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12 Feb 2014Philo 25Roster # 28

Federal argument:

Federal law, under the authority of the Department of justice title IV and VIdemands an equal treatment in regard of punishments on the students. It also

prohibits public school districts from discriminating students based oncharacteristics such as race, gender, religion, disabilities and sex. Racialdiscrimination in our school system is becoming a serious problem and thedepartment plans on initiating investigations from complaints of students, parentsand other people who are victims of discrimination.

Although surveys have proved that most school arrests and delinquentsare in fact African American and Hispanic students, it is still not right to apply

stricter punishment on them than on White students who get in trouble.Promoting an equal treatment in regards of punishment creates a positivelearning environment for both students and teachers. Applying punishment ruleson students based on race is illegal, unfair and a very unintelligent approach to

prevent delinquency. It also begins a negative process called "school to prisonpipeline", which creates a negative reinforcement of that same negative behaviorin students of color. Meaning it will increase their probability of schoolsuspension, drop out and getting into trouble with the law.

Opinion:

I agree with this article and the message it promotes. Applying negativestereotypes will only aggravate the problem and reinforced the behavior. Tellingblacks an hispanics that all they can be is a criminal will plant a seed that willgrow over time. Each time they look in the mirror, all they will only see thereflection of a bad guy. n

Values:

Equality:If all men and women are created equal, then we should all be treated

equally in regards of both rewards and punishments.

Intelligent analysis:Making judgments based on stereotypes are not onlywrong and stupid, but also very easy. It requires very use of our mind. However,and intelligent analysis approach although difficult and requires a lot of mentaleffort, is more effective in the long run. Not only you get to the bottom of theissue, but may even solve it and prevent it from happening again.

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Diagram:

Premise 1: Federal law prohibits public schools from discriminating studentsbased on race, gender, sex and religion.

Premise 2: Punishing students based on their race and ethnic background willbegin a negative reinforcement behavior in the student and he is more likely torepeat the same actions.

Conclusion: Therefore all students who commit delinquent acts must bepunished not in accord with their race or skin color.