Published 12/14/18
This article from the New York Times talks about the unfair opportunity the white students get over the African American students. The issue is that the white students are picked to be in the Charlottesville’s gifted program over African American students when the black students are more likely to be in suspension even though their progress shows that they are performing better than white students. This issue led the African American professionals and parents to speak up against the school district. Some African American students joined the Black Student Union, petitioning the City Council to remove the Lee statue and speaking out at school board meetings about the achievement gap.
I learned that becoming an activist really helps getting people’s voice heard and makes them feel more empowered. People should care about this because African Americans who studies harder and earned higher scores than whites gets less out of their hard work. This unfair system does not reward for hard work but rewards for the race you are born in. The school system should focus more on just grades and school performances and not so much on race itself. If the system remains the same, many great ideas would not have the chance to be known and many African American students would not try to do their best for this unfair system.
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