Overcoming Obstacles (Feb 11)

In this reading they discuss how racism and discrimination in schools has created a negative influence on African American people when it comes to school and jobs. Fordham thinks to do well in a dominant society African Americans must break away from their culture. Other people disagree with Fordham. Some people think that African American's have responded well to racism and discrimination. They say that it has help with with their academics. A study by Benjamin, Edwards and polite show that many African American's that are aware of different kinds of racism has helped them succeed in many areas. Another study that was done shows that a variety of awareness about racism still exists among African American people. The information from this study also shows that more information and more African American adolescents are needed to understand more about this topic.

I think that it is a shame that people still feel discriminated against. A lot has changed through the years. I am always shocked to hear about racism issues. I am not around it, but if I ever come across it I am in complete shock. I hope African American people work hard to not let racism bring them down.