How Is America Ever Changing

Ever changing America The face of America has slowly, but surely, changed over the course of sixty years. America’s schools, sixty years ago, were predominantly white and most teachers were white as well. If one thinks that America is still mostly white, they would be sadly mistaken with immigration numbers at all time highs. America has become the most culturally diverse nation in the world. With every passing year, it seems immigration numbers continue to rise. As these numbers have begun to rise over the past years it has begun to change the way Americans live their everyday life. Used to when one says an “American” individual you would think of a white person, however this is no longer the case. America is becoming the world’s melting
“America is a country of immigrants, but also a country that sometimes hates immigrants”. One would find it rather odd how everyone can trace their family heritage to somewhere over seas, yet most Americans today frown upon immigrants from other countries. Studies have shown that students at large schools and even at some small high schools segregate themselves from other minorities without even noticing. It could be because their comfort zones are only within their own personal races. Also, their cultures and traditions are more alike to people within their own race and it is easier to adapt and be accepted. Even though, discrimination has been looming in America’s school system for years it is slowly beginning to
At this school it is known to be an insult to be considered or even called “White”. Whites at this school are being stereotyped as the “Good kids” Everyone knows that in a high school no one wants to be called a “good” student. In schools such as these, now the white students are being discriminated against instead of the immigrants. Instead of taking steps forward to eliminate discrimination in the school system, the tables have only been turned on who is being discriminated against. In due time it is possible the American school system will take these steps forward and eliminate the discrimination problem and no one will feel like they are the