My Desire for What History Should Say About CTE: Affirmative Action

From our discussion on last Tuesday, we talked a great deal about how CTE has evolved into what it is today. I would like to see more emphasis on Affirmative Action and how it correlates to certain advancements in CTE and different demographics. Based on statistical data, currently African American males are disproportianatley affected by unemployment. With this information it would be advantageous to understand what role CTE has played in addressing or not addressing this issue for this segment of America. Knowing this information from a historic perspective is beneficial so that local and national communities can use this information to curtail drop-out rates, incarceration rates and other socio-econimcal issues that affect this segment. CTE is very much needed because the skills, employment ethics and career development knowledge implemented in these programs are essential to the backbone of the American working class, which is a large part of our population. CTE is very much relevant due to fast advancements in technology and new career segements in various service industries that speak to these new technological achievements. Looking into how CTE and Affirmative Action can counter act these disparities makes what we do from an infantile perspective vastly crucial. In addition to addressing this disparity we can better groom generations who will be highly competent in their perspective careers.