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sabrina
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Ignorance leads to racism. Most people are racist cause they were bred into it or they are unecduacated. When you are uneduacated it is easy to create stereotypes and other illogical ideas

She mentions that racsim is a product of undereducation, I can't help but think, America has possibley the best public schools in the world... so should I conclude that Americans are less likley to be racsit then say , some one from a nation that does not value education.

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Answer 1

Sabrina has been a good student as she parrots well what she has been taught. Wait until she has to live around trouble one day and by that time, who needs her. Let her be now AND later
I had to move just to get away from it.
Real education starts with life.
Academic education is provided by school where people are paid to go through text books with students. Usually schoool has to do with getting a job, so I don't know what racism has to do with "Education" in the sense in which she is referring to it.

Answer 2

You've heard of the dumbing down of America haven't you? I would say that the status of public schools in America compared with those of another country do affect the likliness of racisim, but there are so many other factors that your conclusion is too hasty. If all other factors are the same though, then a nation that does not value education as much as America, I think, would be more likely to be racist. Racism can be incited by people that are in a position of leadership too, like a persons parents or the media, or government and military officials.

Answer 3

Okay here goes. Firstly I am not racist even though my father was, so that must mean if I were undereducated I would be racist. Well, I have never been racist. From the age of zero to four I was uneducated, and up until now I have been constantly learning. I'm almost 40. Exactly where does one become educated in their life to a point to not create stereotypes and other illogical ideas? Perhaps I was born educated enough to not be racist.

Answer 4

Snip " She mentions that racsim is a product of undereducation, I can't help but think, America has possibley the best public schools in the world... so should I conclude that Americans are less likley to be racsit then say " Snip

Apparently the "BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS" in the world are unable to teach people how to spell correctly .

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Answer 5

LOL while schools may be more prevailant, I wouldn't say they are the best....in fact, when going up against teens from other countries, American seniors tend to be quite stupid. And there's more to education than schooling. A person can learn just as much, if not more, from working with his parents than he ever would at school.

And on a final note...just because the country values the educational opportunities of public schooling, doesn't mean the students do.

I'll stick to the ignorance part. Ignorance leads to racism. It's easy to develop stereotypes about what you know nothing about. I remember when there was only about five black students in the entire school, and I can only remember one hispanic student and no students of other ethnicities. In a town like that, it's easy to make assumptions about people that you may not even think is insulting, but it would deeply offend the people you're making the assumption about.

Answer 6

Growing up we never had to worry about racism, because in school we were taught that everybody was created equal. Where I come from there wasn't many people of other colour or race. I come from a suburb of Montreal. There were times when tension ran high, because of the whole french/english thing. I am french, I never finished high school and I guess my incomplete education should make me a racist. But I am not. My parents and educators must have done something right eh!

Answer 7

America is like no place on earth because of its diversity. Other countries with great education systems tend to be a little more mono-cultured, America has the whole melting pot issue. I think where you find Racism at it's ugliest is in places where they have not only been exposed to a lack of education, but a lack of diversity. ie rural Alabama & rural Germany. Both places have serious problems with racism. But lets not forget that is goes both ways. In some countries, Whites and blacks are teh minorities, and get hated on.

Their is too much hate in the world period!!

Answer 8

This is a joke, right? Our schools in the US are HORRIBLE, and they have been for quite some time. I don't know where you got your "mis"information. I'm almost 60, and even when I was a child, my cousins in Belgium were taking (and passing) much more difficult classes than were offered here.

I feel sorry for people who are so racist that they would pick on an answer like the one above (to "prove" a point? What point would that be?).

And to the young lady who was talking about "filth" and her former neighborhood: and just what minority were YOU referring to? You just proved the point about racism: because of what some individuals did, or what you perceived they did, you are willing to place the blame on the whole race. This is prejudice, the pre-judging of another based on race, ethnic background, religion, etc.

Sorry, racists, you-all are showing your ignorance--in fact, you're waving it like a flag!!!

Answer 9

Because you have walked a mile that does not mean that the journey is completed! Distrust of those whom we are unfamiliar is part of human nature. The more segregated out society is the greater likelihood that distrust will develop. If we are segregated by race that distrust is commonly called racism. If the factor is something else we will assign name other than racism to the distrust or prejudice. The clearer the lines of segregation, the greater the distrust which leads to experiences which fuel the deepening of that distrust. Education will dissolve some of those lines of segregation but only to the degree that the educational arena is integrated.

Answer 10

ignorance in no way at all leads to racism, if everyone was ignorant, they wouldn't notice the subtle and sometimes not so subtle stereotypes that are obvious to some. I have my beleifs about every race and the way that i think most of them are.. the conclusions I draw are logical and perceptive, certainly not ignorant and uneducated. btw.. American schools are not the best for sure.. although, having gone to school in Russia and America, and after speaking to other people who've done the same, I've noticed that america's school system is great for social developement, but somewhat lacking in the way math science and literature are taught.

Answer 11

Knowledge is not power it is the use of knowledge now that is power. America do not relize that yet and the world is starting to see what America and its people are really like.


Just remember the first 14 words ok.