Education & Inequality
This term refers to the enforced separation of racial groups in daily life, especially in schools.
What is segregation?
This group of African American students integrated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957 under federal protection.
Who are the Little Rock 9?
These institutions forced Native children to abandon their culture and language in the name of assimilation.
What are American Indian residential schools?
This is one of the main ways U.S. families build wealth, but racial gaps in access persist.
What is home ownership?
These areas lack affordable, healthy food options due to systemic neglect.
What are food deserts?
This type of segregation occurs by custom or social practice, not by law.
What is de facto segregation?
This 1947 court case in California challenged segregation of Mexican-American students.
What is Mendez v. Westminster?
These educational centers aim to preserve and revitalize Native cultures and languages.
What are Indigenous language and community schools?
This discriminatory practice denied services to Black and Brown communities based on location.
What is redlining?
Communities of color are more likely to live near toxic sites, a result of this form of environmental injustice.
What is environmental racism?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared that “separate but equal” schools were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This movement aimed to empower Mexican-American communities through activism in education and civil rights.
What is the Chicano Movement?
This term describes U.S. control and influence over Hawaii, including the overthrow of its queen.
What is American imperialism in Hawaii?
This term describes the unequal distribution of income, opportunity, and resources.
What is economic inequality?
The difference in school quality and resources between downtown schools and those on the outskirts reflects this divide.
What is the urban vs. suburban school gap?
This strategy was used to racially integrate schools by transporting students to different districts.
What is school busing?
These policies are often criticized for unfairly targeting students of color and limiting self-expression.
What are dress codes?
This city near Silicon Valley highlights issues of race, class, and access to education.
What is East Palo Alto?
Public school funding often depends on this, which can worsen educational inequality.
What are property taxes?
This term describes legally enforced racial separation, especially in schools or housing.
What is de jure segregation?
This term refers to policies and practices that push students, especially students of color, out of schools and into the criminal justice system.
What is the school-to-prison pipeline?
These student-led protests in 1968 demanded better conditions and education for Chicano students in Los Angeles.
What are the East LA Blowouts or Walkouts?
This process often displaces communities of color and changes access to resources and schools.
What is gentrification?
This term describes areas where affordable, accessible childcare is hard to find.
What are care deserts?
This broad topic includes air and water pollution that disproportionately affects communities of color.
What is pollution and the environment?