The school-to-prison pipeline is the idea that schools funnel students of color into the prison system. This theory is narrow-minded and ignores how the government benefits from the surveillance of African Americans. With the imagery of a pipe, this complex issue is reduced to the single-minded idea that schools force people of color, most notably African Americans, into prison. It does not discuss how society has evolved to force African Americans into certain paths. The way society has evolved to discriminate against African Americans by various laws and biases is a key factor in the increased incarceration rates, not schools forcing African Americans into prison. The school-to-prison pipeline is an outdated and prejudiced model that does
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Black students in white dominated schools would be terrorized by their peers and the black students began to fight back (Bastards of the Party 2005, 15:50). Eventually, racist white youths formed a gang called the Spook Hunters. The Spook Hunters would receive help from the Los Angeles Police Department. This forced African American youths to band together, but only they were called gangs and considered a …show more content…
White people started to leave for the suburbs, commonly termed as white flight. Leaving was an option only for white people because the loans made available from the FHA were only given to white people, African Americans were not considered suitable recipients. Furthermore, the Black Panther Party formed to assist in helping the black community, while also pursing radial legislative changes and protecting the black community, often with force when necessary. The Black Panther Party was brought into the Los Angeles area by Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter. It was a way to band together and support a larger sense of community. With the assassinations of Malcom X in 1965 and Bunchy Carter in 1969, the black community lost stabilizing pillars. The death of Bunchy Carter was attributed to the US organization, although it was orchestrated by the FBI. The US organization was a political movement that focused more on cultural aspects than the militaristic. The FBI pitted these organizations against each other with the idea that they would destroy one another, which did
Black students in white dominated schools would be terrorized by their peers and the black students began to fight back (Bastards of the Party 2005, 15:50). Eventually, racist white youths formed a gang called the Spook Hunters. The Spook Hunters would receive help from the Los Angeles Police Department. This forced African American youths to band together, but only they were called gangs and considered a …show more content…
White people started to leave for the suburbs, commonly termed as white flight. Leaving was an option only for white people because the loans made available from the FHA were only given to white people, African Americans were not considered suitable recipients. Furthermore, the Black Panther Party formed to assist in helping the black community, while also pursing radial legislative changes and protecting the black community, often with force when necessary. The Black Panther Party was brought into the Los Angeles area by Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter. It was a way to band together and support a larger sense of community. With the assassinations of Malcom X in 1965 and Bunchy Carter in 1969, the black community lost stabilizing pillars. The death of Bunchy Carter was attributed to the US organization, although it was orchestrated by the FBI. The US organization was a political movement that focused more on cultural aspects than the militaristic. The FBI pitted these organizations against each other with the idea that they would destroy one another, which did