In a recently updated article by Kathleen Osborn on NBCNEWS.com entitled, "In Some Southern Districts, Segregation Lives On"; Osborn informs her readers on the matter of southern schools slowly becoming more and more segregated. Osborn clearly talks about two very important aspects of her article: 1) Some southern schools are more racially segregated than that of the the civil rights era and 2) why this has slowly and in more recent times come about in the southern districts.
Stated in this article "parts of the American south are are undergoing an area of perpetuated segregation." Perpetuated segregation basically means that southern school districts not only tend to not be integrated but that southern districts stably remain segregated. The United states made a Supreme Court decision to end public segregation for a reason. Reasons include it remains ethically and morally right in the aspect of "all men are created equal", it serves students and other people active in the education system a wide range of social learning abilities, and the United States of America has been and was founded by a melting pot of many different races and different groups of ethnicity. America has always been a land of opportunities for all walks of life.
Also stated in this article we read that, "our schools are more racially segregated than that of the civil rights era." Osborn seems to imply that many communities have found ways around integration by establishing "segregation academics." Segregation academics were established by finding a loop-hole in the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court appeal. This movement was an easy way for white families to abandon their local schools and leave investment in public schools to dwindle. Doing so, families have found ways to resist integration. Why is this so and why is this still accepted in American culture?
Let us not be too quick to adopt the idea that segregation remains strictly in the South. Osborn reports that "sustained segregation is an issue across the country. In fact, a recent study showed that in the way northern Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis racial segregation is increasing." It is pure ignorance to allow segregation to creep back into our society. While the South has seemed, in the past, to be more prone to the ideas of segregation, segregation increases throughout the entirety of the United States. This can highly affect our nations fundamentals and education negatively.
This "New Age Segregation" can highly effect the lives of our students in America. Being an active student in the public school system I accept the opportunities to learn from others despite race. I firmly support the idea that all people are created equal. By accepting these ideas of segregation and allowing it back into society we are teaching students ignorance and keeping from them the important aspects of social, mental, and educational growth. There may always be something to learn from every person around you and school should be all about learning. By being taught a good education, students are being trained to be successful in their life after school. These ideas highly affect students across the country, including myself.
In conclusion, we can clearly see a growing problem in our nations education system. I lack the understanding as to why we can so easily sit back, watch segregation take place, and not care to do anything about it, some even not even form opinions on the topic at all. Americans need to again stand up for the values our nation was founded on. We need to find ways to unite and help our county grow and prosper. Segregation does not support prosperity.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50694523/t/some-southern-districts-segregation-schools-lives/
