Independent Research Week Eight, Post Two (Synthesis & Connection)

 

When working to understand how the cycle of poverty can be broken within BIPOC communities, it is crucial to try to introduces tools and resources for children to begin accessing at a young age. While ideally education should be the great equalizer, it is now common knowledge that school is just another area in which white students are given the tools to get ahead, and BIPOC students are left behind. It is due to the universality of public education throughout the United States that it makes sense to introduce social work and the solutions it offers into the public school system so that all students have access to resources that will help make them successful. e

As discussed in the course, Diversity and Social Justice in social work, one of the most common issues amongst young, male, BIPOC students is emotional instability, anger issues, and poor coping skills. This can be caused by many different factors, including instable home life, food insecurity, etc. However, it can impact every aspect of the child development and eventually the opportunities that they will have access to as they grow up. 

By introducing more after school programs into public schools, BIPOC children are given the resources they so desperately need to be successful in school, both academically and socially/emotionally, which is why it is imperative to push for more after school programs. Health disparities come in many different ways within the BIPOC community, but by introducing these resources on a broader scale, it is possible that the mental health disparities among the next generation can be shrunk.