...Still Separate, Still Unequal “Still Separate, Still Unequal”, written by Jonathan Kozol, describes the reality of urban public schools and the isolation and segregation the students there face today. Jonathan Kozol illustrates the grim reality of the inequality that African American and Hispanic children face within todays public education system. In this essay, Kozol shows the reader, with alarming statistics and percentages, just how segregated Americas urban schools have become. He also brings light to the fact that suburban schools, with predominantly white students, are given far better funding and a much higher quality education, than the poverty stricken schools of the urban neighborhoods. Jonathan Kozol brings our attention to the obvious growing trend of racial segregation within America’s urban and inner city schools. He creates logical support by providing frightening statistics to his claims stemming from his research and observations of different school environments. He also provides emotional support by sharing the stories and experiences of the teachers and students, as well as maintaining strong credibility with his informative tone throughout the entire essay. Within this essay, there are many uses of rhetorical appeals including logos, pathos, and ethos. Jonathan Kozol uses reasoning, or logos, to prove that the education systems of today are still as separated and unequal for students based on the color of their skin or their race, as they were 50 years...
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...In “Still Separate Still Unequal” Kozol visits a school in Harlem and he talked to a little girl to get an insight on how they thought, “I asked her if she thought America truly did not “have room” for her or other children of her race. “Think of it this way, if people all of a sudden found us all missing they’d feel relieved” (Kozol 174). This shows that kids feel they are being thrown away, they don't have hope for the future because they just feel neglected. The mindset the kids in these areas are showing is very negative, this leads to kids being in the streets. Living that lifestyle that they are portrayed to be. It is not their fault in reality. It is the governments, setting them up negatively with nobody but their parents and themselves to help. Another...
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...In his article “Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid,” author Johnathan Kozol argues that despite efforts to integrate schools, they, in actuality, remain segregated. “The truth…is that the trend for well over a decade, has been precisely the reverse.” (348). Kozol offers a plethora of facts and figures backing his argument that minorities are disadvantaged; however, he does not propose a solution to the problem. Also, the author focuses on large, urban populations, which many readers may find difficult to relate to. Kozol does, however, offer personal accounts from students in poor systems, adding an emotional element to his argument, as well as offering insight into the effect preschool has on preparing students for standardized testing that is prevalent in No Child Left Behind. Kozol begins by providing statistics to show that in several large cities, public schools primarily consist of minority students (black or Hispanic) despite being in integrated neighborhoods “schools like these are not in deeply segregated inner-city neighborhoods, but in racially mixed areas.” (349). Why, then, do these schools remain segregated? Kozol offers no real explanation, but offers the observation that while black and Hispanic children attend school in their integrated neighborhood, white children are pursuing education elsewhere. Kozol offers statistics that include demographics of schools named after prominent African Americans, pointing out enrollment is primarily...
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...other factors against us. Jonathan Kozol’s article "Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid." is essentially about Kozol visiting various different schools and how the environments are and the podcast titled “Three Miles: This American Life” conducted by Chana Joffe-Walt show the unfortunate obstacles students of low- income families have to overcome for their education. I believe that although the education system should not take full responsibility for the low income students’ failure because there are other factors involved, it is certainly part of the problem. When students are not encouraged, they don’t do their best. They believe that there is no use in even trying. Furthermore, when students are limited in what they can learn, they may begin to believe that it does not matter what becomes of them; society doesn't care about them developing into the best they can be. Lastly, when students see all that they are not receiving, this makes them feel that they are not...
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...In his essay “From Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid,” the author, Jonathan Kozol, based his essay on the interviews and observation that he had with many of the still racially segregated schools in America and his personal thought of the situation. In the first few sections of his essay, Kozol stressed the racial problem that he observed with most of the Western schools that he visited, such as the public schools in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and etc, that approximately more than ninety percent of the students being enrolled in those schools are African American, Hispanic, and students of another race; furthermore, other schools named after great people, such as MLK and Thurgood Marshall, are also racially segregated schools as well. In an attempt to have a better understanding of the problem with those racially segregated...
