Stereotypes In High School To Segregation In The World
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The idea for this article stemmed out of frustration from segregation and discrimination at a high school level. As a high school student no matter what type of school you attend, whether it is public or private, there are cliques and different groups that separate the student body. As I began to think about this topic something occurred to me; if we cannot get past stereotypes in high school, how will we make the necessary advancements throughout the world to stop segregation?
In high school we are taught the values that shape the rest of our lives. Considering that, wouldn’t it make sense that the mentality we have in high school towards stereotypes only carries over into our adult lives.
There are and will always be groups of people who spend more time with one another, which is human nature, spending time with people who are like you. But it is the judgment that gets in the way of our further development towards freedom and equality for all. Because an individual hangs out with certain people they are automatically classified with a stereotype that fits the people they hang out with. But that person might have a completely different personality than assumed. All teenagers do nowadays is judge. They judge other students because of who they hang out with and where they hang out, which is just like judging someone based on skin color or social status.
Over the past hundreds of years African-Americans have been discriminated against, even after movements made by significant figures such as: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and now President Obama, there still is discrimination. These figures have all made significant impacts on stopping racial discrimination in America and around the world, but now it is up to the individuals. We are the next generation, who soon will be running the country and the world, we must see that how we act today in high school affects our future. Segregation based on stereotypes in high school can only lead us to discriminating as we grow older. The world can never be perfect, but we can try to make it a better place where people do not discriminate based on stereotypes.
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