ERIC Digest Series, Number EA 49. Racism in America's Schools. ERIC Digest Series, Number EA 49.
Whites know more, have more, and get more.
American children of color do not have to contend with apartheid, but they still do not live in a prejudice-free society. A quarter century of desegregation has not yet solved the self-deprecation, low levels of educational performance, or overall quality of life for America's people of color. Racism in any measure undermines children's self-esteem and erodes the educational process. As children grow up racist, the schools still have a chance to reeducate them. Some exemplary schools are training students to create a climate of antiracist peer pressure.