Minority Education

             Perhaps first, before looking at the issue of differential education
             and opportunities, for minority students, we should look at what the term
             racial and ethnic minorities' means in a US setting.
             Many different peoples have settled in the United States, and each
             group had its own reason for coming - perhaps they came to avoid religious
             persecution or poverty in their homeland, or perhaps they came
             involuntarily through slavery (Excerpted from a nice discussion to be found
             http://www.geokey.de/jobusa/hinweise.landeskunde.ethnic_and_racial_minoritie
             Due to this diversity of people, it is often said that America is the
             great "melting pot" where personal freedom and equality of opportunity are
             guaranteed regardless of race, colour or creed (Excerpted from a nice
             http://www.geokey.de/jobusa/hinweise.landeskunde.ethnic_and_racial_minoritie
             Since World War II, making this vision of a harmonious multiracial
             society into a reality has become a key public issue, backed by racial
             discrimination laws and Affirmative Action programs; however, attitudes of
             individuals vary from the liberal to the antagonistic, depending on area,
             upbringing and education, and America still has a very long way to go in
             the fight against prejudice and racism (Excerpted from a nice discussion to
             http://www.geokey.de/jobusa/hinweise.landeskunde.ethnic_and_racial_minoritie
             What are ethnic minorities'' Ethnic minorities differ in some
             cultural respect, for example, language, religion or customs from the
             majority group (Excerpted from a nice discussion to be found at
             http://www.geokey.de/jobusa/hinweise.landeskunde.ethnic_and_racial_minoritie
             Examples of cultural differences include language - every European
             country is represented in the population of the US, and 1 in 10 Americans
             speak a language other than English at home: Swedes, Germans, etc. may
             still be identified by their mothe...

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