Black Kids are being left to die.
Poster Number
17A
Format
Poster Presentation (Research Day, April 30)
Faculty Mentor Name
Marylou Bagus-Hansen
Faculty Mentor Department
Undergraduate Education
Abstract/Artist Statement
Our current education system is being held together by a band-aid, and the infection that is ignorance is taking its toll on Black Americans. While there have been a plethora of studies discussing the disparities of health issues within Black communities, an important part often missed is the association between primary education and the long term implications. The goal of this research is to provide insight at the ways in which the lack of quality of K-12 education serves as a precursor for an inability to have full control over the decisions impactful to one's health. At its core the work explores the cycle of “intergenerational poverty,” initially looking at through the lens of Black children in the current education system and the noticeable disparities in public school education. Then following through with analyzing the implications via the parents of said children attending these high poverty schools. Addressing the unique relationship between Black adults and their pursuit of higher education and the consequences that often follow that become erased in the larger crisis of student loan debt. Lastly, piecing this intergenerational poverty all together by looking at the results of a system that perpetuates the impoverished from being able to access the resources in order to remain healthy.
Location
Information Commons, William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center
Start Date
30-4-2022 10:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2022 12:00 PM
Black Kids are being left to die.
Information Commons, William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center
Our current education system is being held together by a band-aid, and the infection that is ignorance is taking its toll on Black Americans. While there have been a plethora of studies discussing the disparities of health issues within Black communities, an important part often missed is the association between primary education and the long term implications. The goal of this research is to provide insight at the ways in which the lack of quality of K-12 education serves as a precursor for an inability to have full control over the decisions impactful to one's health. At its core the work explores the cycle of “intergenerational poverty,” initially looking at through the lens of Black children in the current education system and the noticeable disparities in public school education. Then following through with analyzing the implications via the parents of said children attending these high poverty schools. Addressing the unique relationship between Black adults and their pursuit of higher education and the consequences that often follow that become erased in the larger crisis of student loan debt. Lastly, piecing this intergenerational poverty all together by looking at the results of a system that perpetuates the impoverished from being able to access the resources in order to remain healthy.