Chapter 7

After reading this chapter, I was a bit shocked. Especially the part of Deculturalization. I felt this was in appropriate and would like to see what others felt in class about this.I am very proud and enjoyed reading about how the percentage of African American literacy  has risen over the last 90 years. We have come along way.Two conflicting attitudes toward educating immigrant children arose in the early 1900’s. Most farmers did not want immigrant children to be educated because these children would not then be available to workP eople from Korea, China, Cambodia, Indonesia and India, in the 1900’s, the term “Mongolian” was used to refer these people. The Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of the equal protection of the law to all citizens also created the right to equal educational opportunities. Initially, freed slaves led the drive to establish schools during and after the Civil War. Puerto Rico became a colony of the United States in 1889 at the end of the Spanish-American war. In 1917, the Jones Act granted American citizenship to Puerto Ricans and obligated them to serve in the US army, but denied them the right to vote. In 1863, the literacy rate among African Americans was 7%. Within ninety years, it jumped to 90%. Actually I feel the discrimination part still exists these days and it is a bit disturbing. In Fact, I was watching Cooper 360i on CNN and they were showing how little kids still point as the “darker children “ to be less smart. This was extremely shocking to me. After reading this chapter , I feel like even though we have come a long way, discrimination still does exist. So what my question is now is that are  the educational experiences of African Americans , Asian Americans, Mexicans similar? Or are they judged differently? Are there stereotypes? I am judged often.  For example , I get this one a lot” You are brown, u must be good in math” .  Also I am also wondering what can we do to make everyone feel comfortable and equal?