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A particularly cheap white wine (Wise)

"White students are twice as likely as their african american or latino counterparts to be taught by the most highly qualified teachers and half as likely to have least qualified instructors in class." 

            I found this quote to be ridiculous, the way the quote sounds makes it seem as though whites have more qualified instructors because they are white. While this may be true in some cases there are probably cases in which black students have more qualified instructors. It seems as though the correlation between poor environments and black people living there is what  allows for the accuracy of this quote, therefore this would change the very approach the author is trying to make. If the statement read:  wealthier people have a greater chance to be taught by higher qualified students than the poor then this would not be associated to race but social status and the correlation between race and social wealth. In this case a few more issues arise, why do students with less wealth obtain lesser education, and how are there teachers coming out of college that are less qualified than the next. Lastly, where is the data being used by the author to make these statements?

“Special efforts to provide access and opportunity to such persons should be made not because they are black, per se, or Latino or whatever; but because to be a person of color has meant something in this country.”

This really is a great counter-argument to the idea that it is unfair for people of minority to have greater chances than whites in certain aspects. The author is right, color means a lot more in this country than some others and the negative connotations and inequalities sometimes in place should be countered by helping those of minority to overcome racial injustices in society. However maybe this boost given to some minorities doesn’t encourage equality but inequality by allowing help to very certain individuals, however it may also promote equality by allowing minorities with any disadvantage or just in general to be at the same level as the majority. I do not disagree with this statement however I wish the mind set was that color no longer held any inequalities and that our country, the country of freedom and tolerance would be better and stronger than our ancestors country.

“As for racism, it is typically defined in two ways, both as ideology and practice.”

The quote goes on to define both of these different categories, ideology racism as being a sense of inherent superiority while institutionally, racism effects policies, practices or procedures that cause inequality between races.

This quote definitely categorizes some of the ideas of racism that are present in both an ideological as well as institutional sense, however I do not think this completely sums up racism. Racism is ignorance, complete ignorance. Many people form uneducated opinions about other races, these ideas are not only in the United States it is present across the world.  I feel as though racism within political policies has greatly decreased over the years. In many cases minorities are given extra support in college or employment opportunities.