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After reading this article, I try to know more about
systemic racism in American education. By watching the video that made by “actdottv”,
I understand how and why systemic racism is generated. Just after the civil war
end, American government used “Redlining” to re-plan the city. Just like the
video said, “Government agencies started to draw maps dividing cities sections
that were either desirable or undesirable for investment.” This plan blocked many colored families from
access to private and public investment. This whole thing based totally on race.
Many colored families are poor and cannot afford good education for their kids.
The colored student usually goes to schools that are overcrowded and crude.
However, white family can send their kids to better schools and easily receive college
education. Getting a college education is the easiest way to build wealth for American
families. According to the video, this redlining is still affecting the home
values in major cities like Chicago today. Moreover, the job market will more
like to hire white names than black names, this caused inequality existing even
the colored student has same GPA and graduate from same school.
How do we need to do to change this situation? Firstly, we
should be more aware of our own implicit biases. Secondly, government should
increase public school funding and making it independent from property taxes,
so the poor and wealthy district can receive equal access to same resources.
Reference
actdottv. Systemic Racism Explained, Apr 16, 2019, retrive from:
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