Blog Post #4

When it comes to talking about intentional or unintentional racism between the student and the teacher, it is a pretty big problem to talk about. In schools, racism can be manifested into many forms, in a classroom it could be based on the interaction between the students and the teachers. Racism in a classroom can be shown in the disciplinary action taken by the head teacher in a dilemma. A white student could get punished much differently from a student of color. The teacher could give a student an unfair grade due to the students pigment. This isn't always the case but there have been situations that match the ones just listed. But it isn't only in the classroom where racism still happens; when using the term "Diverse", it means that everyone is able join in on the bigger picture, but still, not only does the classroom environment fail to see it but also the year curriculum. Out of all of my years of being a student, I read a small percentage of books written by someone of color. Most of the books I have read as a part of the English year curriculum have been by Caucasian authors. This clearly goes against the stretched out term "Diverse" that schools use. But a tactic that could work in our favor to raise awareness of the problem at hand is to teach kids at a younger age about cultures and races and as well as stereotypes. If taught at a younger age, they would have more time to gain the ability to be aware of it. they could gain the ability to pinpoint racist gestures. With more awareness of the issue, the more people will disagree with it and thee closer we will get to a solution. And especially in schools, since children are able to enroll in schools as early as 3-4 years old, so even toddlers can build the sense of racism within their interactions with the teachers and their peers.