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Raising Race Questions:
Personal Learning for Institutional Transformation
Does my curriculum validate each student and their experiences?"
What is Racial identity? Racial identity is externally imposed: “How do others perceive me?”
Racial identity is also internally constructed: “How do I identify myself?”
"Understanding how our identities and experiences have been shaped by race is vital. We are all awarded certain privileges and or disadvantages because of our race whether or not we are conscious of it."
National Museum of African American History and Culture's Guide to Talking About Race and Racial Identity
"It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know." ~Actor, Laura Linney
Let's Talk About It: Through which lens are you viewing the world?
Explaining Black Lives Matter Protests
IDENTITY: Who you are, the way you think about yourself, the way you are viewed by the world and the characteristics that define you.
Examples include age, religion, social class, profession, culture, race or ethnicity, health diagnosis, disability, education, sex, gender identity, occupation, sexual orientation, veteran status...
What Are Personal Pronouns?
Why Do They Matter?
the act of making an assumption (even if correct) sends a potentially harmful message -- that people have to look a certain way to demonstrate the gender that they are or are not.
LESSON UP!!
An identity chart is a graphic organizer that students can use to reflect on the factors that shape their individual identity as well as those that shape their identity as the member of a community. In this video, students create identity charts for different civil rights activists.
IDENTITY, POETRY & COMMUNITY
“I hope that I can have more complicated relationships with race, class, gender, and so on. I also hope that I become more generous to the people that populate my poems. They are people.” - Dr. Joshua Bennett, Author of The Sobbing School
Discussion Prompts: What does it mean to "belong"? Which parts of your identity are visible? What experiences are relevant to these identities? Are there parts you choose to keep hidden?
Say It, Sing It If The Spirit Leads...
SHAPES...MATH...ART
"The Stunning Beauty of Islamic Geometric Patterns"
~By Ali Kayaspor
Muslim artists have been adorning mosques, palaces, and books with their geometric patterns and calligraphy work since the 8th century. We mostly see the Islamic geometric patterns in places of worship are used as a medium to glorify God. - -Math teacher, Ali Kayaspor
"This remarkable set of architectural drawings of the Topkapi Scroll was first brought to public attention in 1986 by Filiz Çagman of the Topkapi Palace Museum Library"
"They had a long history of using mathematics in architecture. More than 1000 years ago, Muslim scholars and artists, especially in the Baghdad area, created an alternative form of decoration using only the basic tools of Euclid, namely the compass and the straight edge. We call them Islamic geometric patterns because they have a lot of mathematics in the structure."
Who's In Your Classroom? And Why Does It Matter?
"Typically, the more a group is outnumbered in the larger group, the more likely individuals are to seek network ties with people like them." ~Dolly Chugh, Social Scientist and Author of The Person You Mean To Be
"Believers to Builders" Takeaways from the book: Activating a growth mindset; Seeing the ordinary privilege; Opting for willful awareness; Engaging people and systems around us
Exploring Unconscious & Systemic Bias
STEREOTYPES, ASSUMPTIONS AND THE BRAIN
"The human mind has limited storage resources, limited processing power and as a result relies on shortcuts to do a lot of its work." ~ DC
Reflecting on protest, our human relationship with hurt and anger and ideas of privilege:
"For people who experience a lot of oppression and social marginalization, I think there’s a closer connection to the hurt than I would say for people who experience more social privilege. I think a good example is whiteness, white supremacy. I see white supremacy as trauma. When I’m working with white folks, it’s helping to support white folks in actually connecting to the trauma of whiteness and what whiteness has meant, whiteness as a system that has to be maintained because that’s where identity location has been planted. So the woundedness, the trauma, is actually disrupting the foundation of that identity, and then actually having to sit with the intensity of trying to figure out who you are now, after this identity location of whiteness has been disrupted." Lama Rod Owens, Activist and Author
Although bias itself is devilishly hard to eliminate, it is not as difficult to interrupt. In the decades we’ve spent researching and advising people on how to build and manage diverse work groups, we’ve identified ways that managers can counter bias without spending a lot of time—or political capital.
