Since 1954, American Public Schools have been racially integrated. We talk about the issues of race in this country ad nauseum and yet therein lies the problem: were still talking about a socially constructed idea (race) 50 years after de jure measures were put in place to at the very least ameliorate if not eradicate the problem of race and racism. As I have previously discussed and as Dr. Roland Fryer pointed out in his paper The Declining Significance of Discrimination, the problem of racial disparities can be ameliorated (probably not solved) by addressing the skills-gap that has plagued black and white communities. The skills-gap fundamentally means American children succeeding early in school such that when they get to college, they are ready to take on challenging bachelorette degrees that are skills-based making them marketable and therefore competitive in the global economy. I say that because we identify and discuss race when discussing the issue of the skills-gap, it makes logical sense to discuss race as being one of the remediating factors in any type of solutions based discourse. The question becomes: was the idea of Brown v. Board (integration in education) a good law; i.e., what have been the results of racial integration in education? Clearly, the results can be analogized to a failed chemical reaction of non-compliant substances. One of the most salient examples of a highly successful all black school was the Booker T. Washington high school which at the time of Brown v. Board, was outscoring its peer white high school in the region. Black children are forced to deal with the realities of being racially aggressed against by white children in the system of racism (white-supremacy) for what are still unidentified reasons from whites as to why they continue to maintain a negative view towards black Americans. Fundamentally, I maintain that a resegregation of schools that receive equal and adequate funding may be apart of the solution to the skills-gap. Black children, psychologically, are burdened with this problem of race and racism which does nothing but clearly detract from their potential as seen in the study broadcasted by Anderson Cooper in his piece Black or White: Kids on Race. I say that integration was an idea that was socially pressed because of the pressure of the times, yet 50 years of data indicate it hasnt accomplished its goal and there are no trends to suggest that it will in any near future prospects. https://youtube/watch?v=XNR4NY73N_c
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:10:10 +0000
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