Throughout the history of this country, in their role as social institutions, schools have reproduced the cultural norms, often with the attendant range of social inequities and dominant group privileges found within the larger society. — By Warren Blumenfeld Beginning the first day Europeans stepped foot on what has come to be known as “the Americas” up until this very day, decisions over who can be educated and what type of education they may receive has depended on issues of “race,” gender, and sexuality.