"Then Why Didn't You Stay In Mexico?"
How are adults navigating conversations about race, ethnicity and bigotry in our schools?
According to this Danish television ad: "It's easy to put people in boxes..."
"I think we sometimes make lots of assumptions about students...We should create opportunities for them to explore THEIR identities but also to explore OTHER identities because if we can't do that in the classroom and we can't do that in the theater, I'm not sure where we're gonna do it." ~
Sara Warner, Associate Professor
NAMING IT!
"Names That Are Unfamiliar to You Aren't "Hard" They are "Unpracticed."
"Fear of the unfamiliar or threatening is often at the heart of policies that target traditionally black hairstyles as well. Attorney Anna-Lisa F. Macon, who has written about racialized hairstyle prohibitions, says educators may not be consciously targeting black students with their hair policies, but they need to stop and consider why a certain hairstyle seems disruptive or inappropriate."
Dress Codes, Culture & Identity
Brown University Student and Westminster Alum...
"Lauren Brown: Simplifying the hair care journey for Black women As a member of B-Lab — the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s summer startup accelerator — Brown has developed Figured, a venture that offers customized natural hair care guidance to women with Afro-textured hair."
Photo by Nick Dentamaro
Teacher and Anti-Bias Educator, Liz Kleinrock, has some great ideas about talking to young people about "taboo" topics in the classroom:
Classroom Innovation
"I have these kids who would never raise their hands in a traditional reading, writing or math lesson but if you ask them about Black Lives Matter or what's happening in our government they all know something, and they all want to share." - L.K.
WHAT'S YOUR STORY?
"The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were going to happen whether I chose to participate or not. I was a fortunate son of this country. I had a good family. I went to a private school. I graduated from a great college. A lot of the guys who served under me didn’t have those advantages. They relied on me to make tough decisions in dangerous situations. And I’m glad I was there to make those decisions.”
“You see this really fucking horrible stuff. You see guys blown to bits. You see dogs eating people. And the whole time there’s this little voice in your head that says: ‘That’s not normal, that’s not normal.’ And the longer you stay in that place, the quieter the voice gets. That voice is like your anchor. If it gets too quiet, it’s hard to come back."
After viewing the 2014 short film "What Makes Good Teaching" use the following prompt for discussion: What has changed, what remains the same?
MEET AUTHOR, TOMMY ORANGE
DISCUSSION TOPIC: What did you learn about Native or Indigenous populations in school? What are some of the stereotypes we still hold?
"When people think the only way to be or look Native is based on an historical, head dressed, feathered image, you've already disappeared. You're already gone before you can even start."
The PBS Documentary "Dawnland" reveals the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the United States through the first government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission in the nation, tasked with investigating the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on Native American communities.
A Conversation with Native Americans on Race - OpDocs
COLLEGE BEHIND BARS - A DOCUMENTARY
"I have two identities: I'm a prisoner and I'm a student."
DISCUSSION PROMPTS:
“This film challenges conventional wisdom about education and incarceration, and raises questions we urgently need to address,” Novick said. “What ultimately is prison for? Who in America has access to educational opportunity? Who among us is capable of academic excellence? How can we break the cycle of recidivism? How can we have justice without redemption?”
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES IN THE CLASSROOM
"I remember always wanting to leave home, from the time I started high school. I just had to sit with it and wait...until I was old enough to leave the house."
IDENTITY & INTERSECTIONALITY
" I encourage people to think about how the convergence of race stereotypes or gender stereotypes might play out in the classroom between teachers and students, between students and other students, between students and administrators." ~ Press Play to hear more from Kimberle` Crenshaw
"Identity isn't simply a self contained unit. It's a relationship." ~ KC
Discussing Body Image and Stereotypes with "The Mirnavator"
DID YOU KNOW?
