The lack of education has been, and will continue to be one of the greatest challenges our world has to face. Having little to no education whatsoever is extremely common in underdeveloped countries. There is a strong correlation between families who suffer from poverty and those who suffer from a lack of education. However poverty is not the only cause for lack in education. In fact, being denied from having any sort of education is often due to religion, race, and even gender. For centuries it was a norm around the globe that women specifically had no right to pursue an education, and were expected to do things like clean and cook. I bring this up because unfortunately this is a mentality that still exists. Many cultures around the world, specifically in the middle-east, still believe that women have no right to pursue any sort of education, and should stay at home to deal with “woman” responsibilities. Depending on the culture, this mentality can either be founded by utter sexism, or from religion. It is also common to see discrimination in education in relation to race. As a country, the U.S has come so far when it comes to racial discrimination in education since the events from Brown vs Board of Education. However racism in general is still out there, and with that being said there are regions in the country where student’s education is hampered by the color of their skin. And this does not just apply to countries like the U.S, in fact discrimination by race in education affects children and young adults everywhere. This is so beyond unfair because every child or young adult deserves to have access to some sort of an education regardless of race, religion, or gender. This is such a large scale problem because lack of education is like a virus; it spreads from generation to generation and leads to many long-term consequences such as deep poverty, unemployment, hunger, and much else.
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