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2 Reading Reflection According to Gándara et al. (2004), until 1954, when a court declared that racial segregation was unconstitutional in the United States, there was a great deal of inequity in the educational system. This lawsuit and the well-known Brown v. Education Board case launched the American human rights movement. Undoubtedly, a significant legacy was the Lau v. Nichols ruling, which upheld non-English-speaking pupils' entitlement to an education on par with their English-speaking counterparts. The Constitution's First Amendment contains provisions that guarantee democracy, equality, and fundamental human rights. Gandara et al. (2004) discuss these struggles. In addition, the book offers a timeline of events and a comparison of Brown and Lau, two activists who led the charge in promoting children's equality and the rights of non- English speaking youth. The book also illustrates how, despite the criticism they encountered, the two cases have significantly impacted US educational policy in the future. The same problems with inequality, segregation, and the shortcomings of the American educational system are covered by Zimmerman (2004). According to Zimmerman (2004), the Brown v. Board case marked the start of a movement where African Americans requested that textbooks be rewritten. Compared to other races whose histories were written in a good light, black Americans' traumatic history of slavery in America was the only topic covered in the literature. Black people demand that their good past be considered as the book's main focus (Zimmerman, 2004). Psychological techniques of this kind can potentially be "politically enriching and liberating," as historian Ellen Herman has reminded me, especially for women and individuals of color.55 Nonetheless, they might also become politically restrictive and impoverished, obstructing Americans' ability to see the racism that initially gave rise to identity politics (Zimmerman, 2004).

3 My understanding of the school desegregation process has improved due to the readings. It has also helped me to realize how important it is to tolerate different points of view in the classroom because of how different history is. Thanks to the text, I now see the value of textbook psychology for students of color and the advantages of treating all races with respect.

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4 References Gándara, P., Moran, R., & Garcia, E. (2004). Legacy of Brown: Lau and Language Policy in the United States. Review of Research in Education , 28 , 27–46. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3568135#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20both%20of

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