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 Prejudice
and Discrimination In Public Schools
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Fighting Prejudice in Public
Education
A parent
once asked us, "What justice
there was for minority children within the settings of
public education?" It brought the
question of racial prejudice within our public school
systems front and center.
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Is there prejudice in public education?
... yes.
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Are children suffering as a result of decisions
made by educators and administrators that protect
discriminatory practices and racial prejudices?
... yes.
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Are racial prejudices tolerated
within the student bodies on some public school
campuses?
... yes. |
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Do educators hold different
expectations for minority children?
... yes. |
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Are children denied access to advanced
or gifted placement classes based on racial biases?
... yes. |
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Can the battle against prejudice in
public education be successfully fought and won?
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Unfortunately, racial prejudices are as ingrained in
American society as apple pie and baseball, but so
is law, integrity, liability, responsibility, and
possibility. The key is learning how to make the law
work for you.
Federal
law prohibits discriminatory practices in our society, and
parents of children victimized have protection under law.
The US Department of Education's
Office of Civil Rights (OCR) exist to protect
children within the country's educational systems from
discriminatory practices (See OCR links below).
Deciding
to fight a school's discriminatory practices, or a single
teacher's obvious prejudice is not an easy choice.
Fighting any battle within today's public school systems
requires commitment, moral conviction and courage.
This page and it's links are designed to equip parents
with the information they need to fight discriminatory
battles
successfully.
(excerpt) OCR enforces several Federal civil
rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or
activities that receive Federal financial assistance from
the Department of Education. These laws prohibit
discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national
origin, sex, disability, and on the basis of age. These
laws extend to all state education agencies, elementary
and secondary school systems, colleges and universities,
vocational schools, proprietary schools, state vocational
rehabilitation agencies, libraries, and museums that
receive U.S. Department of Education funds. OCR also has
responsibilities under Title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (prohibiting disability
discrimination by public entities, whether or not they
receive federal financial assistance).
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