Race and

Ethnicity
By: Jasmine Lewis,
Rachel Lindsey &
Gaby Valdez

Definitions & subgroups

Race: a category of people who share certain inherited physical characteristics
White, African Americans, Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islanders, American
Indian and Alaska Native
Ethnicity: the shared social,cultural and historical experiences, stemming
from common national or regional backgrounds, that make subgroups of
a population different from one another
Split into two categories Hispanic/Latino or other meaning that is not
hispanic or latino

Explanations of Race and

Ethnicity
Race
The most noticeable difference is skin tones
People have been identified as belonging to one race or another based on
certain biological features
Social construction : a concept that has no objective reality but rather is
what people decide it is
Even though so little DNA accounts for the physical differences we associate
with racial differences
That low amount leads us to not only to classify people into different races
but also to treat them differently and more to the point unequally based
on their classification

Explanation to Race and

Ethnicity ..continued
Ethnicity
Ethnic group : a subgroup of population with a set of shared social, cultural,
and historical experiences; with relatively distinctive beliefs, values and
behaviors; and with some sense of identity of belonging to the subgroup
In particular, history and current practice indicate that is easy to become
prejudiced against people with different ethnicities from our own

Trends Increasing and

Decreasing in Education
Lower Education Expectations
Dropout rates increasing in Minority groups
Lower SAT, ACT, and GPA than in White Students
Homeschooling in Minority students INCREASE
Gangs and Violence in Schools
Substance abuse

16%

African-American students make up 16% of Public

Schooling
African-American students are 10% of the USA Home
Schooled Population

Positive & Negative Aspects of

Homeschooling
Clears Minorities of low
expectations
No racism, discrimination, or
judgment
No Peer Pressure
Comfort and safety

Social awkwardness
Sociopathic issues
Failure to experience adolescence

Effect on education
ESL students
10% of all public school student are ESL students
1% of all teachers are qualified to teach
150 students per 1 teacher
Lack in ESL and bilingual classes

Effect on
Education...continued
Student-Teacher Relations
Increase in multicultural backgrounds
White students enrollment down 13%
Hispanic students enrollment up 11%
Areas of concentration
(Dis)connection and relation to students

What can we Do?

High rate of security and Neighborhood watch to stop Drugs and Gang
violence
Equal Resources INSTEAD of JUST Equal opportunities
Culture diversity and acceptance
Salad Bowl versus Melting Pot theory