"A majority of parents rarely, if ever, discuss race/ethnicity, gender, class or other categories of social identity with their kids, according to a new, nationally representative survey of more than 6,000 parents conducted by Sesame Workshop and NORC at the University of Chicago. The researchers behind Sesame Street say the fact that so many families aren't talking about these issues is a problem because children are hard-wired to notice differences at a young age — and they're asking questions."
" 'Why is this person darker than me?' 'Why is this person wearing that hat on their head?' " These are just some of the social identity questions parents might hear, says Tanya Haider, executive vice president for strategy, research and ventures at Sesame Workshop. "We sometimes are scared to talk about these things. If the adults stiffen up and say, 'Oh, you shouldn't say that loudly,' that's sending [children] a cue that there's something wrong."
IDENTITY & POLITICS
HOW DO YOU TALK ABOUT IT?
"Cheraton Love, who identifies as liberal, and her father-in-law, Jim White, who identifies as conservative, sit at odds on the political spectrum. Using the StoryCorps App, they recorded this conversation about how they manage to not let their differences pull their family apart."
Exploring Sikhism
"I think for the most part people are just curious. Maybe they've never seen anybody with a turban and a beard before....It represents your faith and that you're faithful."
Check out the short film PAGG:
WANT TO BOLSTER INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE CLASSROOM? CONSIDER ADDING "MASTERCLASS" TO YOUR MIX
"If you're an independent filmmaker, making films outside of Hollywood is HARD."
THE GLOBAL ONENESS PROJECT: Check Out Executive Director, Cleary Vaughn-Lee Discussing The Power of Film, Storytelling and Classroom Engagement
WORLD VIEWS
"Earthrise tells the story of the first image captured of the Earth from space in 1968. Told solely by the Apollo 8 astronauts, the film recounts their experiences and memories and explores the beauty, awe, and grandeur of the Earth against the blackness of space."
INSPIRATIONAL DIALOGUE
MEET QUINN: AND CHECK OUT THE VIEW FROM HIS WINDOW
"Having respect for someone else's beliefs and customs even if they are not your own."
HOW DO YOU DEFINE "ABILITY"?
36 Year Old Matt Stutzman, a single DAD OF 3, has some ideas
"To be able to see Miguel and the messiness of his family and how they treat these traditions in different ways depending on where they are in life..I thought that was really beautiful to be able to represent on screen." - Screenwriter, Co-Director, Adrian Molina
THE MAKING OF PIXAR'S COCO: Discussion Prompt: How and why does representation matter?
"American history textbooks can differ across the country, in ways that are shaded by partisan politics." NYT Article
What do we really mean when we say 'I don't see color?' Robin DeAngelo has some ideas...
STEREOTYPES, HISTORY AND IDENTITY: Hmmmm...SO...CAN BLACK PEOPLE SWIM?
What is the notion of "White Fragility" and what do we do about it?
In a recent Washington Post Interview, Lama Rod Owens offers some reflections about race, protest movements and allyship:
"The white people who are out in the streets now, they don't feel the same trauma, but they're animated by something as well. What do you make of where they're coming from? I think that it’s so important to be an ally, to show up. But at the end of the day, your allyship isn’t the work that’s required to undo whiteness. The work that’s required to undo white supremacy from white people is actually by coming into a relationship with their brokenheartedness and the trauma from whiteness, and learning how to sit with that, you know, and experiencing that. And that experience will slowly begin to divest you from the ways in which you’ve been trained and taught to participate in the system. Without the pain, without getting close to your pain, it’s not going to be changed."
Resources from Facing History and Ourselves
"We know that as educators, you face the challenge of responding to these events on multiple fronts. Like all adults, you face the struggle of processing these painful events for yourselves, whether you live in close proximity to the communities targeted or not. And you must also find the emotional stamina and classroom tools necessary to help students engage in their own processing. This is exceptionally difficult, and we at Facing History are here to help."
Did you know?
Students who see themselves reflected in the curriculum tend to be more engaged and perform better?
