Black Children having less access to education
Chris Rock on having to be bussed to school in a white neighborhood (First 1:30 seconds, NSFW)()
Public Vs. Private School
History of topic
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Many black families have lower incomes, resulting in them residing in more impoverished neighborhoods, which correlates to their children attending less prestigious schools.
"Black kids are four times more likely to attend high poverty schools than a low poverty school, and over six times more likely than white students to attend a high poverty school"
Brown Vs. Board of Education
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Like Chris Rock explains in his routine, black children and black families are more likely to live in impoverished neighborhoods.
Being bussed to white schools
An unfortunate cycle
When non-white students are put in these unfortunate situations, of living in poverty, they are more commonly sent to schools that provide them with a worse education. This is because those children are sent to the schools that their neighborhood is zoned in. Another problem is that these schools have less money, due to a large majority of the schools cash needing to come from taxation of the districts residents. These residents are likely living in poverty if they are living in these districs, and therefore the school receives less funding from parents with less income.
Although not very common, there are situations where an overcrowded school leads to black children being bussed to "white schools"
In 1954, the Supreme Court voted to end segregation of schools. However, this did not lead to schools becoming completely equal.
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According to an article from USA Today, segregation in schools is still getting worse. Even though it is not enforced by law, it is still happening
Chris Rock explains in his joke, that he was an example of black children being left to deal with bad schooling due to his living arrangement.
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"Private schools are more likely than public schools to be virtually all-white, defined as a school where 90 percent or more of students are white."
Black and Latino children are seen to be in public schools more often than private schools, and are much less likely to have access to private schools than white students.
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Much of the segregation of schools was often a result of segregated housing. Due to segregated housing, schools zoned in certain housing districts meant for non-white citizens often provided a much worse education.
Although segregation of housing and schools was eventually ruled unconstitutional, this type of housing is still unfortunately a part of our society.
Many black or non-white folks are not provided with equal opportunities in school due to a lack of education as described in the top branch.
This can be a result of black people living in poverty due to, lack of job opportunity because of race, a lack of opportunity of jobs because of a worse education, along with many other variables.
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Duignan, Brian. “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Accessed October 14, 2019. https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-Topeka.