School Segregation: A Sociological Perspective Analytical Essay by Master Researcher

School Segregation: A Sociological Perspective
An analysis of school segregation today from a sociological perspective.
# 35944 | 650 words | 4 sources | MLA | 2002 | US
Published on Oct 23, 2003 in Sociology (General) , Education (General)


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This paper presents the thesis that school segregation today is due to the racial and social division within the societal classes that reduce the social mobility and create an inequality in wealth based on the ideology of capitalism. The paper explains how residential segregation, high rates of black poverty, and the treatment of school district boundaries as borders combine to produce systemic racial disadvantage, which reduces the chance of social mobility and causes school segregation today.

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From the Paper:

"Emile Durkheim believed that the change in labor from traditional society to modern society was the cause for social change. In traditional societies everyone did basically the same type of work, and this bonded everyone because of the similarities. In modern societies everyone has specialized work that is distinct from others. Their bond is formed by the reliance on others' work. Thus, when the slaves were freed the society began to progress. This progress caused the black children to join the mainstream education that had hitherto been the domain of the whites causing the whites to exhibit a conflict. Thus, segregation came about. In the US society segregation came about when the agricultural society began to become technological and social change occurred. This change created a concept of 'equality' that was somewhat biased but as time passed on immigration caused the minority groups to demand gratification. This was seen as laws for segregation gave way to desegregation.
"It's been 34 years since the Supreme Court ordered U. S-schools desegregated in the case of Brown v. Board of education. So why is there still school segregation in 1998? And how do the schools attended by students of color compare to the ones white kids go to? Taking into consideration Karl Marx's theory on social conflict we see that society is based on inequality. Capitalism he suggested promoted the minority groups to be effected adversely."

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