The problem with race and the curriculum lies upon the fact that many do not understand how the curriculum is based on many misconceptions. Minority groups are not succeeding in school compared to majority groups because of the simple fact that they feel misunderstood and uncomfortable. When looking into race and the curriculum, it was stated in one of the articles that ,“Many Aboriginal, racialized and ethnic minority students are devalued and usually blamed for problems they may be facing in school.” (Agyepong, 2010). It shows the massive problem of how schools are so quick to blame students of those in minority groups for not succeeding; instead of looking at the underlining problems of our curriculum, and how the ideas behind of it’s construction is in favour of those in the majority groups (white people). Educators do not know how to approach those topics because themselves are not educated enough on them. Many still go back to the fact that those minority groups are the only ones to blame for the racial inequality of the curriculum, and others are blaming it on our society.
Taking a deeper look into the ideas behind the construction of the curriculum will highlight that our curriculum is setting up minority groups for failure, and despite it not being shown in todays society it is still very much ongoing because it has not changed yet. Many of the ideas behind the curriculum are based on misinformation that was embedded into our society centuries ago. Furthermore, many tried to identify the underlining the racial issues of the curriculum but ended up creating an even bigger division. Even though people now are more educated and know that those assumptions are false, educators are still very uneasy on how to approach spastic topics because they have not gotten proper training on how to do so.