The History Of Racism In Education: The Effects Of Racism To Students

History of Racism in Education Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date The History of Racism In Education Racism has always been perpetuated by individuals who have a different color. In the 18th and the 19th centuries, racism was highly practiced in the USA. The roots of racism were recorded in all fields ranging from employment sectors, political position and even in education. Racism was experienced in schools, and it is still being experienced in schools, and no one is a position to claim they are not affected by racism. This is because of racism if we are not perpetrators of racism than we are its supporters. We may not directly show our support this form of discrimination, but we are its supporters as we do not speak against it. In America, racism has been experienced from way back the in history. This research paper will focus on how racism was used to discriminate African Americans who resided in the United States of America. Racism has been deeply rooted in America from the 18th century. Racism was even supported by the constitution as it discriminated Africans in the process of administration. Introduction Racism took its roots in America after the founders of the nation put in words that slaves were not full people who could be matched to a white person. This concept has been practiced from way back then up to now. Racism also established its roots with the establishment of formal education. Schools became institutions where African Americans were discriminated against as they did receive enough treatment as the whites and also they were denied the opportunity to excel in academics. The history and revolutions in education have been accompanied by racism in every course of the way. The history of education has always had some association with factors such as racism. The growth of knowledge up to the 21st century has recorded decrease in discriminative practices recorded in schools. This change has been recorded due to campaigns which discourage this practice. These campaigns are useful as they involve the whole population of both whites and blacks who try to spread the campaign that we are all equal despite the color. Schools have always formed a base for practicing racism as they are social institutions. Social acts that are formalized tend to be conserved by individuals who find interest in it. In schools, there have always been racists who critique African and discourage them from learning as they are destined for hard labor. Black students have ever suffered at the hands of the whites who feel superior to them. The administrators who are in charge of education have always been defective as they fail to set measures that will eliminate racism from the picture. This problem has taken the course from way back in history and has been succeeded form one generation to another. Law alone cannot outdo racism as a social practice that has been institutionalized has always been hard to wipe out. Public schools and institutions of higher learning have always been the perfect vehicle for perpetuating racism as they provide an opportunity to continuously and systematically teach the concepts and ways of practicing racism. Racism has been perpetrated using textbooks and general lack of minority teachers and administrators. Other means which were used in the historical times involved the misuse of testing material to inaccurately and unjustly label and classify students. Research question and objective The purpose of this research is to formulate a paper that critically analyses education and racism from way back then in the 18th century. This paper tries to connect how discrimination was perpetuated through education. The primary focus of this paper is racism in culture from the 18th century up to date. This paper has been formulated by the use of various resources which show the relationship between racism and education. In the course of this paper, one is going to understand how racism has occurred in education, the effects of racism to students and also measures that have been put in place to overcome racism in school. Methodology This research paper was formulated by the use of both qualitative and quantitative procedures. These two methods helped me to gather enough information to answer the research question without many struggles. Racism is a topic that has affected most countries for years, and thus the issue has been widely researched for both academic purposes and for purposes of wiping out the act. In the course of my research, I found a lot of books and articles that were addressing this topic and thus were very helpful as they provided sufficient information. Other procedures that were used to gather information involved visiting the founder schools and reviewing their records in an attempt to check the academic performance of Africans during the past two centuries. This method was used as I was able to gather a lot of information from these records. The findings of this process have been discussed thoroughly in the course of this paper. Most of the information in this paper cannot be dated as it is from the archives. Discussion Racism in schools was carried out using school textbooks which served as a primary vehicle and significant transmitter of racism and superiority. Books in the 18th century were written and published in such a way that they discriminated Africans. To support this claim, I will quote a request by a school textbook that was used in this century. The book stated that "God is creative as he first created Africans and realizing his creation was bad, he created lighter races such as Indians, Asians, and Europeans. To the white races, he gave them a box of books and papers while to the black Africans; he gave them a box of tools so that he could work for the white man. This is from creation, and thus black men should continue working for the whites". This text is unambiguous as it states that black men should not read but work as white men slaves. This is discriminative and a form of racism that should discourage Africans from seeking formal education. Today racism in textbooks still exists though not as in the 18ty and 19th century. The only difference between textbook racism in the 21st century and other centuries is that racism is now less overt. In 1970, a man named Michael cane studied minor textbooks in an attempt to discover the current state of textbook racism. In his studies, Michael found out that racism had decreased and that the contemp...