How do we make sense of social constructs? Where does the term "Asian" come from? How do stereotypes shape our experiences?Check out Alex Dang's Spoken Word Poem "What Kind of Asian Are You?"
Meet Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi, recent high school grads who collected hundreds of personal stories about race and are working to build community through an awareness of current events.
WHAT'S CONSIDERED A 'SAFE SPACE' ON WESTMINSTER'S CAMPUS?
"I use language and literature as a way to orchestrate a framework to inquire about American life." ~Ocean Vuong
DID YOU KNOW?
The National Center for Education Statistics indicates that 30 percent of all entering freshmen at two and four year colleges are first-generation college students.
SHOW ME THE MONEY! "BRINGING CLASS INTO THE CLASSROOM
"It took me until the end of college to work up the courage to walk into a professor's office and say I need help."
"We were expecting long nights in the library and tough exams but what we're really facing is sleepless nights worried about rent and really distracting lecture halls when you just can't stop thinking about food."
The hardest thing was not being able to find housing...I lived in my car and couch surfed."
TALKING ABOUT PRIVILEGE WITH TEENS
"Looking back at my education, there are all sorts of things I wished I would've understood earlier and myriad ways that my educators could've done a better job. I could've been a better student too: more curious, more attuned to how much I didn't understand. But I know that I learned best via experiences and concrete examples, even though I could always parrot back abstract theory on anything."
FROM TEEN VOGUE ~PEER PERSPECTIVES: College advice for students of marginalized identities
"Don't be afraid to find a therapist to make it through. I know it can feel shameful to need help from a mental health professional, but waiting will only worsen the struggle and keep you from being the best version of yourself."
EXPLORING MASCULINITY.
DISCUSSION PROMPT: WHAT DOES IT MEAN "TO BE A MAN?"
“It’s time to unveil such important and inspirational stories. We’re giving viewers a rare look into the lives of these elite athletes’ unique journeys and open their eyes to the daily challenges these athletes face on and off the field of play,” said David McFarland
Men & Masculinity
Artist Ranjani Shettar discusses ART, LIFE & NATURE
"Seven Ponds and a Few Raindrops doesn't represent seven ponds or raindrops. I use these titles to jumpstart someone's imagination."
HOLLYWOOD, REPRESENTATION & STORYTELLING
CULTURE, COMEDY, & COMMUNITY
Comedian Hari Kondobolu's Netflix Documentary: The Problem With Apu
"I know that my documentary and my stand-up is being used in high school, college, and grad school classes, which is certainly not the goal, but I’m happy that’s the truth. And that certainly has some impact. But I don’t think that every comic should be thinking, I gotta get this in the curriculum! Nah, just make the people laugh and see what happens."
CHECK OUT THIS INTERVIEW!
The first Muslim American woman to wear a hijab while competing for the United States in the olympics
"Once I had my uniform on and my mask went on, people didn't see me for my race, they didn't see me for my religion and they didn't see me for my gender."
"I've had to fight for every win, every place at the table, every ounce of respect on my path to be a world-class athlete. And I will continue to fight because the prize this time -- an America that truly respects all of its citizens -- is worth more than any medal. Inshallah: so, may it be."
Did you know?
Only recently did major athletic wear companies include hijabs in their product offerings. Intersections of fashion, faith and business.
"Take your hijab off or quit boxing."
EMPATHY AS PRACTICE
NEED HELP?
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES? CHECK OUT SOME STRATEGIES FROM VANDERBILT'S CENTER FOR TEACHING
"Racism is still everywhere. A lot of (Malaysian) girls still like to use skin lightening creams. I'm against all of that." ~ Yuna
WHAT IS COLORISM?
Filmmaker Nayani Thiyagarajah Explores Colorism In Her Documentary "SHADEISM"
“Music affects deep emotional centers in the brain,“ says Valorie Salimpoor, a neuroscientist at McGill University who studies the effects music and the human brain.
