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“The work of anti-racism is becoming a better human to other humans”
-Austin Channing Brown
“The work of anti-racism is becoming a better human to other humans”
-Austin Channing Brown
What Black Lives Matter means to an 11-year-old
What Black Lives Matter means to an 11-year-old
3 min watch
Eleven-year-old Jolia Bossette on being a Black kid in America. She wrote this speech for her elementary school graduation.
Why Black Lives Matter NOW
Why Black Lives Matter NOW
7 min watch
8th grader, Ellis Fearon talks about what "being black" means to him.
6 Ways to be an Antiracist Educator
6 Ways to be an Antiracist Educator
3 min watch
Action Items:
Start with self
Learn with your crew
Hold each other accountable
Affirm your students
Think about the larger context
Action Items:
Engage in Vigilant Self-Awareness
Acknowledge Racism and the Ideology of White Supremacy
Study and Teach Representative History
Talk About Race with Students
When You See Racism, Do Something
Action Items:
Provide students opportunities to reflect on identity and equity to build self-awareness
Enhance relationship skills through debate
Develop responsible decision-making skills through community-based projects
Use current topics to foster social awareness
Explore different expectations for self-management
Uncomfortable Conversations with
A Black Man Series
Uncomfortable Conversations with
A Black Man Series
Emmanuel Acho
10 min watch
1 hour listen
Podcast: "I’m talking with professor Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and the Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. We talk about racial disparities, policy, and equality, but we really focus on How to Be an Antiracist, which is a groundbreaking approach to understanding uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves."
45 min listen
Podcast: Rosetta Lee and Nathan Tanaka uncover some of what is behind the myth of the model minority and its relationship to whiteness.
58 min listen
Podcast: "When discussing educational equity for minoritized racial and ethnic groups, many advocates tend to focus on non-Asian students of color... Failure to properly understand the diversity within this group and different experiences would be a tremendous mistake. Dr. Lan Kolano... and Cat Bao Le... join the program to talk about the misconceptions about AAPIs, the multifaceted nature of racism, and need to center immigrant experiences in racial equity."
5 episodes 30-45 min listen
Podcast: An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.
5 min. read
By Christina Torres
This teacher is often asked, “Why can’t you let ‘social justice’ go?” Here’s her answer.
7 Page PDF
by Derald Wing Sue, PhD
5 Ineffective Strategies
1. Do Nothing
2. Sidetrack the Conversation
3. Appease the Participants
4. Terminate the Discussion
5. Become Defensive
5 Successful Strategies
1. Understand your racial/cultural identity
2. Acknowledge and be open to admitting your racial biases
3. Validate and facilitate discussion of feelings
4. Control the process, not the content, of race talk
5. Validate, encourage, and express admiration and appreciation to participants who speak when it feels unsafe to do so
Further Reading and Resources
Further Reading and Resources
Books
Books
Movies/TV shows
Movies/TV shows
Misc.
Misc.
"The goal of The 1619 Project is to reframe American history by considering what it would mean to regard 1619 as our nation’s birth year. Doing so requires us to place the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country."
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