Spread the loveRacial biases are not uncommon throughout the history of the United States’ educational system. Native American children have been kidnapped from their families and forced into boarding schools since the 1800s, where they were urged to renounce their native language and accept a foreign religion. Education was utilized to forcibly assimilate these Native American youngsters into White society. This institutional racism fostered the notion that White culture was superior to Native American culture. These racial prejudices manifested themselves in a different way among the Chinese. Instead of forcing them to adapt to the approved White educational system, Chinese-American … Continue reading The Troubling History of Institutional Racism in American Schools