HIST 4061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Roger Wilkins, Democratic Education, Class Discrimination
13 Aug 2016
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Roger wilkins went to school in michigan with whites, he benefited from stereotypes because he surpassed what his teachers expected of him: he learnt that whites were not a master race and devilish but they were ordinary. Racist beliefs must be thought of again or it will never get better. Essay investigates the effect that public schooling as on the education of african americans and argues for the implementation of african-centered curriculum and instruction for african. Culturally deprived education has served to perpetuate the oppression of black students. Mono-cultural theory has contributed to the proliferation and maintenance of racism and oppression of a. a. students in public education. 2 ways in which american public education functions as an oppressor of a. a. students: 1: promoting assimilation and melting-pot values, 2: the annihilation of social justice by providing students with unequal educational opportunities, especially unequal educational outcomes.
