Brown vs. Board

Extended comments: Jess's blog

Jess's blog really stood out to me on the Brown vs. Board education so I want to continue with her thoughts. The connection she made with Wise and Johnson stood out to me the most. Jess quoted Johnson with "a trouble we can't talk about is a trouble we can't do anything about" If it wasn’t for the Brown vs. Board of education and the NAACP we might still be in the predicament of colored segregation. It takes a lot more bravery and effort to put action towards this than to just casually discuss it with someone. If you can't bring something up you won’t be able to fix the problem at hand and without having supporters your case will surely lose. After a long battle the case was finally dismissed and ruled in the favor that children on color should not be segregated in school systems.

Here are the questions and answers Jess provided:

Have you experienced any evidence of Kozol's/Herbert's articles in your service learning school? 

I definitely have experienced this in my school. The school I work at is so run down and most of the children get free lunch and snacks provided by the school. When I look at the difference between the school that the children I babysit for and then the children at my school it is completely different. Although the kids I babysit for pay tuition which i find extremely unnecessary for a 4 and 6 year old there are such a variety of things offered for them than there is for the children at the school I work with.

Do you think there is still racism? Are things any better at all?

I absolutely think there is still racism but it is more "hush hush" now than ever. People will use other excuses like the lack of money or education someone has but we all know they say it because they are from a different racial background.

What shocked you in regards to this assignment?

I can't say that anything really shocked me with this assignment but it's sad that the world was so close minded back then. I definitely believe it got better but there will always be racism as long as it’s being taught.