, the future will only get worse with more racism. To prevent this from happening, society has to find ways to teach kids about racial equality and show that in today’s world, everyone is the same no matter what skin color they are. “We know we are failing when we cannot pass what we want to the children in society - they are the future who should uphold certain values that enshrine equanimity. Yet when children learn to see through racial lines, they might internalise bigotry.” (Emulating Society 1) Some places have already started to introduce activities that educate the students about today’s mixed population around the