THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY ASSESMENT

Running head: CRITICAL RACE THEORY
CRITICAL RACE THEORY
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Introduction:
The critical race theory refers to the practice of discrimination in the society, based upon
culture and race, rather than depending upon the grounds of gender. The critical race theory us
socially grounded or constructed and the grounds of the discrimination is based upon the racial
inequality stemming out of economic, cultural and legal differences (Ladson-Billings, & Tate,
2016).
On the other hand thee ground theory refers to the systematic methods implied in case of
social science research. The research involves an inductive mode of research thus, the prime
importance is provided to the hypothetical understanding of the research.
However, in the following research methodology, the school to prison pipeline will be
explored through the use and combination of the critical racial theory and the grounded theory.
The goal is to use the critical racial theory to explore the discrimination present and practiced in
the country towards the children of the marginalized racial children of the country.
Topic Sentence:
Exploring the school to prison pipeline to understand the life trajectories of the children
belonging to the marginal groups.
Purpose of the Sentence:
The judicial system of the country disproportionately places the students of color in the
minor school infraction, and in the school disciplinary matters. The concept of school to prison
pipeline is defined as the practices made at the school to funnel the minority students put out the
school premise, and it is essentially observed at the traditional schools of the country. Therefore,

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the critical racial theory has tried to focus on this subject and has tried to provide an
understanding of the practices of the inequality between the dominant and marginalized racial
groups (Redfield, & Nance, 2016). The principles of the Ground theory will be used to explain
the topic, collect the data and finally to get the results and to evaluate the same. Therefore, firstly
a brief literature review is provided and then the grounded methodology, which is effectively
used, has been analyzed.
Literature Review:
The concepts of school to prison pipeline had come into the picture with a publication of
the Northern University in 2003. The concept had gained population since the initial
development and the significance of the concepts and the practices was recognized by the
American Civil Liberties Union, and it conceptualized the term schoolhouse to jailhouse track
(Atkins, & Oglesby, 2018). Further the American Federation of Teachers, National Education
Association and the administration phase of Barrack Obama the concept had gained its widest
popularity. There are a number of definitions of the concept, and the most popular one had been
identified by McGrew, (2016). The researchers identified the concepts as process of students
being pushed out of the educational institutions to the prisons, by criminalizing the students. The
law encounter officer and the educational policies and practices used by the educational students
take a major and important part in the criminalizing the students (Crawley, & Hirschfield, 2018).
Researchers have identified that it is more likely that the children of color are usually
pushed out and criminalized, the reports from the juvenile institutions and the educational
institutions have reported the same. The researchers have further found that the schools of the
American system has the history of identifying the students of color being involved in criminal