Thursday, December 10, 2009
Mistreatment in Education
Have any of you ever been scrutinized in a classroom because of a culture or race issue? I know this is a little different then most traditional blogs about disabilities and sports. But, in my Philosophy class we read a piece talking about consciousness racism and this campus strictly came to mind. I have never really experience multiracial classrooms until I came to college. Some students are targeted for certain questions,some who of which are of color. Many teachers/professors ask particular students of color questions that would be directed towards them. Do you think this is wrong? Or is it unintentional/intentional? I think that teachers are unaware that this is an issue. Teachers ask students for commentary during heated discussions but sometimes students are scared to speak out because of their race. I have been in a classroom and witnessed this fait. Sometimes students speak out against teachers and tell them what they want to hear. I hope students do not give into the racism provided by teachers and give them the satisfaction of asking them questions. Students have the right especially in the classroom to eithe answer or not answer a question. Hopefully professors learn to ask the whole group a question instead of singleing out one student. Teaches need to be aware of racism they might present in the classroom. Have you ever witnessed this or been apart of this before?
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It's ironic that you addressed this in your blog. I transferred to Cortland but I always felt like an outsider. Not because I am Black (or am I African-American this week?) but because I'm not from Long Island! A classroom should be a place where academic discussions can take place freely without so much emotion on the part of the professor AND the student. There's a learning value to having different races/religions/as well as sexual orientation within our environment. Unfortunately we don't "tap" our resources because of all the political correctness. If someone would rather not share their opinion and let a group of people run around ignorant to make assumptions...I hope they sleep well at night.
ReplyDeletehahah I completely agree! I am from Western New York the fingerlakes region and i feel that I dont fit in becasue Im not from the island! Good point!
ReplyDeleteas aly said i definitely agree with you that there is discrimination and although you said it doesnt really have a lot to do with sports and your topic and such but it really does because we are going to institutions who teach these kinds of things they make it seem ok that there is discrimination and although they say they are doing something about it, i think they can try harder. Good points and it does have to do with sports because sports are learned in institutions that teach this sort of thing as "normal" in society. But what really is normal?
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