Dear Representative Marlene Anielski,
We are
currently learning about institutional racism in our Education Class and also
have been seeing examples of this in our own backyard of Ohio. In fact, we
learned that the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that our system of school finance
to be unconstitutional since 1997, and still has not been changed. We have seen
documentaries on how awful some of our Ohio public schools are and how nice
others are. I would just like to ask why this issue has not been fixed 19 years
later? Are there any measures at all being taken to make our system
constitutional? We are also learning about institutional discrimination and how
it has such a large effect on individuals, especially in schools. Sonia Nieto
claims in Chapter 5 of Educational Foundations
“Although
the beliefs and behaviors of individuals may be hurtful, far greater damage is
done through institutional discrimination, that is, the systematic use of
economic and political power in institutions (such as schools) that leads to
detrimental policies and practices,” (43). If our country stands for equality
and the equal rights of ALL citizens, then why do some citizens of our state
have inadequate public schools and funding while others have extravagant and more
than enough funding? Don’t all Ohio public schools deserve the same quality of
schooling?
Sincerely,
Carmen Cameratta
Student at John Carroll University
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