Service Learning Table Preparation
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60th_anniversary_after_brown.pptx60th Anniversary After Brown
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Sylvia Mendez and other children of the same race would be carried in the same bus and be left in font of a beautiful white school but they had to walk to Mexican school
They used already used and torn books to learn
The children in Mexican schools were being taught how to be good maids, sew, clean, and quilt
They were not being taught any academics
Sylvia Mendez
Cont.
At 9 years old, she did not understand that the court case (Mendez v. Westminster School District) was meant to fight equality of all despite race or ethnicity
One day she went to Westminster School District but a little boy told her that she did not belong to that school because she is Mexican
The boy made her feel humiliated, she went home crying in pain
She told her mother who told her that they were fighting in court because she is equal to the boy and that she is not inferior
The Westminster School District
U.S. District Court in Los Angles
Cont.
When Mendez was young there was integration in theaters and people of color could inhabit houses in different areas
The only area that was not integrated was school
Children of color attended different schools from white children
White-only schools were beautiful and well-equipped for academics
Definitions
Oppression is the treatment of a person or group of people in unfair and cruel way by people of authority
When Mendez was young she experienced oppression from white children like the young boy who thought she was inferior hence she did not deserve to go to the same school with him
Young Sylvia Mendez
Cont.
Privilege is when a certain group of people enjoy certain rights or advantages more than others
Mendez went to Mexicans-only school with old and torn books without being taught academics while white children in Westminster enjoyed beautiful school and academics
The Westminster School
Cont.
Whiteness is racial privileges accorded to white people
It represents position of power
White people are more powerful than people of color
It shapes how white people view themselves as superior and special than other races
Explanations
It is not easy to see oppression, privilege, and whiteness because of the desegregation order in public schools
Socioeconomic factors and poverty contribute to segregation and not only race (Maxwell, 2014)
The neighborhood attendance boundaries used by most districts also makes it hard to see oppression, privilege and whiteness
Social Groups
Poor education is associated with people in lower-classes
Higher and expensive education is associated with people in upper-classes
Schools in neighborhoods with poor people are not diverse or desegregated or classy
Key Difference
Diversity in education encompasses integration of all races including ethnicity, people with disability, language-learner status, and household income
Diversity occurs when each school enrolls representative students from different races, ethnicity, low-income households, English-learners, and disabled ones
However, antiracist education is enrollment of students to ensure racial balance
It does not take into consideration other aspects of social differences like disability and language but race
Racism Misconceptions
Common misconceptions of racism
White people are superior to black people
People belonging to minority groups cannot be racist while those in majority group are by default racist
Black people are violent because of their race history
Black people are poor while white people are rich
Racism is intentional
Suggestions
Schools should come up with diversity management plan to address the issue of equality and desegregation in classrooms
Each class must have at least a certain number of representatives of all races, ethnic groups in the surrounding neighborhoods, people with disability, low-income, and English-learners
Reference
Maxwell, L. (2014). 60 Years After <i>Brown</i>, School Diversity More Complex Than Ever. Education Week. Retrieved 13 May 2017, from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/14/31brown-overview.h33.html
