Unequal Opportunity for minorities is the central problem in education for minorities

Minority groups in America are continuing to experience social problems attributed to unequal access to resources and opportunities. The twenty-first century is an era where people believe that equality but the country has never been as divided as it is today. The divisions of color exist but in more clandestine manners of society and are slowly hindering the efforts associated with affirmative action.  As the society believes that discrimination based on the color of the skin has disappeared, other hidden forces play a foul game ensuring that resources and not accessed equally and that one racial group receives a bigger share of the cake than the others. Research shows that the performances in schools also differ based on racial paradigms as people believe that there still exists equality, the data from such researchers associated with poor performances by minority groups are left justified by the low will and lack of effort, genetics and also culture and these factors are some that once fueled the eugenics approach to racism in America. These are factors that play in a world where societal opportunities are very much dependent on education and knowledge. This shows that unequal education opportunities are just part of the bigger problems in society. Racial problems still exist in the society and have been camouflaged in a manner that they can hardly raise any questions. However, they still show based on the differences that exist within the society regarding educational progress and economic development between people of different races. Minority groups, therefore, suffer from limited access to educational resources that hinder them from reaching their full potential in society (Hammond, 1998).

There has developed a pattern over the years of existing disparities in performances, and mainly involve minority groups of people. These are patterns that greatly mirror the society regarding racial as well as ethnic differences.  These disparities are usually evident beginning when children are young and are progressive as they proceed to other levels of education. They are based on various forms of assessments such as test scores, enrollment in institutions of higher learning, the rates of dropping out of school, enrollment in schools for talented and gifted children and also behavioral characteristics associated with indiscipline cases, suspensions as well as expulsion from schools. These are patterns that somewhat relate to almost all of the racial minorities in America such as African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, and people from South East Asia. These are the racial groups that mostly underperform when directly compare to White Americans as well as Asians from America. This topic is very necessary and important in addressing discrimination as a major social problem in America.  It is an issue persistent in a nation that prides itself on equality among all people and historical events prove the great strides the nations has taken in ensuring that people receive equal opportunities. One of the most current strides is associated action that was developed based on the Civil Rights Act whereby it is unlawful for a person to be discriminated racially in all aspect of The Society. The education system is one of them, and most minority groups do not have access to the same education opportunities as the other people in the country. There have been efforts to try and bridge the gap such as the uses of Early Childhood Education like Head Start but access to such programs is usually limited because of economic differences. Those that access it usually get ones that are of low quality (Hammond, 1998).

Definition of terms

Educational resources; these are the tools needed for effective education in schools. They include Quality teachers, good curriculum, advanced educational technologies, etc.

Minorities groups; these are groups of people who are usually singled out of the rest because of the cultural, physical and economic characteristics where they receive unequal opportunities

There are different sides of this issue of inequality when it comes to performance. On one end there are those that believe the United is a country that is equal with no differences in opportunities and therefore, other factors such as culture, gene and the will to learn is what leads to poor performances from children from minority groups in the country.  America is considered as a nation for the free, and therefore, all resources are placed equally for the citizens to exploit and benefit from. However, minority groups have failed to seize the opportunity because of the limiting factors explained above. As a result of these limiting factors, these minority groups fall short when it comes to educational performance.

On the other side of the argument, educational outcomes of children from the minority in the American society is associated with limited access to educational resources, and it is little of a factor of racial discrimination. The country is considered to have the biggest differences regarding opportunities for learning, and it is usually a factor that is based on resources and economic advantage.  The system is characterized by varying levels of opportunities and is usually a major factor in the social status of people. The rich have schools that spend more money on the educational system than poor schools in the country. This means that some resources between schools for the wealthy and that for the poor are also quite varied. At the same time, students are usually expected to have the same learning outcomes, yet there was unequal access to educational resources (Presidential Task Force, 2014).

 The other argument is based on historical facts associated with discrimination and segregation where the Jim Crow laws that have existed for decades set the boundary between whites and people of color. The differences were enormous with people of color received low-quality education for decades and were denied the chance to enter institutions of higher learning. Based on this argument it is clear that people of color have been denied social opportunities for many years. These opportunities expected for social growth and development because education leads to a high paying job and a good job is a good source of economic development. However, for years minority groups have been denied the chance of development, and even though the Civil rights movement helped change the society by putting into law discrimination as something illegal, minority groups remain behind other groups that had the chance to develop. Today the difference is very clear the gap between the rich and the poor is immense, and opportunities vary depending on social status. It is, therefore, important to say that the social problems associated with a difference in performance in children from minority groups are a factor of social problems that have accumulated for years (Cook, 2015).

Unequal opportunities for minorities is, therefore, a factor that exists in the country, however, rather than being a racial and ethnic factor is a factor of economic development. The disparities in educational opportunities are usually based on social status, and the wealthy have better access to proper education than the poor. Minorities have always been associated with the low economic development, and this explains the whole situation with the main factor being that minorities lack adequate access to education resources because of low social status.