December 20, 2019 Sergio Garcia 9027 149th Street Jamaica, NY 11435 Sergio Garcia 3116 68th Street Woodside, NY 11377 Dear Sergio, I hope you are enjoying being thirteen. You have no idea how much I miss being young, and being stress-free. I miss the days where all we had to worry about was about what…
Segregation: A New or Old Concept?
Segregation of people has been ubiquitous in the history of the United States. The U.S. government made a few promising strides in “establishing and protecting” civil rights for black Americans right after the end of the Civil War (Arndt 2). The United States Government created these laws, later known as the Jim Crow Laws. These…
Segregation Within Educational Systems in The Modern Time
Summary The article “The Entrenched Segregation of New York City’s Public High Schools” written by Rachel Leah on Salon discusses how after many years of the decision of abolishing the separate but equal doctrine, there still is segregation within the New York City’s educational system. Rachel Leah commences to describe this issue through the exhibition…