Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Midterm Proposal

Rosabi Pena Garcia
Midterm Proposal
Prof. Cacolio
10/31/18
Racism in Ivy Leagues

Racism has been imbedded into America's history for centuries. It roots all the way back to the discovering of America. The natives were thrown off their own land, abused, raped, and murdered because of the fact they look different from the settlers. Racism only grew further from that point on. Africans were captured and sold as slaves; most of them not surviving the journey to their final destination. Fast foward to today and racism isn't as showcased as it was back then. Racism has been structured in a way that is discrete to those who aren't affect by it. While affecting the lives of those who are colored. It has made its way into politics, education, and the justice system. This is called Institutionalized Racism, it has made racism in certain cases legal and unseen by the population. Greatly affecting the minds of african american and hispanics. Racism in the education system is what I will be focusing on; shining a light on ivy leagues. 

Ivy leagues eventually become a dream of any student wanting to pursue their education as a professional. It is almost a title you earn as you get accepted into these schools. People are able to see the school's name and see that you are a dedicated to what you want. Ever since my sister has entered Columbia University, I have realized a great disparity in race. I always knew that ivy leagues had issues in the past with enrolling students of color. I thought that it has changed, especially since ivy leagues have to meet a quota. Meaning schools are mandated to accept a certain amount of a specific race to satisfy the schools requirements. So it should not be a surprise that getting racial minorities onto campus would be a priority. At Harvard, 11.8% of admitted freshman are African American – an almost identical percentage as last year’s entering class, and the previous year’s. Hispanic students also comprise a consistent 11.8%, year after year.

I have chosen this project on behalf of my sister and all of the colored students trying to pursue their education and reach their dream. Many people are so used to seeing white male politicians, white male engineers, white male judges, and white male presidents. This is not what makes up America, we are a melting pot and reflect so many different beautiful cultures/races. Ivy league schools shouldn't shun students because of their background. They should judge students on their potential and what they are capable of making. Because ultimately you want that student to become a leader or an innovator and every school would love to have their name on their resume. I want to show students of color that it is possible to get into an Ivy league. 

To share this exact message, I would like to conduct interviews of colored students at Columbia University. I want to be able to create a video, filming students while they talk about their experience. I'm not super confident in displaying it through video because I don't know anyone in film that could help me shoot and edit. So as alternative, I wanted to take a single photo of the student I'm interviewing and caption it below, just like @humansofny has it set up. In between photos I can display different artworks and statistics on this topic. I want to set up a tumblr page so I can setup different voice clips of students and quotes from influential leaders/artists.


Class System is a painting on the privitization of primary education. By: Michael D'Antuono

Class System is a painting on the privitization of primary education










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The history of institutional racism in public schools. By: Susan Dufresne
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J. Cole speaks out about racism and kids growing up in low-income families trying to make something out of themselves but the color of their skin holds them back. 
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"The Library" by Jacob Lawerence represents the struggles of young african americans trying to receive an education.

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