Letter To A Child Like Me Jose Torres

Some students are subject to unequal representation at school, particularly those in a minority group. In the past, there were vast amounts of racial biases that spread across the United States. Unfortunately, racial bias still exists today, in the 21st century. There are those who feel that certain groups of people should not be given equal opportunities based on their skin color or how they may talk. They are not given the same opportunities as many others are given, and in this case, are assigned an impediment on their education. This paper will illustrate what disproportionality is; some factors that play a part in it; and what can be done and what is being done about it. This memo is being written in the hopes that it will be viewed by the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and that he will see what has been happening over the years and do his best to provide more advances in making a change.

“Who are You Calling Underprivileged?” by Natasha Rodriguez In the essay “Who are You Calling Underprivileged” Natasha Rodriquez informs the reader of her emotions towards the topic of labeling by attaching her personal negative feelings towards the word “underprivileged”. The essay describes Rodriguezs’ first-hand account of being labeled underprivileged based on ethnicity and not by financial information. Furthermore, Rodriguez uses descriptive language to compare the word “underprivileged” to words such as “loathe” or “turned off” to describe feelings of distaste when “underprivileged” is used to describe students of minorities other than Caucasian. Consequently, this channels a path for the reader to feel the negative emotions conveyed

In "Learning to Read and Write" by Fredrick Douglass, "The Good Immigrant Student" by Bich Minh Nguyen and "The Joy of Reading and Writing" by Sherman Alexie, each author narrates their experiences in acquiring literary skills. A common factor for all of them is that they all experienced significant difficulties in becoming proficient in academics . Through a variety of rhetoric strategies, the authors articulate their utmost concerns where they present strong evidence on the difficulties experienced by minority communities in their quest for education. Therefore, this paper asserts that the role of reading, writing, and language relates to racial discrimination, cultural difference, and freedom which is of much relevance to today’s

The research agendas that occupied the American medical community during the twentieth century involved the controversy in making medicine a research science. Research-based medicine made enormous strides with discoveries such as penicillin and insulin, however led to issues with medical ethics. The following documents cite a highly controversial research project in the mid-20th century, the Tuskegee experiment that had a profound effect on protecting the rights of subjects in human experimentation. Michael Shimkin discusses in his paper, “A Leading Research Scientist Embraces the Nuremberg Code as a Guide to Ethical Practice in an Age of Human Experimentation, 1953,” the proper way of using people in medical experiments. Vanessa Gamble’s essay, “A Legacy of Distrust: African Americans and Medical Research,” looks at the relationship between race and American medicine to explain how the African American populace became the chose demographic for Tuskegee project. In Dr. Irvin Schatz’s letter to Dr. Donald Rockwell, Dr. Schatz questions the morals of physicians who worked on the Tuskegee Study

A racialized minority is a specific race in a country or state that is not qualified to fit in due to the reason that they don’t speak a specific language, they look different in skin color or dress another way, or don’t have a high education like the majority of the people in the country they have immigrated into. For example, Chicanos are a well-known racialized minority in the United States, and “Chicanos have been defined as alien to the mainstream white society” (Toro 1).

An important goal of education is the ability to think for oneself. Many authors talk about education, such as Luis J. Rodriguez in her article “ Slurring Spanish”, Amy Tan’s article “ Mother Tongue”, and Sherman Alexie’s “ The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” all point out the problems of education. Some obstacles that minority students face in the U.S. come from school, family, and their own cultures. Speaking a different language, having different language experiences, and studying hard to overcome stereotypes are big challenges not only for immigrant students, but also for native students.

In our country, it can be difficult for socially disadvantaged children, especially those of a minority ethnic group, to acquire a proper education. Because of this, these young minds, no matter how bright, can face an inherent sentence of failure; however, both The Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez and “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie describe successful individuals of minority statuses who overcame their obstacles and attained the education they deserved. The authors of each passage are two different men with two different stories, but nonetheless, they remain united in their struggles and in their victories.

In our country, it can be difficult for children of a minority ethnic group to acquire a proper education. Because of this, they are inherently set up by the system to fail. However, both “The Hunger of Memory” and “Superman and Me” describe successful adults of minority status who as children overcame their obstacles and attained the education they deserved. The authors of each essay are two different men with two different situations; however, they are united in their struggles and their victories. Both essays address the theme of education for minorities.

