Race and Education
Race and education are two things that seem to have a very large affect on each other. Race affects education because it affects the way that children are taught and the material that they are taught. Education affects race by teaching children what is in the textbooks, and whether it is biased information or not. Ideally, race would not affect education at all, and likewise, education would not affect race. ... Mary Louis Pratt speaks about the different contact zones that exist in education. ... Hirsch, Pratt, and Hooks each have their own ideas about what would really improve the education system in America. Pratt and Hooks seem to be more focused on improving education for all cultures and America as a whole, while Hooks seems to be working more toward improving education for minorities. Pratt and Hirsch want to make education better for minorities, but they seem to be focused on the bigger picture of education as a whole. ... No matter what the ideas, Hirsch, Pratt, and Hooks all understand that there are problems with the contact zones, and race and education do affect each other. ... ” This is one way that education has an effect on race. ... If America were all one race it would be much easier to have a universally high level of literacy. Granted, there may be the same things taught in all schools, but race would still be something that would make that harder to achieve in America. ... Hirsch also talks about Martin Luther King speaking of a country where members of all races could sit at a table and talks as equals, and Thomas Jefferson speaking of a country not founded on race or class but personal merits. ... He seems to despise what he calls “cafeteria-style education,” which is what occurs when people graduate from the same schools but have studied different subjects. ... Pratt feels that the theory behind this type of education is that the schools can stay neutral on the content that they supply. ... Pratt sees the problem of race in school, as it would exist in a contact zone.