Minorities do not have the same opportunities as White people do. This inequality begins when children are old enough to enter preschool. Poor children, who are commonly minorities, do not have the opportunity to attend a preschool to help them get ahead of the curve. Consequently, they are not prepared to compete with other students that have …show more content…
Anybody who does not adhere to these rules, cannot and will not succeed in America. The problem is that there are some people who have never been taught the rules of the dominant culture. Because of this, there are subcultures that are ignored and unappreciated. This causes children to feel that the culture that they identify with is wrong and unimportant. The reason that this is so common is because White people tend to ignore the voices of minorities. White people can determine what is “considered ‘truth’ regardless of the opinions of the people of color” (Delpit, 1998: