Racial Inequality And The And Out Of The Classroom

Racial Inequality’s Influence in and out of the Classroom Race functions as a determining factor in a student’s ability to access quality education. In The United States of America, race directly affects school factors such as policy, funding, and curriculum. Schools affected by location, such as the inner city, and high poverty rates are usually connected to a community that is populated with minority groups. In contrast, studies have shown that public schools in residential areas, where the white majority populates the area, usually have more resources than their inner city counterparts (Lewis-McCoy). The combination of factors leads to further implications in a student’s life on a social and mental level. Despite state intervention and efforts such as civil cases, racial inequity causes an imbalance in the American school system because not all students are able to achieve the same level of academia with the resources provided, and shows that reconstruction through incentives is necessary. Initially, segregation based on r ace was seen as a societal normality in the history of the United States of America. Because of this, academic institutions followed suit and saw no problem in racial segregation, which led to disparities in education among different races. Eventually, situations would come to challenge the social confines of segregation and how it affected everyday life. The landmark case of Brown v. 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