Minority Education
Perhaps first, before looking at the issue of differential educationand 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 eachgroup had its own reason for coming - perhaps they came to avoid religiouspersecution or poverty in their homeland, or perhaps they cameinvoluntarily through slavery (Excerpted from a nice discussion to be foundhttp://www.geokey.de/jobusa/hinweise.landeskunde.ethnic_and_racial_minoritie Due to this diversity of people, it is often said that America is thegreat "melting pot" where personal freedom and equality of opportunity areguaranteed regardless of race, colour or creed (Excerpted from a nicehttp://www.geokey.de/jobusa/hinweise.landeskunde.ethnic_and_racial_minoritie Since World War II, making this vision of a harmonious multiracialsociety into a reality has become a key public issue, backed by racialdiscrimination laws and Affirmative Action programs; however, attitudes ofindividuals vary from the liberal to the antagonistic, depending on area,
It is well-known that 'minority' children, and adolescents do notreceive equal access to education as white Americans, especially regardingaccess to higher education, as often people from 'minorities' are poor, andcannot afford the high cost of education. Today, one-third of all public school students come from communities ofcolor, and each year the nation's classrooms become more diverse (Bradshaw,2002). This century has seen two important migrations of blacks - one tothe North, which began in 1915, and one to the Western states which beganin 1940: both were caused by a World War and focused on the search for jobs(Excerpted from a nice discussion to be found athttp://www. The US has a troubled history of racerelations, with race riots continuing in some parts of the US to thepresent day. It is no secret that the face of American education is changing. 000 Amish living in Ohio,Indiana, Pennsylvania and other states (Excerpted from a nice discussion tobe found athttp://www.
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