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The effects of race and racism are unavoidable aspects of our modern world. Educators play a valuable role that impacts how our young people operate in the world by giving them a nuanced perspective on race. By teaching about the historical foundations of race and its role within political and social structures, we can help students better understand how race affects their own lives.

Artists have always been agents of cultural change; they can sway opinions, direct resistance, or reform. The aesthetic culture has a notorious ability to illustrate political truth about complicated structures of a social culture. As a political cartoonist, Thomas Nast wielded more influence than any other artist in the 19th-century; civil rights artist Emory Douglas designed the iconic symbol of defiance with his image of the raised fist; feminists initiated the art of resistance performances.