Community Building Lesson Plan: Have students create a playlist that speaks to their life experiences. Share with the class! Rotate the songs each week. By the way teachers, who's on your playlist?
British Musician Lianne LaHavas
BROADWAY MUSICAL: THE BAND'S VISIT
"The first-ever Broadway musical to play the Tiny Desk, The Band's Visit — starring, among others, Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub — showed up in the morning, performed a few pieces, and zoomed back to New York in time to make a 7 p.m. curtain. A few weeks later, the show won a staggering 10 Tony Awards, including best musical, best director and best score, not to mention lead-acting awards for Lenk and Shalhoub. "
"HIGH SCHOOL WAS SUCH A BLUR. I'M THE CLASS OF 2016. I WROTE THE SONG 'LOCATION' RIGHT AROUND PROM TIME MY SENIOR YEAR. I'M JUST GLAD I GOT UP THE COURAGE AND CHASED AFTER MY DREAMS AND STARTED MAKING MUSIC." ~ KHALID
TASH SULTANA
"This 21-year-old Maltese-Australian got a guitar from her grandfather when she was three, she says, and has played it every day since. It's astonishing to watch Sultana's fluidity on her instrument, like a natural extension of her body. (She also plays bass, saxophone, trumpet, flute and more, but kept it "simple" at the Tiny Desk.)"
ICELANDIC COMPOSER, OLAFUR ARNALDS
"About ten minutes into the performance Ólafur looked behind him at the two pianos, looked to the NPR crowd and said, "well I guess you're all wondering 'what and why,' to which there's no easy answer."
MUSIC, SCIENCE & YOUTH
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELONG?
Musically Inspired: Conversations about Economics
Them Belly Full - Bob Marley Lyrics
Them belly full but we hungry
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A rain a-fall but the dirt, it tough
A pot a-cook but the food no 'nough
We're gonna dance to Jah music, dance
We're gonna dance to Jah music, dance
Forget your sorrows and dance
Forget your troubles and dance
Forget your sickness and dance
Forget your weakness and dance, I say
Cost of livin' gets so high
The rich and poor they start to cry
And now the weak must get strong, they say
Oh, what a tribulation, saying
My belly full but me hungry
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough
A pot a-cook but the food no 'nough
We're gonna chuck to Jah music, we're chuckin' lord
Hey-hey, we're chuckin' to Jah music, we're chuckin'
Ooh, my belly full but me hungry
A hungry…
MONEY TALKS
Discussion Prompt: What are some of your earliest memories about money? How do those stories shape how you think about money and access today?
Discussion Prompt: When/What Was Your First Job? What was that experience like? Have you ever been responsible for contributing to family finances?
Did you receive an allowance growing up? Is money openly discussed in your household?
Discussion Prompts
What are some of the stereotypes that come along with having lots of money?
What are some of the stereotypes that come along with having very little money?
What are the consequences of such stereotypes?
"I was living in my car. Now I have 288 square feet. Wow. Just wow."
Dr. Robin DiAngelo delves into SKIN PRIVILEGE and offers practical strategies for building authentic relationships across difference.
Vulnerability: How Can Sharing Our Personal Stories Help Conversations and Lessons Come to Life?
SPECTRUM ACTIVITY ON RACE
Students and teachers open up about microaggressions in schools and what we can do about it.
IDENTITY AND EVOLVING LANGUAGE
"In the same way, most of us are likely to begin saying and writing “enslaved person,” if not in place of then at least interchangeably with “slave.” It will become less and less distracting and more and more a tiny but healthy reminder that these men, women and children were not property that could be owned — terminology and practice of the day notwithstanding — but human beings with the same inherent dignity, rights and feelings as anyone else."
Discussion Prompt: How does language shape identity and culture? In what ways does it harm? In what ways can it help? What are some examples of shifting language as it relates to some part of your own identity?
"I'm a white parent and I know many of us who are white were raised to think that even talking about race is racist." ~Dr. Anne Hallward, psychiatrist in Portland, Maine.
