Name: Laarnie J.

Tubale
Year and Section: AB English IA
Topic/Theme: YOUTH SPEAK: Our Voice must Be Heard in this challenging Time
Speech on Racial Inequality in Education

As over the years have passed, educational inequity continues to afflict students of color
in under-resourced and over policed students nationwide and through advocacy campaigns will
help to work and promote initiatives in facilitating all students to access the high-quality
education and to challenge policies for minor misbehaviour in school.

Today, as I was given a chance as a youth to speak, to fight and to address this issue on
Racial Inequality in Education which is relevant in countries with discrimination existed. I’m
going to talk about this issue, on why it exists and as need to be prevented because of its
underlying effects to the students. This controversial topic is close to my heart, as I have
experienced being bullied in school because of my skin color. This topic has shown and opened
my eyes like as young people lead movement toward just and safe communities for all. We are
on the front lines of those working for the rights of every individuals to speak up for themselves
and for abolishing discrimination and promoting for equality in all aspects, specifically in
education. My main focused was on how racial issues on black students leads to not have an
equal treatment and why there is an enigma inequality between white and black students.

Our society is developing and continuously improving. That is what we hear all the time
from TV screens and front pages of the newspapers. Undoubtedly, there are problems,
relatively the racial inequality in education which is predominant in black students and is
perpetuated further by educators. According to the statistics of US, there are at least three black
students that are being suspended and expelled from school three times more often than white
students are. And seven in ten blacks said they are treated less fairly than whites in dealings
with police. A theory that explains this could be the “hidden curriculum theory” which conditions
students to believe that their cultural backgrounds must be silenced to resemble the model
white student. Like when I was in High School, I got bullied and discriminated because of my
skin color, they called me names like “negra” or “sunog”. Names that I hear eveytime and I feel
like what did I do? Was it a crime having this dark skin? Why am I being treated like I’m not
human at all. And honestly, this really affected me as a student and most especially as a
human. I tend to have anxiety, the sleepless nights, the unanswered questions running through
my mind. And this really affected my academic performance. Similar to the case in the United
States, which there’s this gap exists in equality from different demographics of students
particularly one of its factor is the race which is contributing to educational disadvantages. An
article in British Journal of Sociology of Education that was written by Stuart Tannock stated
that, race inequality in U.S. education is considered as a “melting point” of the world due to its
high diversity, the United States has been renowned for the varying cultures and races
populating the country. This particular issue in the United States, specifically in education, is
unequal opportunities and treatment in regard to race. However, with diversity comes
inequalities that people of color face throughout their lives.
 The American Educational Research Journal argued that between white and black there
is a persistent gaps. There is this stereotyping of whether the black and white have differences
in receiving good judgment and equal attention in school. These are the problems that they
faced today. The society created this stereotypical manner between the black and white
students treatment that lead to hatred and division of people’s attention.

The most basic objection is that the process was not fair, as black students have not had
the same opportunities as white students and black students should have the reasons with the
selection process. Schools can both perpetuate and undo inequality. As far as I am concerned,
there is a common moral principle states that inequalities are acceptable. If they are necessary
to improve the lives of society– perhaps by allowing gifted students the opportunity to develop
students their skills – then it would be justified under this standard. In a world where education
is regularly, it can appear nonsensical even to raise concern about education inequality as a
matter of social injustice. We need, however, to challenge those who have taught us not to see
what has essentially become an elephant in our living room. Otherwise, we will find ourselves
unable ever to use our public systems of education for universal emancipation and
empowerment. We, young and bold people believe in the power of creating strong society. As
we are on the way to our ideal future where racial discrimination in all aspects have been
diminished. A society where people, black or white are treated equally, students who are of
color were not discriminated in school and people learned to accept individual differences. With
our micro-effort will have macro-effect that lead to where people descry issues on racial
inequality to equality.