Monday, May 14, 2007

Has MLK's dream been realized?

In many ways, MLK's dream has been realized. Now, black enrollment school rate is higher or equal to whites in almost every age category. The percent of black high school graduates is almost equal to whites. The percent of black children ages 3- 5 who have basic kidergarten skills have grown drastically from 1993.
In other ways, MLK's dream has not been realized. With whites and blacks with the same degree, whites tend to make 10-50 thousnad more dollars. Blacks tend to drop out of high school a lot more. Blacks are enrolled in college around 10 percent less than whites. The gap between the amount of white degrees earned and black degrees earned is huge.
There are many things that can be done to improve education. Affirmative action could be used more often. High school drop out penalties could be used. If a company is seen to be paying blacks less, they leaders could be fired. These solutions, sadly, will not end the problems of racism in education.

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