Finding Justice

Finding Justice
Since the establishment of the United States of America, there have always been problems with racial discrimination. Through slavery, segregated schools, the Civil Rights Act, and still today, ethnicity has been an issue in American society. One place in particular that race has played a role in is education. From elementary schooling to college, skin color affects their treatment in school and the academic future of the student. In “Models of American Ethnic Relations: A Historical Perspective” by George M. Fredrickson, the issue of race is discussed as well as the role it has played in America. Also, Gus Van Sans’s movie, Finding Forrester, sets a scene of a teenage boy trying to make a place for himself in private school where he is coldly accepted by some because of his ethnic background. Although it is slowly becoming less of an issue, race plays an important part in the education system. These pieces are a response to the atrocity of racial discrimi...