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Racism in Higher Education This kind of hatred is not peculiar to the colleges alone. Many teenagers who are either in the hate groups or have a lack of faith in equality are made this way through their high schools. Many high schools are all black or all white and influence the way that teens think. The all black schools even resemble the schools of old. They have minimal funding and substandard equipment. They are always in the worst neighborhoods and are filled with drugs and violence. In all white schools, on the other hand, students are not accustomed to being around blacks. This might be one of the reasons black and whites do not mix well in colleges. In 1994, a principal from an Alabama high school opposed interracial couples’ attending his school’s prom. The students and parents protested, saying that the kids had the right to take whoever they wanted to prom. Although he was fired as principal, his ideas have left their mark, that students should stay away from other races. He probably isn’t the only principal or authority figure that thinks this way. When students learn this behavior from high school and their parents they take it on to college with them. When these diverse backgrounds get mixed together in college, many confrontations occur.
Approximate Word count = 862
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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