Stop the Hate
Stop the Hate
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten we belong to each other.
~Mother Teresa
Matthew Shepard web site
In my classroom intolerance is not tolerated ...
I have a sticker on my door that says tolerance.
My student are aware that I will not tolerate racial,
ethnic or sexual slurs in my class. I can not tolerate
prejudice based on sexual orientation, ethnic background,
or race in my classroom. I try to make my class a place where every
child feels comfortable to be proud of who they are and who their
families are.
Dr. King said that in silence we give approval to horrible things ... A simple slur like
calling something or someone or gay is often ignored by many people .. I try to challenge
my students to think of the danger of putting negative connotations on types of people
... nobody has the right to put down another person or group of people on such a scale.....
Ending prejudice starts with everyone of us.
We all understand that no child is
safe to learn, free to grow, and
proud to be - until they can be
accepted unconditionally and
respected for who they really
are.
-Tipper Gore
Every hour ...
someone commits a hate crime.
Every day ...
at least eight blacks, three
whites, three gays, three Jews
and one Latino become hate crime
victims.
Every week ...
a cross is burned
Act
Do something. In the face of
hatred, apathy will be interpreted
as acceptance by the haters,
the public and, worse, the victim.
Decency must be exercised, too.
If it isn't, hate invariably persists.
Darkness cannot drive out
darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only
love can do that.
- M.L. King, Jr.
links
Matthew Shepard's site
Do Something
Teaching Tolerance
GLSEN's site
Local GLSEN's site
http://www.glsen.org/chapters/massachusetts
Day of Silence
HRC Human Right Campaign
NO H8 No hate videos
http://http://www.noh8campaign.com
ACLU
Glaad
Stop the hate
Why enumerating gays into the Civil Rights act is the biggest step twards true equality
Stop the hate
TEACHING
DIVERSITY
http://www.authentichistory.com/diversity
U.S. Holicaust Museum
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean;
if a few drops of the ocean are dirty,
the ocean does not become dirty.
Where there is love there is life."
~Mahatma Gandhi