Summary Of Our 21st-Century Segregation

David Brooks, who is a successful journalist, columnist, and self - described “comic sociologist” at The New York Times, communicates the dilemma of diversification in his expository essay “People Like Us”. Brooks thinks that people should encourage the diverse community to perceive and esteem each other 's different reflection in America. David Brooks demonstrates why all different kinds of humans are attracted to identical and similar races, ethnicities, religions, beliefs, political values, and classes in his essay based on typical examples surrounding us. In other words, Brooks argues all kinds of humans are most comfortable and pleasant living and working with people who share the same values and ideas. Brooks’ convincible thoughts

For my Argumentative Essay “Modern Day Re-Segregation in Today’s Schools”, I will be addressing Professor Kelly Bradford and my fellow students of Ivy Tech online English Composition 111-54H. As I chose Martin Luther King’s “Letter from A Birmingham Jail” as my core reading topic, I have gained an interest in not only the fight for civil rights that Mr. King lead in the 1950’s but have gotten interested in how there is still a large gap in equality in education due to the current situation of not only educational segregation but social and economic segregation. Through my research I have discovered that not only segregation in the schools is on the rise, but that socioeconomic segregation exists and is fueling the decrease in academic success by impoverished students. Through my writing I want to demonstrate that the socioeconomic isolation and segregation not only affects those that are directly bound by it, but that it affects every American in some form or other. I am submitting my writing as a formal academic manuscript.

The essay “Still Separate, Still Unequal”, written by Jonathan Kozol, discusses the actuality of intercity public school systems, and the isolation and segregation of inequality that students must be subjected to in order to receive an education. Jonathan Kozol illustrates the grim reality of the inequality that African American and Hispanic children face within todays public education system. In this essay, Kozol shows the reader, with alarming statistics and percentages, just how segregated Americas urban schools have become. He also brings light to the fact that suburban schools, with predominantly white students, are given far better funding and a much higher quality education, than the poverty stricken schools of the urban neighborhoods. Jonathan Kozol brings our attention to the obvious growing trend of racial segregation within America’s urban and inner city schools. He creates logical support by providing frightening statistics to his claims stemming from his research and observations of different school environments. He also provides emotional support by sharing the stories and experiences of the teachers and students. His credibility is established by the author of Rereading America by providing us with his collegiate background. This is also created from his continual involvement with isolated and segregated educational school systems and keeps tone sincerity throughout his essay. Within the essay, Still Separate, Still Unequal, Jonathan Kozol’s argument is

In the week's reading it offered a unique perspective education of segregated school by the percentage of black and hispanic students. The arguments that can be mafe about the myth of educations and empowerment in the reading "Still Separate, Still Unequal" by Jonathan Kozol, is still being affected by funds. The author speaks about statistics present the overpopulated schools are filled with minorities. "Whether the issue is inequity alone or deepening resegregation or the labyrinthine intertwining of the two, it is well past the time for us to start the work that it will take to change this." "We do not have the things you have," Alliyah told me when she wrote to ask if I would come and visit her school in the South Bronx. "Can you help us?"

People may have different views about foods depending on their cultural background. Providing range of familiar foods can help make individual feel at home, safe and welcomed.

The two articles “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and “Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” are about how race and education can effect one another. Both articles mention the different effects age can have on education. They both include numerous examples of different types of situations that students in America face in school. They both state that black students and white students do not experience school the same way. Though both articles have many things in common, they are vastly different.

After reading the text I decided to analyze Still Separate, Still Unequal by Johnathan Kozol. His call to action at the end of the article drives his point: just because we have laws set that says we are no longer segregated and that we should all be treated equally, does not mean that it is true. Different cultures are still treated unequally as proven by Kozol’s research into schooling in lower income areas. He trys to prove that even though Americans do not forcefully separate blacks and whites anymore, they get separated on their own. They get separated by class and location leaving schools with majority of Hispanics and blacks and sometimes only one percent white. Kozol wants the change that Brown v. Board of Education started.

The history of our culture has said it is okay to separate individuals based on the color of their skin. However, not all believed that segregation was right when it came to the education system. When the time came to Desegreted School it was meet by resistant, but the effects of this historical movement can still be seen in the 21st century.

Martin Luther once said, “When schools flourish, all flourishes.” Schools are the institutions where students’ foundations for lifelong success are built. One would think, or at least hope, that sixty years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, all schools in America would be flourishing or near flourishing. How wonderful would it be, if politicians and other people in power realized how true Martin Luther’s words were. Unfortunately, this is not the case. As Jonathan Kozol explicitly depicts in his 1991 novel, Savage Inequalities, inequality in American public schools still exists despite segregation being outlawed. Even though this book was written twenty-five years ago, it still applies to this day. There are many schools in America that are still segregated, and the complete opposite of flourishing. This is due to one main reason: inadequate funding. There is a tremendous amount of inequality in funding between the poor, city schools, and the affluent, suburban schools. Kozol explores these various schools in his novel, and demonstrates how by underfunding schools that are in dire need of funds, we are essentially setting up our future generations for failure. We are inhibiting them from reaching their potentials and showcasing their talents. We ourselves are ripping their chances of a bright future out of their hands. We are allowing our society to believe segregation in schools is ok.

Linda Barry’s “The Sanctuary of School” explains in great detail of how the education system works today. Barry believes

Food wise you eat your biscuits, ribs, donuts, pie, anything fried, grits, hamburgers and hotdogs and bacon at any place that offers it. My views are obviously biased to the South, so eating lunch at my Mamaw’s every Sunday afternoon has an effect on my preference. I believe that in order to be American, you must eat your ham with a side of mashed potatoes. Others may think it is being man enough to try the hottest possible sauce at Buffalo Wild Wings. Either way, your choice of food proves to be a part of where you are from.

Arab culture is emphasizing good health, especially through personal hygiene practices and a healthy diet ("The Middle Eastern Community", n. d.). Irish culture also gives importance to balanced diet and emphasizes to avoid unhealthy “fast foods”.

Growing up Ethiopian, food has always been a focal point in my life, the dinner table being the heart of the home. For me, food is a magnet that brings together friends and family from around the world: it has been an element of my life that has motivated me to spread my values of generosity and compassion.

Food was, and remains, an integral part of Middle Eastern culture: it forms a basis for connections with other cultures and the spread of knowledge, provides a way to show generosity, and serves as a reason for interaction and discussion with other local people.

When someone says New York, most people visualize tall, glimmering skyscrapers on grid-like blocks, surrounded by buildings for business, filled with millions of working people, walking and shuffling about, over the noise of yellow taxi cabs and MTA city buses driving down the urban streets lined with stores and shops on every corner. Most people visualize this mass of land topped with buildings, streets, cars, people, which at night, appear to be illuminated by specs of light from the vastest array of shades of red, yellow, orange, and white light. Each spec of light could almost represent each of the eight million people living in this city. Everyone is a different shade and color, all different. Like the people residing in it, the neighborhoods of New York City are also all a different shade and color. The image most people visualize when they hear the words “New York City” is not similar to the many neighborhoods that inhabit this city. One of these particular neighborhoods is the one I currently reside in, Ridgewood, which lies on the border of two of the city’s five unique boroughs, Queens and Brooklyn. The typical stereotypical visualized image of New York City is not similar at all to this area.