Equal rights in our Society
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Aid should be given to programs such as the ones discussed in Kozol's Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools, but they should not be given based solely on race or ethnicity, such as the one used in the University of Michigan Supreme Court case. Many minorities believe that they should all be equal. If minorities wanted to be equal, they should not have to be given twenty extra points to be accepted into an institution, as was in the University of Michigan case. They should all be given an equal and fair chance to be able to get accepted with the majority.
Financial aid and support should be given to these schools to help benefit the students' needs, but it should not be given to them because of their ethnicity. Race should not be a factor when economic and social problems are to be solved. In Kozol's essay, he shows that there are unmistakable differences between school allocations as well as the school themselves in urban and suburban America. He also shows how this matter affects the attitude and opinions of the children that have no choice but to reside and be educated in these destitute conditions. Throughout this essay, he describes the conditions in several cities: crumbling school buildings, teachers who do not care about the students, astronomical dropout rates, terrible environments, and much more. Kozol expresses that the leading problem in the school system is the condition of these neglected schools, and that this constitutes a social problem...