Race and education

The whole approach of doing more or less for some students based on race is stupid. People come from all backgrounds to a classroom. Education is between you and some books and some edging and encouragement surely helps. But great scientists seldom got any. Dividing young children on the basis of race, religion, etc in a classroom is passe and an era that should never return. What was the purpose of an exclusive outing for black children to meet a black astronaut? To show that even you can become one. I think this is really stupid. Why on earth should little children think they cannot become who they want to because they have a particular skin color? Schools by doing such things are telling children that the norm is not that you can be who you want to be and you have to try harder. The truth is no one has it easy.

Discrimination of blacks is a relatively new phenomenon that began with colonization a few hundred years old. Discrimination of jewish people lasted a lot longer for almost 2000 years. Now there is a new trend of discriminating against muslims. Brahmins who traditionally discriminate were discriminated against in Tamil Nadu and had to leave the region. Russians thought Polish people should not have higher education and Marie curie had to go to France after working as a governess for four years to continue her studies. The germans under Hitler threw Emmy Noether out of her university position and she died young. Yes, the two women I admire most in science have been discriminated against.

Any one can be discriminated against. It is like your house can be hit with a burglary and hence burglary is bad and a crime against humanity. The reason why Niemöller words will never lose its relevance.

"THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

THEN THEY CAME for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up."