Showdown! by Rob Kristofferson is a graphic history about the birth of modern unionism in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The focus is upon Hamilton, Ontario, a city heavily focused on industry. At the time, Hamilton was home to Westinghouse, Firestone, Stelco and more. At the beginning of the 1900’s, Canada was a land of opportunity, the home of many immigrants from Europe.
Book Critique Brining Adam Home Maria Colon Jones Criminal Justice 500 Liberty University Abstract Brining Adam Home is a national bestseller, written by novelist Les Standiford and retired Detective Sergeant Joe Matthews of the Miami Police Department. The author uses Sergeant Matthews’s firsthand experience and personal knowledge to give an account of the kidnapping and horrific death investigation of six year old Adam Walsh in the hands of notorious serial killer, Ottis Poole in 1981. This book is not only heartbreaking, and thrilling it can cause an emotional roller-coaster between anger, sorrow, and relief. Adam’s family was exposed to poor, mediocre police work and unprofessionalism by the lead Detective Jack Hoffman, who was so pig-headed that he failed to realize that sufficient evidence existed to make an arrest in Adam’s death. It took the dedication and persistence of Sergeant Joe Matthews to finally bring closer to a case that languished for 27 long years.
One of the most strived for things in life is academic excellence however the path to it is never easy. Author Thompson Ford’s article “How To Understand Acting White” outlines Stuart Bucks arguments about the irony of desegregation in education. A separate essay written by, Alfred Lubrano, “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts” has similar ironies about the average college student. If Ford was to read Lubrano’s essay, Ford would come to a more complex conclusion by incorporating arguments and concepts from Lubrano’s essay. Ford may utilize Lubrano’s essay to expand on certain concepts such as the proximity effect, socioeconomics, and the level of education in top tier schools to further explain the “acting white” phenomenon from his own article.
There reason why Clegg is not in the sources below is because, in Liptak's article, Liptak says that Clegg said, “The court’s decision leaves plenty of room for future challenges to racial preference policies at other schools. The struggle goes on.” That is the reason why you don't see his name in the sources. In this case, I believe I write (qtd in Liptak) instead of (qtd in Clegg) since it came from Liptak's article.
In the second chapter of the book, Whistling Vivaldi, the author, Claude M. Steele, makes a number of fair assessments on how people’s prejudices and preconceived notions can interfere with someone’s ability to live up to their full potential. Even those who don’t notices these preconceptions can be unintentionally placing them on others, unwittingly experiencing them, or both. There are several key points that Steele raises in his writings which reinforce the aforementioned thoughts, one being that the students are unconsciously aware of the biases they place on themselves, another element is that when students feel bigotry being placed upon them, they oftentimes underperform, and lastly the lack of balance which can be found in experiments.
Furthermore, Sam does not report any family history of mental health concerns. However, Sam reports he frequently experiences stereotype threat as an African American student attending a Predominately White Institution (PWI) and having met the academic standards and demands from his parents. For both reasons, Sam takes advantage of the resources and learning opportunities his current institutions offers to bolster his academic success. First, Sam utilizes the writing center, which assists with improving his academic and scientific writing skills. Also, he attends all study sessions related to his majors for additional opportunities to grasp concepts and application of the material taught in lecture.
They claim, “...students of color are showing that they feel disconnected from their respective schools, that implicit yet institutionalized racism creates emotional distance between them and their white peers and faculty. Being a black student on a predominantly white campus certainly, doesn’t guarantee that the student will develop mental-health issues. However, various studies suggest that perceived or actual discrimination can make it hard for students of color to engage with their campus in the way that their white peers do.” This explains how students sometimes feel like they don’t get enough support from their universities and this is dangerous because it can lead that student to drop out of school.
whereby, placing these White students in a place of racial dominance (Lopez, 1996) Therefore, White students often do not recognize the existence of White privilege because it is not something that can be seen. Critical Whiteness Theory Mistrust. One of the things that these White female novice teachers kept discussing throughout the entire interviews was the fact that the Black students exhibited great mistrust and suspicion towards them.
courses in college that have opened up my mind to the issue. The more information I learn about this issue, the more surprised I am that our society still exhibits bias, because as much as the United States preaches about equality, it appears as if society has segregation in minor ways. Although the debate between whether there are biased questions on the SATs or not seems to favor that there aren’t by popular opinions, there is still biased behavior occurring in school systems that prevent certain groups of students from getting the proper resources needed. Because I would like to work in an low-income area, which most likely would contain minorities, as a teacher I would make the effort to help those students get the sufficient help needed. This motivates me to become a part of the education field, because caring teachers are much needed in area like this.
Another thing that places students of color at a disadvantage in college admissions is the persisting cultural bias in high-stakes testing. “High-stakes” tests are those that are tied to major consequences, such as admission to college, or even high school graduation. Fair education reform advocates have long been citing an extensive record of standardized testing concerns, many of which relate to racial bias and discrimination. As researcher and author Harold Berlak explains in the journal Rethinking Education: Standardized testing perpetuates institutionalized racism and contributes to the achievement gap between whites and minorities. For instance, the deeply embedded stereotype that African Americans perform poorly on standardized tests
Delgado and Stefancic (2011) stated that Critical Race Theory explores how “race, racism, and power intersect to create different circumstances for people of color within society [...] and in postsecondary institutions” (as cited in Quaye, 2013, p. 172). Within the field of higher education, it is important for student affairs professionals to recognize how race permeates all aspects of an individual’s life to fully understand their students’ experiences. Unlike other student development theories, such as Baxter-Magolda’s (2008) self-authorship and Abes, Jones, and McEwen’s (2007) Model of Multiple Identities, CRT places race at the “center of the analysis and assumes that race is omnipresent” in an individual’s life (Quaye, 2013, p. 167).
Despite low ACT and SAT scores, black students who are unprepared scholastically are admitted into universities only to later struggle academically (Kahlenberg, 1996). Does it matter if
However, with diversity comes inequalities that people of color face throughout their lives. A particular issue in the United States, specifically in education, is unequal opportunities and treatment in regard to race. Research shows that students from single-parent black families had a high chance of dropping out and participating in illicit behavior (Hallinan 54). While the issue of race is a complicated issue to breach for
In reading Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, by Beverly Tatum, I have found myself identifying with the six steps which Helm’s believes to model the development of white racial identity, and realize I have yet to complete these steps. While I have not experienced exactly what Tatum says is included in each step, my experiences do closely mirror the steps which I have gone through. Most of my childhood can be described as white. I grew up in a small white town, went to a small white school, and have a small white family; for a while, I even lived in a small white house.
In “On the Bridge” by Todd Strasser, Adam and Seth are two kids trying to be cool. Adam is the kid that is doing bad things and lying to make him seem cool. Seth is the one hanging out with Adam and smoking and listening to Adam trying to be cool. Setting and theme were greatly impacted and it helps the reader understand the story and gain anticipation of upcoming events. Setting is the main part of the story.