For many years the United States minority population mostly consisted of African Americans. In 2003, the statistic changed to Hispanics becoming the largest minority population in the United Sates (Parrado & Kandel, 2010). With the increase of the Hispanic population, education concerns of this population have started to arise. In some cases, Hispanics are being over referred to special education programs. This phenomenon is linked to the presence of a language barrier as well as other characteristics of the children in this population (Guiberson, 2009). Although the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) specify that language barriers should be ruled out, it seems that this phenomena continues, but could be

As a minority Roberto Santiago’s essay Black and Latino reveals that even though he has been generally underrepresented by his ethnicity, he has led a successful life without affirmative action. Since Santiago was both African American and Hispanic he dealt with identity issues and stereotypes throughout his adolescent life. Even though affirmative action is supposed to make attempts to improve opportunities for groups that were historically excluded it is still a form of discrimination itself. The preference of one race over another is discrimination despite the fact if the group is gaining benefits. Contemporary society still takes on the controversial debate over affirmative action in educational institutions and employment. Institutions are still pressured to accept more minorities even if they do not meet the full requirements such as in education or in employment. Racial preferences stigmatize minority groups instead of finding better ways to make opportunities equal to minorities. Affirmative action also implies that all minority groups need more assistance in order to succeed, but according to Santiago he triumphed without needing compensation. In educational institutions such as universities they are influenced by affirmative action; since they admit students based on race instead of looking for their qualifications. Even though affirmative action is supposed to create diversity in schools it does not help if minority students are not prepared for a higher

Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States and the president who signed the Civil Rights Act into law, once said, “Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.” Many are unaware of how well a person can receive their education when their race differs from the dominant white majority of the U.S. Whether it’s ignorance or the deliberate choice of not giving other races the same opportunity to succeed, we don’t know, but that is what we have set out to find. Throughout all of our literature, we can see examples of people not getting the same choices or opportunities as other citizens

The number of Latinos/Hispanics in the U.S. increased by 9.7% between 2000 and 2010 and, while the dropout rate among has decreased from 32% in 2000 to 14% in 2013, Hispanics still drop out at a higher rate than most other ethnic groups (Fry, 2014). Some students might feel different or like outsides and this can contribute to resistances in classrooms. Research has found evidence that these behaviors might stem from institutional discrimination. Institutionalized discrimination is a type of discrimination that has been incorporated into the structures, processes and procedures of organizations like a school, either because of prejudice or because of failure meet or take into account certain needs of minority groups. Another factor would be ideological views that do not take into account, matchup with or respect students’ linguistic, intellectual, and cultural resources (Kohl, 1994; Philips, 1993; Scherff & Spector, 2010). Student resistance can be seen as an unspoken strike to show that the student are not engaged in the curricula and feel

There are a multitude of ways we can address the inequality occurring as we live. To begin, those who are privileged need to acknowledge that they are and how it effects targeted groups such as diverse races. Subsequently, privileged individuals must actively listen to their targeted peers and empathize towards their struggles. By listening, we can foster the steps of development towards combating various forms of

Commonwealth Bank is the one of largest Australian listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange. The bank is one of the “Big four” Australian banks, in the same league as National Australian bank, Westpac and ANZ which constituted for 77.4% of resident assets as at Sep 2010. This bank has had a strong revenue and increasing profit. (MBA Skool-Study.Learn.Share.)

I graduated high school in 1986 and from the day I was born until I went into government service I was not one much interested in art. I spent most of my days as a typical Southern California kid spending a majority of my days outside with friends at the beach or enjoying the beauty of living in “America’s Finest City”. I wasn’t planning on going to college after high school so AP classes weren’t a priority during my high school years. After graduation the same applied for my years of travel until I left government service in 2017. Over the years I have enjoyed the occasional musical and have admired the beauty of a few paintings, on the occasion that I happened to be somewhere that had some, and have admired the beauty of both ancient and modern architecture over my many travels, but I have never really taken the time to study and examine the true beauty of all the art around me. Fast-forward to August 2017 and my first year of college. Thanks to 9/11 GI Bill, and Professor James Holbrook’s Humanities class, I was exposed to new information on the complexities of art that I was never aware of.