Higher Education, and American Society

After thoroughly reading Race, Higher Education, and American Society, I felt genuinely enlightened. As cliche as that sounds, the name left me with a better understanding of what causes our corporation to function standardised it does. But on a deeper level I felt reasonably ashamed of the extreme close-mindedness that seems to run rampant through go forth our nation. The argument that stood out the most, and was the most interesting to me was The conclusion of most of us is that race does not exist as a biological phenomenon. ut rather that it is companionablely and culturally constructed (pg, 216).I wholeheartedly agree and support this argument, its not that society finds the different pigment of superstars skin taboo, save more than the various stereotypes one is in a sense branded with by society. The author by and by explains that for the most part this form of discrimination is somewhat subliminal, in that no one would deliberately admit to it. Moses goes into deeper analysis by saying that stereotypes are based upon people associating current innate characteristics to specific groups of people.Furthermore I share the feeling of the author of how sad it is that we live in a society that is so preconditioned to the idea of fixed racial categories. Ive sight a pattern in history that makes up our country, it is riddled with persecution, but despite this it seems weve learned nothing. I find it embarrassing that we could once be so ignorant to think that fellow human beings could be subscript based solely on the color of their skin and the location in which they reside.Although this was not mentioned in the article nor have I read it anywhere else, my hypothesis would be that darker skin pigments are a dominant evolutionary trait. For those that live close to and around the equator the darker skin is a defense to never-ending exposure to a sun that is in a sense walking(prenominal) than it is in the northern hemisphere. The best evidence in support of the supra mentioned argument provided within in the article is early and extremely conventional belief that some people cannot learn.What this is saying essentially is certain minorities have inferior brain capacity and therefore cant be taught. This supposition itself was most easily seen in our own Constitution, being that people of color, shortsighted white men, and women were not considered to be citizens. Even close to two ampere-second years later, there was mum virtually no educational and social mobility for minorities. Its that sad cliche of the rich get richer while the poor abide poor. The author also explains how certain elements perpetuate the homogenization of elite group universities, such as grades and test scores constitute merit (pg. 17).This in addition to the endless cycle that makes up inner-city education the schools lack resources and the proneness to prepare these children, giving them a disadvantage when taking standardized tests and more s pecifically when trying to be admitted into a institution of higher learning. In conclusion, it is evident from the information within this article that stereotypes and racism are still found in America, and those who perpetuate them by encouraging homo-geniousness are notwithstanding trying to keep the rich rich.