Analysis of Discrimination in Elite Colleges: A Sociological Essay

This essay analyzes the pervasive issues of class and racial discrimination within elite colleges, drawing from the provided article and related research. It highlights the financial and social challenges faced by low-income students, including insufficient scholarship programs and discriminatory community involvement practices. The essay underscores the societal hierarchy and the dominance of wealthy students, emphasizing the disillusionment and frustration created by unfair treatment. It references studies showing significant disparities in graduation rates between wealthy and low-income students and discusses the lack of affirmative action policies in some institutions. The conclusion calls for strong policies to combat these discriminatory practices and promote a more equitable educational environment. The essay references the article by Smith, and other supporting research to highlight the issue of discrimination.

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Racial as well as financial discrimination in the educational institution is the major concern in
this article. The scholarship system which has been introduced for the students who belong from
the lower income background, is not sufficient for surviving in the university campus. The poor
students are being involved into the community detail program where other students go for the
development act6ivioties. The discriminatory approach towards the poor students in the
educational sector has highlight the dark reality of the society. The Unfair behavior towards the
students who belong from lower income group, highlights the college admission scandal. This
behavior in the educational field creates disillusionment and frustration among the students,
which indirectly influence the culture. In this article, Smith has highlighted the actual scenario in
the educational institutions behind the photo shopped images and others promotional activities in
the educational sector.
Analyzing the situation highlighted by Smith, it has been identified that class differences among
the students as well as racial discrimination between the white skinned and black skinned
students, the negative environment has been highlighted in the article. Examining the interview
mentioned in the article, the actual scenario in the elite-college has been highlighted, where the
dominance of students belong from wealthy families is noticeable1. The societal hierarchy is
clearly shown in this particular article. By supporting the argument, it can be said that poor
students are the real victims of the class discrimination in the colleges.
Classism as well as racism are the important concern in educational sector, which creates
physical as well as mental torture on the students. As an example, it can be said that 79%
students who belong from the wealthy background, completes the bachelor degree, on the other
1 Rosenbloom, Susan Rakosi, and Niobe Way. "Experiences of discrimination among African American, Asian
American, and Latino adolescents in an urban high school." Youth & Society 35.4 (2004): 420-451.

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hand, 11% students from the bottom-quartile background needs to get the graduation degree
from four-year universities. It is true that as per the elite law schools, the 60% students come
from the strong financial background, on the other hand rest of the students come from lower
income group which increases the dominance of financially strong students on the educational
sector2. Especially in the University of Texas or Harvard universities, any affirmative-action
policies have not been mentioned for reducing the discrimination, which has created the situation
more complicated.
In can be concluded that improper attention of the university authorities towards the
discriminative practices in the educational sector, such situation gets increased. By continuing
this it can be said that in order to bring the positive approach against this situation strong policies
needed to be introduced.
2 Forbes.com (2019). retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/05/02/poor-students-are-the-
real-victims-of-college-discrimination/#2f323725610e[Accessed on 12th Dec, 2019]

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References and bibliography
Forbes.com (2019). retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/05/02/poor-students-
are-the-real-victims-of-college-discrimination/#2f323725610e[Accessed on 12th Dec, 2019]
Rosenbloom, Susan Rakosi, and Niobe Way. "Experiences of discrimination among African American, Asian
American, and Latino adolescents in an urban high school." Youth & Society 35.4 (2004): 420-451.
Nora, Amaury, and Alberto F. Cabrera. "The role of perceptions of prejudice and discrimination on the adjustment
of minority students to college." The Journal of Higher Education 67.2 (1996): 119-148.