I want to first off start by saying how Brown vs. Board of
Education is one of my favorite court cases of all times. This case was a huge turning point in our
countries history.
Like Tim Wise said in his interview, racism is still
apparent in the society we live in today but it is not as bad as it once
was. Tim Wise explains that there are
two types of racism. Racism 1.0 was
defeated. Racism 1.0 was stereotypes and
discrimination. Racism 2.0 was called
exceptionism. It considers people not
being racist if u didn’t vote for Obama.
The election of Obama has made a big change in our modern day society
like Brown vs. Board of Education.
Neither one of these events 100% took away the problem about racism, but
they both have help take a giant step towards it. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court made the
decision to allow African Americans and Whites to have equal
opportunities. From this court case,
whites and blacks were now able to attend the same schools. In Bob Herberts article, he states that
“Schools are no longer legally segregated, but because of residential patterns,
housing discrimination, economic disparities and long-held custom, they most emphatically
are in reality.” (pg. 2) This is sadly
so true. We had people fight so hard to
have equal schools when in reality we don’t.
Like Wise said, Herbert agrees that the election of Obama hasn’t made
anything easier for anyone. School
districts have been trying to come up with ways to pass this segregation
problem.
Some have established specialized,
high-achieving magnet schools in high-poverty neighborhoods, which have had
some success in attracting middle class students. Some middle-class schools have been willing
to accept transfers of low-income students when those transfers are accompanied
by addition resurces that benefit all of the students in the school. (pg. 3)
I think this is a great idea. I think in places with poverty we should try
to mix students of different finical backgrounds together.
The idea of racism will take years and years to fully go
away. We as Americans just have to keep
trying our best to help move the process of getting that done.