Racism at School
The universal problem that hurts societies in every country in the work place is also very evident in school. Some students get in trouble for virtually no reason, just a little suspicion a teacher has of their involvement. Some teachers have little patience with certain students because of their background.
At school, when certain problems arise and crimes are committed, specific groups of students are looked at right away. If there is a robbery at school, some teachers and other students will look at the black population of the school. The stereotype that black people are criminals and will steal items is as much alive in school as it is in the outside world. Sometimes when a teacher knows that he/she will be away the next day, he/she will tell the class and will give certain students a stare meaning you better behave yourself. Even if this student is the nicest person, if they are part of a minority group then they will most likely be targeted at least once throughout their school experience. One major way these students will be targeted will be through bullying. They will be picked on because of their colour, race, background, religion, etc. This bullying done by teachers and students may cause some psychological harm to the kids on the receiving end of it all. It will definitely cause emotional trauma. Also these kids will start to doubt themselves and have a very low self-esteem. They won’t think that they can do anything or achieve greatness. As a result, they might not try new things and this will hurt their chances of being anything in life. Not only will bullying lower their confidence, but it could lead to them lashing out and causing harm either to themselves, other students, or both. Racism at school is a serious matter because at school, kid’s minds are not fully developed so they do not always know that what they are doing is wrong and at the same time, the kids receiving it do not know how to let the words or gestures slide off their back.
-Robert Lanni-
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