racial tension in the United States today. Nine out of ten people in society today believe

that racism does exist and is something that affects millions of people everyday. There is

not much arguing that can done with a statistic like that. What is it that causes so many

problems between each other? Is it that we are afraid of the unknown? Whatever the cause

is, we have been trying to fix the problem for many years now. Since racism is learned and

not genetic, it is something that needs to be taken care of in school starting from the

young children. In Brown v. Board of Education, the whole issue was that schools could

be segregated only if they were "equal? This was decided by the case of Plessy v

Ferguson. Schools in the South were not equal so Brown v. Board of Education was filed.

Supreme Court Judge Earl Warren decide with the rest of the Supreme Court that

segregated schools were in fact unlawful. Schools went through drastic changes but some

schools didn't like the idea. Schools in Prince Edward County had closed due to the ruling

and children in the county lost out on their education. This had caused some racism to

not Affirmative Action, or bussing kids around the different schools, but instead it is

evil, that child will grow up believing his or her race is better than other races. Children

Students could learn about black history all year around, and not just condensed into one

are headed on a road to nowhere. Racism is not something that will just disappear. But it

classrooms, cafeterias, and hallways. There are many programs aimed at stopping racism

and their positive contributions to life, and not just focusing on one group. Curriculum

but teachers and socialization programs cannot sway the racism out of the children's

problem. Racism is like a cancer, if it is caught early enough it could be treated but if it is

were walking down the street and a black kid, no less than ten years old walked by, and

education and starts with the young generation. The first thing that needs to be done is to

his latest ignorant remark. I asked my friend if he ever needed a liver transplant and that

grows up in a racist household, he or she more than likely will take the traits of his or her

school programs won't be of any value. Not all children will fall into the category that my

taught me different. My parents taught me not to judge people by their skin. As time

friend but on the other hand I was getting worried for him. I was worried that he would

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