The Latino community has been raised with the utmost respect and conduct. In taking their first steps, parents have laid out their roots and culture. What is truly remarkable is how the Latino community cultivates these roots. There are thousands of Latino leaders in the United States that have sprouted from this cultivation process. However, similar to other plants, there are necessities promoting growth that society impedes. For example, the inequalities of America’s education system is the steadfast enemy of the Latino community.
Inherently, school funding is a crucial factor in procuring the resources available to students. Neighborhoods with a lower average community income where most Latinos currently reside have lower school funding. Schools with lower income are unable to provide the proper resources that classrooms need to succeed.This funding is creating a numerical wall, a glass ceiling, that keeps Latinos from reaching their full potential. This community needs representatives that would fight for a more equal educational system that maximizes the potential of most individuals in their prospective areas.
Segueing into an adequate plan to fixate this public policy issue may prove to be difficult. Regardless, it is still doable. The media has prioritized immigration issues over the educational inequalities in this country for the Latino community. Every day a new issue arises, whether with the immigration reforms or political candidates gushing about their radical ideals of building a ridiculous wall. These issues affect the lives of Latinos in this country but minimizing the educational inequities is proving to be detrimental for those who have already made it. Instead of rejoicing over the amazing opportunities this country has to offer, kids are starting to lose faith in the educational system and instead rely in gangs like the Bloods and Crips. Gangs are desperately scouting for their next victims in parks, and even outside the schoolyards. They target kids that have lost interest in school and are looking for their next adventures to entertain them. Unfortunately in the path of the criminal world, those adventures would drive these kids to jail which is holding the Latino community.
Evidently, education for the Latino community is a current policy issue that holds relevance and timeliness today. This is an important issue in U.S. society as increasing numbers of young Latinos flock towards a life of drugs and gangs. Therefore, the longevity of respect within the Latino community cannot increase as long as school funding is absent and inequalities in education continue.
