RE: Race to the Bottom

So I am not actually sure what I understand about this article. As I read it I was thinking that I was not getting the point of the article.

From what I got was that the school system in Ontario has cut out any information about racism. Why? I don’t get the point, especially when it comes to history. I don’t agree with that at all because some students think that racism has come far enough that they really don’t have to think about it, but it has not completely dissipated.

I think that we definitely need to continue to teach the students what has happened in our history and why we work so hard today to make sure that everyone (not just women) have equal rights. In smaller cities there is not as much of a problem with races, but in larger urban centers there is a larger variety of ethnic backgrounds. This specifically is why we should still make the student understand what racial societies can become.

So taking information of racism out of the curriculum will not teach the children about the harmful effects, but it will inform them that it is something of the past and they don’t have to worry about it anymore.