Module Three Part III

 We read about the history of America and its schooling system in the past. We went through Brown V Board and what stemmed from that case. We read that black kids loved the experience they got from integrated schools because it allowed them to dream of possibilities they could never have imagined before this integration. We heard Kandice Summer talk about how she felt prestigious that she was able to attend a school that had her learning things that kids in her neighborhood were not learning. She felt light years ahead of kids her age because she was privileged with a higher education system. She does not agree with the disparity over the educational promised land, which she was privileged to, and then the other side of the fence which is basic public schooling. The documentary mentioned how schools today could be seen as way more segregated than they were in years past. Also in the documentary it was talked about how principals are not keeping their students in check and the school feeling like a “zoo.” The documentary mentioned how parents wanted to feel safe, that you (the student) felt safe. 

We talked as a group and the main difference we came away with was our visual representation. We thought the picture with Ruby Bridges being escorted out of school was a powerful picture that truly captured what schooling was like for a person of her skin color back in the day. The fact she was being escorted to and from a place that should be seen as a safe haven and a place younger kids enjoy to go to to be with their friends and do arts and crafts and what not is insane. Whereas today, a picture of a diverse lunch table is seen mostly everywhere in today's school system in Both public and catholic schools. 

I do not think separate but equal is a viable option in today's day in age. We have to learn to become familiar with all diversities and learn to grow with one another. When you get out into the real world and start to work, there is no “separate this person and this person” and all that nonsense. You will work with who ever, when ever, where ever. No questions asked. Why teach the younger generation anything different than this? Why not expose our young ones to as many different cultures as possible. The earlier they learn and become more familiar with other customs and courtesies, the earlier they adapt and become one with these other communities. 

I do not think this is a route we should pursue as a society. We should steer far, far away from this. We learn about Brown V Board in history class for a reason, do not repeat it. History was made to not run into the same incidents again. By exposing our younger generation to different cultures at a young age it gives them an experience they will use to their advantage forever. Learning about different holidays and celebrations for different cultures at such a young age is a privilege. Keep our kids together and with one another forever.