Essay On Racism In Schools

In a society abundant with racial diversity, racism is bound to take shape in some form and will vary based off the culture of each individual society. 1 Racism, in definition, is “a system of oppression created to justify social, political, and economic hierarchy” (Tedx Talks). It splits society by associating certain actions and physical characteristics to certain races and labeling them as one of two divisions, superior or inferior, creating different levels of hierarchy between individuals. Though it varies cross-culturally, racism presents itself in society in similar forms, all through both conscious and unconscious decisions of individuals in several environments including the workplace, school, political offices and more.
With the abundance of racial slurs, discrimination, and violence against racial minorities occurring in contemporary societies globally, the presence and formation of racism is often both intentional and unintentional. It acts as justification for certain advantages and titles in different cultures. It can be argued that
However, regardless of the varying beliefs, racism continues to present itself in the same form and environment as other cultures. For example, racism in American schools is still an issue in this day and age. The Huffington Post observes the statistics of suspension in American schools where, on average, “five percent of white students were suspended annually, compared with 16 percent of black students.” These numbers serve as evidence that blacks are largely racially discriminated against in a learning environment, to this day. This incident corresponds to a similar cross-cultural example of racism in schools, where in the Afro-American region of Brazil, individuals labeled with Afro-American descent are argued to be biologically deficient in intellectuality and incapable of learning certain subjects, such as philosophy, simply due to their origin (Al Jazeera