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Arguments Against Racial Inequality In Schools

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Wait you're saying there are still is racial inequality in schools! ( according to the article Worsening unchecked segregation in k-12 schools)Yes it's true there still is and it's not just happening in 1 school but many. And it's not fair they don't get the same amount of materials and resources as the white kids do.Racial inequality is still a problem in our schools but there are ways to fight and act against it.

Words and actions both prove that Racial inequality still exists in some of the American schools. According to the article on school segregation poor hispanic kids are going to different schools than white kids even though it was changed 62 years ago in the supreme court. And they don't get the same things such as the same

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