Race is a huge factor in "Bullying".

"Bullies Have No Life".

"Many children leave school with a hatred of an education system which breeds and sustains bullying and which isolates, ridicules, and excludes those who are in any way "different". The government's obsession with "standards" is a form of political institutionalized bullying which makes teachers as likely as their pupils to be bullied. Academic exam results devalue achievement and are one of the poorest indicators of potential [More | More] rather than inspire individual achievement are more likely to sentence individuals to a life of middle-class mediocrity." http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/quotes.htm

ü  Minority/Black Bullying

ü  White Bullying

ü  Both

When being bullied you face different things most time because of your race. For example Minority bulling is based on clothes and accessories. Victims are most likely to express themselves through lashing out and aggressive behavior. Another example is White bullying they usually get bullied about their personal appearance. Most prevalent than the minority, most likely to act out psychology. Both the minority and white’s family relations dynamics are important to address with bullying. There is a little change between race bullying and peer relationships/family relationships and school. For more information read http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/475011/ethnic_and_race_implications_in_bullying.html

Summary:

      I learned about the different kind of bullying and how race and ethnicity was the factor. While reading these articles I noticed that bullying can cause children to have low self-esteem. When children have low self-esteem it hard for them to communicate with children there age because they do not want to be judged. Often when children are being bullied they become violent or aggressive. They number of children in high school being bullied do not tell because they are scared they will be teased or bullied more. The children who bully at school often do it outside of school. For example in Philadelphia teenagers gather in a place called South St. and bullied pedestrians and vandalize property.  The city of Philly took it serious they decided to enforce a curfew that didn’t allow the teenagers to be down town Philadelphia after 4pm. They city also enforced a rule which made the parents legally for the children’s actions.  This made parents keep track of their children and there were about’s and stop some of the confusing in the downtown part of Philly. The city decisions a had increased the amount of bullying. Read this article for more information http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html .  Another example is a little girl who went to “Neval Thomas Elementary” Who was bullied because of her name. The students would call her out of her name every day. The student got tired and feed up and started to change her name so the students would stop but it didn’t help. The student was in the 2nd grade and was mature enough learn how to ignore the students. This happen all year but when the bullies notice that she was paying attention and reacting the move on to the next. The student was me Salihah I would often take the last “h” of my name but I could not let children with any home training or respect for others make me change the person who I was. By the way I never was physically bullied just by words. All victims shouldn’t turn the cheek and ignore those who do not have manners and make them feel like you by just being quiet. “Silence is Golden”. For more great examples you can read http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html .

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