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...The last federal law passed on racial discrimination was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Bennett). Fifty-three years later a person could figure that racial problems would be solved or at least extremely minimal, especially in the younger generations. This is sadly not the case; in the essays “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and “Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” by Beverly Daniel Tatum and Jonathan Kozol, respectively, the authors show how the United States educational system is still flawed when it comes to racial equity. After many years of laws against discrimination, it is still present in schools and everyday life with no signs of stopping. Beverly Tatum showed an abundance of examples of why discrimination is still present in the US school systems. Tatum also gave reasons for those discriminatory encounters. The essay starts off describing an image of a typical high school cafeteria with all the kids of different races sitting together at different tables. But, the only thing people really notice is “Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” The...
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...Shelbin George Allison Siehnel Writing 201 Reading Response Still Separate, Still Unequal by Jonothan Kozol The general argument made by (Jonothan Kozol) in his work, Still Separate, Still Unequal is that there is still segregation in our schools all around the country. More specifically, (Kozol) argues that education starts even before pre-school and only the wealthy families are able to afford private programs for their children. He quotes Marina Warner “there are expensive children and there are cheap children” (pg6). In this passage, (Kozol) uses this quote to reiterate the point that he was making which was that middle-class/poor families don’t get the same education wealthy families get. The difference between early education is stressed by the author as he talks about wealthy families sending their children to advanced classes even before pre-school begins. Thus resulting in their children being smarter and having a better chance at success in the classroom atmosphere. In conclusion, (Kozol)’s belief is that every child in America should have equal opportunities to strive for excellence. The amount of money you have shouldn’t determine your academic success. In my view, Kozol is right because many individuals are being targeted at a young age and are told that they cannot succeed because of their certain circumstances. However, this shouldn’t be the case, every child should feel like they have the same chance at success. More specifically, I believe that...
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...for their freedom. Because since in the history people were racism and like to separate race and gender. It’s just like the white guy had the most freedom in the United States since in the beginning since there was still a third teen colonies until 1950s. According to African american’s and women’s right. They both have many thing similar and different with each other. However they both were movement for get more freedom and right. the main reason may not exactly same things but they all same about they were looking at their liberty and equality. The United States already end the slavery since...
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...Segregation in Public Schools Mishonda Atkinson Winston Salem State University EDU 2334 April 28, 2015 Abstract After several laws have been passed and civil rights time being over, you would think that segregation in public schools wouldn’t still be going on. Unfortunately, there is still segregation going on in schools. Not only based on race but based on the student’s socioeconomic status. In this paper I will tell you what segregation is, how it has evolved in the past 5 years, and why segregation is important in North Carolina public schools. Segregation in Public Schools According to Webster’s dictionary, the definition of segregation is the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other. Gary Orfield(2009) wrote an article stating that schools in the United States are more segregated today than they were in more than four decades. Schools in the US are 44 percent non-white and minorities (mainly African Americans) are rapidly emerging as the majority of public school students. In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that the South’s standard of “separate but equal” was “inherently unequal,” and did “irreversible” harm to black students. Now the most reason for segregation in public schools isn’t race, its poverty. Most of the nation’s dropouts occur in non-white public schools, which leads to African Americans unemployed. Schools that are in low income communities don’t get the same funding...
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...influenced by real life. Some similar events happen in the non-fictional articles that relates to racial discrimination towards negros, such as Tom Robinson and Calpurnia. They are discriminated by whites. The two negative effects of racial discrimination in the novel and article are violence and segregation. One negative effect of racial discrimination is divisiveness, and it is shown in the article “What Price Diversity?”. Blacks and whites have separate facilities even though it is used for the same purpose. They have separate schools for the different races even though it is used for the same purpose. So your race determines what school you can attend. This article states, “Separate education facilities are inherently unequal” (“Diversity” par. 2). The phrase “separate educational facilities” means that there are schools just for whites and another school just for whites. “Are inherently unequal” means that the schools that are for whites, are better than the school blacks are attending. In To Kill a Mockingbird, blacks and whites have separate facilities that is used for the same purpose. Segregation is one of the negative effects of racial discrimination, but violence is also another one. Segregation is a negative effect of racial discrimination in the novel, To Kill A Mocking Bird. Whites do not believe that they are the same as blacks and they deserve a facility to themselves. Calpurnia brings Jem and Scout to a church that is meant for blacks. Lula, a black woman, speaks out...
