The Great Debaters and My Social Problem

The Great Debaters was a very intellectual movie that touched on many issues that can be related to our time today. Mr. Tolson, the teacher in the movie, mentioned something that I thought related to my social problem: dropping out.

"Denigrate. There's a word for you. From the Latin word "niger", to defame, to blacken. It's always there, isn't it? Even in the dictionary. Even in the speech of a Negro professor. Somehow, "black" is always equated with failure."

The idea that black is equated with failure is a common thought among our society today. Many things that have to do with something bad are equated to African Americans and Hispanics. Dropping out is no exception. According to the website, Do Something, Hispanics and African Americans are more likely to drop out of high school than Asians and Whites. That is not good. As a community, we need to try to find different ways to reduce this problem. Education is very important and we need to try our best to make everyone agree that it is.