Social Reproduction Education and Children Migrants in China

Social Reproduction Education and Children Migrants in China
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November 13, 2022
Understanding the close relationship between social policies and circumstances in line with societal realities is essential for every policymaker. It allows us to have a critical insight into the things that are happening on the ground and implement changes that address the deeply rooted inequalities and injustices about the same. In this article, the author would like to discuss the various inequalities faced by migrant children in China in terms of access to affordable and quality education, social discrimination, and improvement in terms of social mobility. This is in line with the harsh reality faced by Chinese citizen immigrants who are reported to have been discriminated against, thereby reducing their access to quality education and, ultimately, the opportunity for social mobility.
This analysis would be based on the three articles that studied the phenomena, which focused on the same subject matter with slight variations in focus, contents, and approach. The three readings provided cover the key topics that are connected to the immigrants' educational backgrounds who live in rural and peri-urban areas. Going deeper into the synthesis, the three readings' primary concerns are with migrant students' education and welfare as they live and interact in the city. Also targeted is the issue of how society treats pupils, mainly how they are treated at school. They are not treated like regular citizens of the nation and are subject to some form of discrimination. As the name implies, "social Replication" refers to the reproduction of societal standards in all facets of social conduct, including education, inheritance, and legal titles such as houses and other properties. This is one of the words that frequently recurs across the three readings. Similar to how people reproduce biologically, people reproduce in society as laborers that come and go over time. When viewed from a broad perspective, education, gender, and religion can all be reproductive if they apply the same behaviors to the next generation in order to produce the same treatment, beliefs, and attitudes.
All in all, it is the author's belief that looking into this issue of deeply-rooted marginal inequality would not only add to the pool of knowledge regarding this topic but would also help in the development of policies and approaches that could tackle these symbolic differentiations and actual inequities in a deeper level.
Discussion Between the Authors' Findings
As stated earlier, the main focus of all authors cited in this paper is similar in context and nature - that is, migrant children who are living in Beijing. Nonetheless, despite the differences in their approach and focus, all of the authors have clearly and sufficiently established that there is a lingering discriminatory policy that affects the educational access of migrant children in Beijing. All of these authors have studied both these discriminatory policies and the resilient approach of the migrant students (and their families), which will be discussed in the succeeding sections.
State-led Discrimination
One of the common and recurring themes, whic...