{"id":1525,"date":"2017-11-29T17:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/introamgov-mcgowen\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2017-11-29T17:01:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:01:01","slug":"classes-for-the-second-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/introamgov-mcgowen\/2017\/11\/29\/classes-for-the-second-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Classes for the Second Class?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education is a right in the United States, enough to the point where grade school attendance is compulsory. However, similar to the right to vote, it is a right that has historically be taken away from certain groups of people, and one that still continues to be taken away. At one point in the history of the United States, black people and others of color, could not got to school with white students. We would like to believe that this was all over in 1954 at the ruling of <\/span>Brown v. Board of Education<\/span><\/i>, where the United States Supreme Court ruled that the decision by states to segregate student in \u201cseparate but equal\u201d institutions was not constitutional. But unfortunately there are still ways to suppress people, even in the educational system. Time and time again, the lower performing schools across the country seems to be those that have more students of minority backgrounds and lower family income. While there is no laws that explicitly allow for this discrimination, there are plenty of ways that people will skirt around existing laws to meet their goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just like gerrymandering with voting, there are other laws and actions that negatively affect the ability for people in inner cities to succeed in receiving an education. Take current immigration laws when it comes to college education. While undocumented people can apply, they are prevented from receiving federal and institutional aid in their pursuit of a college education. This makes the dream of education very difficult for many to achieve since many are unable to pay for their education.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New York Immigration Coalition – Can I apply for college?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The argument could be made that these people are still allowed to go to college, since they are not specifically prohibited from doing so, but when so many \u00a0are so close to the poverty line, it becomes apparent that even if they get admitted to a university, they will still not have any aid that they may have had to rely on. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Even now there are rumours stirring in the political area of the Department of Justice, headed by Jeff Sessions, are poised to take a stance against Affirmative Action, something that was originally proposed to make it easier for minorities to be able to go to schools of higher education. Starting with an investigation at <\/span>Harvard<\/span><\/a>, there is now a belief that the Department of Justice may seek to ban Affirmative Action, potentially making it harder for people of color to get into college.<\/span><\/p>\n

When segregation was abolished, everyone knew that there was still a long way to go before true equality could be achieved in the United States. It has been over 60 years since the ruling on <\/span>Brown v. Board of Education<\/span><\/i>, and it seems that the struggle for something as simple as education is still there. Harder still for people who may have come to this country in search of a better life, and the opportunity to succeed. When people talk about systematic oppression, it is examples such as this one, that continue to treat some people as second class citizens, or not even as citizens at all, that they speak about and demand change for.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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