s." As an example, many urban public schools have incorporated diversity programs without actually consulting the "under- represented" groups these programs are intended to serve. Teams of researchers are brought in to give suggestions as to what steps schools should make to give voice to students of c
these 'diversity' programs are oftentimes selfish attempts that alleviate the administration's white guilt rather than actually address the problems head on
ts "whether the debilitating effects of racial discrim- ination can be remedied without requiring Whites to surrender aspects of their superior social stat
While whites hold racial hegemony the effects of racism cannot be remedied
rent media has largely ignored the daily reality of police brutality, gentrification, disproportionate sentencing in the criminal justice system, decreasing access to health care, and the urban dru
Changing the education system and repaying educational debt has to be viewed holistically; the educational system is not the only oppressive system in many students' lives and their lives do not always surround the fact that they are students. In order to make any progress, other institutions that are closely tied to the education system also need to be changed and pay reparations for all the hardships placed on marginalized communities.
use CRT in this sense is not a tool of educational reform. Where a reform effort may propose a change from within or a change of existing structures, CRT suggests a con- certed effort, from those negatively affected by the current system, to deter- mine their own needs and respon
Like many other systems, the educational system was never designed with BIPOC students in mind. Because of this, we could consider the abolition of schools as we know them now and build a new system made with BIPOC's interests in mind that would actually foster learning and adapt to every individual's needs. Critical Race Theory can be used as the foundation for this, to help understand what the learning needs of different communities are and reevaluate what schooling means.