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...• NAACP-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Plessy Vs. Ferguson-1896-separate but equal • De facto segregation-segregation by custom and tradition • Sweatt vs. Painter-schools had to admit black people • Sit-ins---would sit and refused to move in order to shame managers into integration • Brown vs. Board-Thurgood Marshall-Linda Brown-ended segregation in all public schools • Montgomery Bus Boycott-Rosa Parks-MLK was a leader • MLK-inspired by Gandhi • Southern Christian Leadership Conference-set out to end segregation • Little Rock Nine-Eisenhower hand to order troops in-LBJ helped it pass, but it was weaker • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • Freedom Riders- rode buses in the south to protest-were beaten by Whites and KKK • Kennedy used civil rights to win election-promised support • James Meredith-applied to college, but was denied even with a court order • Kennedy assassinated, but Lyndon Johnson carries on his support of African Americans • Civil Rights Act of 1964- Gave power to made segregation illegal, gave power to federal gov. to prevent discrimination • Selma March-many were beaten in front of cameras-shocked nation • Voting Rights Act of 1965-allowed for many African Americans to vote-no more literacy tests • Even though discrimination was ending, it didn’t change people’s attitudes • Watts riot- African American neighborhood-had to send in National Guard • Kerner Commission- studied why the riots were happening ...
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...In The Shame of the Nation, Jonathan Kozol states that the American society is still suffering from one-sidedness education. Mr. Kozol offers a wide bundle of statistical data to support his claim that most public schools are very much so segregated. Jonathan Kozol illustrates a grim reality about the unequal attention given to urban and suburban schools. He shows everyone involved in the education system that public schools are still separate and, therefore, still unequal. In his book he states that “during the 1990s, the portion of black students that attended majority white schools had decreased to a level lower than in any year since 1968. Almost seventy five percent of black and Latino students attend schools that are predominantly minority.”Suburban schools, which are primarily made up of white students, are given a far superior education than urban schools, which are primarily made up of Hispanics and African Americans. In Brooklyn, New York, at Adlai Stevenson High School, “97% of the students population are black or Hispanic, eight-tenths of one percent were white” He further offers some explanations for why such segregation still persists in public schools. He states that although there was great movement towards integration 35 or 40 years ago, soon its goals were abandoned and its victories were reversed.Although Supreme Court decisions such as Brown vs. The Board of Education and federal laws have upheld and supported the ideals of racial...
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...Brown v Board of Ed. Topeka Kansas (1954) by Alexes Mercado http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html The 14th Amendment states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. In the early 1950's, racial segregation in public schools was normal all across America. Although all the schools were supposed to be equal, most black schools were far inferior in comparison to the all white schools. There was a black third grade girl named Linda Brown from Topeka, Kansas. She had to walk one mile through a railroad switchyard just to get to her school all black school. Yet, there was an all white elementary school only seven blocks away from her home. When her father, Oliver Brown, attempted to enroll Linda in the white elementary school, the principal would not allow it. Frustrated, Mr. Brown then went to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or the “NAACP. The NAACP was eager to assist the Browns, as it had long wanted to challenge segregation in public schools. Other parents joined the Browns in their complaint...
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...Is separate really equal? America is based off of their Constitution. We are known for our rights and freedom. Unfortunately not everyone has always been equal. In 1957, The Little Rock Nine started to change the segregation between races in school systems. Before Little Rock, there had been many fights for equality. Some of the main cases are Plessy V. Ferguson and Brown V. Board of Ed. After the Plessy V. Ferguson case it was agreed upon that every school would stay separate, but had to be equal, and this created the Plessy Doctrine. How could it be equal if they were separate? Even though they were supposed to be equal, the resources and education were dramatically different. Later in 1954 Linda Brown’s father decided he was not going...
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...identity of our nation, our suburbs and our public schools. Most of us had never heard of Ferguson, Missouri until it experienced recent civil unrest this past August. As I became curious about the town, I found it was one of many that are experiencing a change from an all-white enclave to home for many Blacks and Hispanics. Indeed, American suburbs are in the midst of an identity crisis. In many metro areas, the affluent and the poor, people of color and whites, the well-educated and poorly educated are “trading places” across urban-suburban boundaries. In fact, the number of Americans living below the federal poverty line is now greater in the suburbs than the cities, and fewer than 20 percent of people in the largest metropolitan areas still live in predominantly white suburbs. Part of this issue was caused by the gentrification of many city neighborhoods, which displaced low-income and working-class families that could no longer afford rapidly rising housing prices. Also in the mix were the thousands of low-income families that were forced to relocate when the high-rise public housing...
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