Blacks Treated As Lower Class Citizens

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of an education, and a good education
is usually a symbol of middle- or higher- class citizen. "They are so close
to their ancestors learned to read and write at the risk of severe
punishment, that learning is almost a sacred privilege (Griffin 125)." This
quote shows how the whites had deprived them of an education for many
centuries. The quote also shows how an education is a privilege for a lower
class citizen and is taken for granted for middle- and higher- class
citizens.
In today's society blacks are still being persecuted in schools. An
example in today's society that blacks are still being discriminated
against is in Corvallis, Oregon. At Oregon State University the white
students and faculty are constantly harassing blacks. "People look at me
like I'm a hoodlum gang member," said a football player at the university
(Cain). This quote talks about how a lot of blacks are viewed as a
stereotypic gangster which is considered a lower- class citizen in most
people's ...

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