Author: jtlapaya

As most people already know, the suburbs is mainly where white folks live at and obviously go to school at too. There aren’t many black or latinos in the suburbs but from the few that there are, they face prejudice because of their skin color. No school is perfect and free of racism, stereotypes, and prejudice because of the history of enslaved black people. I could focus on schools in the city rather than schools out in the suburbs but the reason as to why the cases in the suburbs are more important is because there are less minorities meaning that there are less people similar to you to go to when you have personal problems. I am not saying that people should forget about the racially bias schools in the city because every case is important and should be taken in account.

According to this article, “black students in particular face serious obstacles to advancing education.” For example, black students are sometimes seen as not being capable of handling AP courses just like Leah Stewart. Stewart said that her counselor laughed at her after trying to take an AP course and that she had too much on her plate even though she had a record of being academically successful on her record. Once she was enrolled in this course, she was made part of a club at school that is the “five smart black girls.” In addition, Bethany Beru was frustrated of hearing a non-black teacher saying the N-word so she went to her counselor’s office. Nothing was done so she directly went to her teacher but still nothing was done because the teacher didn’t understand the issue. If there were more black teachers and staff, things would’ve turned out differently but it wasn’t. These issues could be prevented if there were more black teachers and staff members because they would understand and students would feel comfortable to got to them

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.