Racial Organizations on Campus

Racial Organizations on Campus

Overview

This paper discusses the different racial organizations that exists on the campus of [College Name]. Three clubs have been identified as racial clubs that all exist for their specific goals and purpose.

Organization 1: African American English Club

The African American population of the campus formed this club to promote their accent of the English Language. Since English is a language spoken universally, it has developed several dialects and accents, depending on the part of the world where it is spoken. The accent and dialect of English spoken in every country and every continent is different from each other. The difference fluctuates, in some cases heavily and in some cases it is just a minor fluctuation from the standard language. Universally, British English and US English are considered as the universal standards. African American Vernacular English (AAVE) integrates those segments of the society that speak English in a very similar accent and dialect and is different from the English spoken by people belonging to other races and cultures. The Ebonics, Black Vernacular and Black English are some labels that are usually applied to such segments with such dialects. According to literature and historical research, the reason why such a dialect has been developed in the oldest subset of American population is because of the discrimination that African Americans of USA have faced ever since the country gained its independence. This form of English is traced back to the time when African Americans were considered 'untouchable' and banished from societies and proper education. Hence, the club has been formed to support as well as promote this language and display the pride of the African American race in their accent of the language.

Historians and linguistic experts acknowledge that African American children are aware at an early age that there are different requirements when speaking in different scenarios; however, teachers should be pedagogically prepared and proactive in addressing the differences. When discussed with the president of the club, Morgan Matthews, he stated that the language difference causes a lot of problem to African American students on Campus and that is why this club has been formed. Although teachers possess very little knowledge about AAVE, they hold negative views toward the dialect. Several studies reveal that teachers many times fail to understand various dialects and allow dialectical differences to interfere with their assessment of their students' abilities. There is increasing evidence of the links between children's preliminary language and their triumph in school. There is an acute relationship between culture and AA student achievement. When educators allow pedagogy to be radically changed by recognition of a multicultural world, students can receive the education that all desire and deserve (Diamond, 1992); (Kincheloe & Steinberg, 1997).

Organization 2: Asians United

Next, we discuss another club formed by the Asians of the campus. This club is called Asians United but technically only allows admission to people from China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Bangkok. In short, truly Asian students can only be a part of this ...