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Should racism be discussed in school? - Coggle Diagram
Should racism be discussed in school?
Hook
People need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable when it comes to the topic of race.
What better place is there to discuss and be educated on racism than school?
History and Background
Rascism is the unfair treatment based on your skin colour, culture, and tradition. It has been seen in places like government when people of colour have been denied the right to vote, or they're vote and opinion has count as less than.
First Nations were forced out of their homes into residential schools. This is because they did things that the Europeans thought of as weird or different.
Black slavery started in 1619 and was abolished in America in 1865
Thesis
Racism should be discussed in school, because it can educate students , highlight stereotypes, and biases, and teach students about other people's culture.
Yes, I strongly believe that racism needs to be discussed in school.
Argument 1: Highlight stereotypes and biases
When it comes to job oppurtunities people of colour are often denied certain jobs because people assume they are less capable/less intelligence to ge the job done.
Dreadlocks and durags are often associated with gang activities.
We trust in the protection system to keep us safe. But police brutality is a common thing among coloured people. Where police assume we are doing something wrong and resort to violence. That's a bias and stereotype they have toward us.
Argument 2: Teach students about other people's culture.
Our hair type is seen as different. As it is kinky, but it being kinky isn't a bad thing. Having kinky hair allows us to have many different hair options like braids, afro, twists and more.
Often people think that "African food" is for everywhere in Africa. Actually different food is unique to different countries in Africa. Don't just assume the food is disgusting just because it is abnormal to you instead keep and open mind.
Durags are often stereotyped as someone being part of a gang. But their history is they are used to keep our hair mosturized.
Argument 3: Educate Students
Teaches students to have an open and kind mind when interacting with people who do not look like them.
Teaches students how to live in a multicultural society.
Their race does not immediatly make them better than someone else.
Specialized information
Racism is not something that ended when slavery did. It's something that still exists to this day.
On statistics Canada it is said that almost 50% of black people before and during the covid pandemic dealt with racism because of their skin colour, when it came to job oppurtunities, and school.
It's known that people of colour will more often than a white person get pulled over or attacked with police brutality in America