Tyrone in the Educational System

This article focuses specifically on the story of Tyrone in the educational system. The  does not provide a last name for Tyrone but I know his story is quite accurate because it is written by a black male who is experiencing challenges of being in predominantly white academic environments. Tyrone’s story begins with him at the age of four up until his college. Through every stage in the educational system, Tyrone experiences some type of discrimination.

  From this article I learned that even though some black students experience discrimination or racism the interest among black students in obtaining a college education remains high. From Tyrone’s story I learned that black students’ behavior can lead them to a suspension because their behavior could be deemed as a danger to teacher and staffs. This was his first experience meaning that he was only four years old when he was suspended which is correlated with being referred to law enforcement and arrest. White students would also engage in this type of behavior but wouldn’t get suspended.

  Fast-forwarding to his college experiences, Tyrone likes to party just like most college students. When he partied with that of his own ethnicity, the police had to put a halt to the party and threatened to arrest everyone. Not only did he party with those of his ethnicity but he also partied with white students. Even though their parties involved drugs and reckless behavior, no police ever came. From this experience, I learned that not only are black students directly discriminated by peers or teachers in the educational system but as well as police.