Higher Education, and American Society

After thoroughly reading Race, Higher Education, and American Society, I felt genuinely enlightened. As cliche as that sounds, the clause left me with a better understanding of what causes our fraternity to function worry it does. But on a deeper level I felt clean ashamed of the extreme close-mindedness that seems to run rampant through out our nation. The argument that stood out the most, and was the most interesting to me was The conclusion of most of us is that race does non exist as a biological phenomenon. ut rather that it is kindly and culturally constructed (pg, 216).I wholeheartedly agree and support this argument, its not that society finds the different pigment of 1s skin taboo, only more(prenominal) the various stereotypes one is in a sense branded with by society. The author afterward explains that for the most part this form of discrimination is somewhat subliminal, in that no one would deliberately admit to it. Moses goes into deeper analysis by saying that s tereotypes be based upon people associating original innate characteristics to specific groups of people.Furthermore I share the feeling of the author of how sad it is that we live in a society that is so preconditioned to the idea of fixed racial categories. Ive sight a pattern in history that makes up our country, it is riddled with persecution, but despite this it seems weve learned nothing. I find it embarrassing that we could once be so ignorant to think that fellow human beings could be humble based solely on the color of their skin and the location in which they reside.Although this was not mentioned in the article nor have I read it anyplace else, my hypothesis would be that darker skin pigments are a dominant evolutionary trait. For those that live close to and around the equator the darker skin is a defense to continuous exposure to a sun that is in a sense enveloping(prenominal) than it is in the northern hemisphere. The best evidence in support of the supra mention ed argument provided within in the article is early and extremely established belief that some people cannot learn.What this is saying essentially is certain minorities have inferior brain capacity and therefore cant be taught. This apprehension itself was most easily seen in our own Constitution, being that people of color, paltry white men, and women were not considered to be citizens. Even close to two atomic number 6 years later, there was quiesce virtually no educational and social mobility for minorities. Its that sad cliche of the rich get richer while the poor rest poor. The author also explains how certain elements perpetuate the homogenization of elect universities, such as grades and test scores constitute merit (pg. 17).This in addition to the endless cycle that makes up inner-city education the schools lack resources and the need to prepare these children, giving them a disadvantage when taking standardized tests and more specifically when trying to be admitted i nto a institution of higher learning. In conclusion, it is evident from the information within this article that stereotypes and racism are still found in America, and those who perpetuate them by encouraging homo-geniousness are unless trying to keep the rich rich.