Diary of Systematic Injustice showcase:
In today’s society, the word “America” always has the construct of race. It is a land of dreams but not for everyone as some people are forced to struggle more due to the systematic injustice which has dipped its root deep into the American institutions. In the short story “Recitatif,” Toni Morrison has challenges the role of race, which has had a significant impact on American society. The issue of prejudice that has affected the Black people is highly discussed and how it has penetrated society’s social fabric. The standard notation is the view that denying people knowledge is denying them progress. This has made the Black people ragged behind because they have been denied the required education to achieve the needed growth. But through Morrison’s story, the author wants to remind us we are all the same by applying the two girls of different races but refuses to differentiate who is Black or White. Hence one wonders why there is such a high education gap between the Blacks and Whites.
Bullying. Pointing fingers. Haters. Racism and sexism.
The article “Systematic Injustice in Schools” by Schmidt (2020) looks at the issue of discrimination within the education system between the Caucasian and the minority group. The author gives an experience of the high school where they are about 95% of the individual from European origin while the rest makes about five percent. According to the author, Caucasian students are treated differently in comparison to the minority. The b
ehavior of the Caucasians, even if it is inappropriate, see teachers overlooking them while that is not the case.
Funding inequality
Kundu, in the above video ” ‘The opportunity gap’ in US public education—and how to close it,” points out how the issue of discrimination in the education sectors goes deep even at the national level where there is a significant difference in funding between districts that are White majority compare to the minority. In these districts, they are given more funds to improve their quality of education, while the district with minorities are struggling whin obsolete technology, old learning materials, and low-quality education because they are less funded and still from low-income families. This is a form of systematic injustice within the education where racism is embedded in the learning institution. The minority are discriminated against on how they are handled in these learning institutions and even funded at the national level.
Systematic injustice within the education sector hurts the minority group. One of the effects is the negative attitude towards education by those impacted by systematic injustice. Students lack motivation and because they are treated differently, and hence their performance is significantly impacted. There is also a high rate of school dropout for the minority student due to systematic racism, which results in underfunding and frustrations among students from poor backgrounds.
Reference
Schmidt. (2020). Systematic Injustice In Schools. U.osu.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2021, from https://u.osu.edu/compstd1100au2020/2020/10/25/systematic-injustice-in-schools/.