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racism in schools  

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  • During the last couple of decades, research and scholarship by Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Lawrence Bobo, Mica Pollock, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Daniel Solorzano, Zeus Leonardo, and others indicate that institutional racism is pervasive in U.S. society, including schools. The government has taken steps to ameliorate its effects, including federal initiatives such as No Child Left Behind. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Racism in Schools]

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