A summary of an article

The article “White teachers like me should not be policing black pupils’ hair” written by Holly Rigby is devoted to the discussion of the problem of racial discrimination in UK schools.

I’ve chosen the article because I find such a problem vital, and I wanted to learn more about a topic of racial discrimination as I don’t understand why it still exists in modern society.

 First, the author draws our attention to black students having afro dreadlocks hair and what problems with white teachers they face because of their appearance. Then she analyses the situation and provides us results of statistics by saying that black people’s appearance doesn’t fit the European standard; therefore, with such hair, they won’t be taken seriously. White people, however, are not judged for their appearance and ways of expressing themselves through hairstyles. She also emphasizes that apart from that, racial discrimination is clearly seen when the leaders anywhere(e.g.in a team/in school) are usually white. Further, the author suggests that white teachers shouldn’t act more strict with students of different skin color, the rules should be the same for everyone. The author concludes by giving an example that in the USA a special fine was already made for special occasions when a white teacher decides to discriminate against black people basing on racial stereotypes. In the end, it is stated that the author hopes that the UK will adopt such a policy.

To sum up, I didn’t think the reasons for teachers being so unfair to black students were clear. And the actual adoption of such a policy is still obscure to me. Some actions should be taken, but it’s not clearly seen which exactly and how it can be made in a society with strong stereotype views.