"Hidden, unintentional bias can be the most harmful." - Dr. Derald Wing Sue, author of Microaggressions in Everyday Life
Curious About the Story Swap Project?
Friendship can be stronger than different religions."
CINEMA MAGIC!
DID YOU KNOW?
Filmmaker Jordan Peele is the first Black writer/director with a $100 million film debut. Really? GET OUT! Here he talks about his favorite horror flicks and dispels audience myths about symbolism in GET OUT.
"I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive, and feel like you're accusing them of not thinking."
“This Chinese producer was like, ‘You need a white guy in your movie." Meet Writer, Director Lulu Wang
"There's something powerful about seeing yourself on the page or on the screen...I was sort of writing out of a loneliness." - Author, Tommy Orange
Did you know?
"Learning about race and Whiteness can be confusing, contentious, and frightening, particularly for White people. Even just asking questions about race can be scary because we are afraid of what our questions might reveal about our ignorance or bias." ~ Dr. Ali Michael, The Race Institute
Discussion Prompts: How do you talk with your white children (or students) about race? What prompted the first conversation and how are they going? What additional information or resources might you need?
PAIDEIA STUDENT POEM GOES VIRAL
Seven Young Folks out of BC are Making a Name for Themselves: JUICE
"Everyone in the band creates, everyone writes, everyone always has their creative decision heard and we’ve learned to let that natural chemistry flow. We have found our balance and every band member has their own spin on some of the creative elements. Our process is special to us and we love it."
ARTISTS SPEAK!
ART, LIFE & COMMUNITY
"And at night, while drawing by myself, I’d listen to the radio and it would play hip hop. So ever since, I had an admiration for the culture." - Royyal Dog
SILENT CONVERATIONS
Spoken Without Words: ASL SLAM!
Meet Douglas Ridloff : "My boys are utterly privileged. We need more deaf role models."
Harvard Grad and Attorney, Haben Girma on growing up: "We struggled with my parents wanting to keep me protected and me wanting to experience as much of the world as possible."
Discrimination, Intersectionality: Deaf, Black and a victim of Police Brutality
Did you know?
Bruce Springsteen's "American Skin" is also titled "41 Shots" and was written following the New York City Police Shooting of Immigrant Amadou Diallo.
CURRENT EVENTS IN THE CLASSROOM
"Teaching inclusively means embracing student diversity in all forms — race, ethnicity, gender, disability, socioeconomic background, ideology, even personality traits like introversion — as an asset. It means designing and teaching courses in ways that foster talent in all students, but especially those who come from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education."
WHAT'S YOUR POV? DOCUMENTARY & CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS
"ROLL RED ROLL"
This film also explores stereotypes about young people with autism. Check it out below.
" Swim Team"
Is Storytelling A Form Of Liberation?
"Shame is not just a painful feeling. It's actually a lethal public health threat." ~ Dr. Anne Hallward, Founder of Safe Space Radio
"Bing Liu's debut film is a coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown. In his quest to understand why he and his friends all ran away from home when they were younger, Bing explores the gap between fathers and sons, between discipline and domestic abuse and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult."
93Queen
"Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93Queen follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City."
"Titled Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge, the installation presents Bradford’s signature collage technique and highlights his penchant for oblique commentary on history, geography, and politics at a time when such discursive sites seem increasingly charged and contentious. For Pickett’s Charge, Bradford created eight large-scale panels, each twelve feet high and forty-five to fifty feet in length."
Did you know?
A national survey by GLSEN has found that 75% of transgender youth feel unsafe at school, and those who are able to persevere had significantly lower GPAs, were more likely to miss school out of concern for their safety, and were less likely to plan on continuing their education.
Jodie Patterson Explores culture, race and gender identity
EXPLORING AMERICAN IDENTITY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE "AMERICAN"?
THIS AMERICAN LIFE
"Many Americans have dreamy and romantic ideas about Paris, notions which probably trace back to the 1920s vision of Paris created by the expatriate Americans there. But what's it actually like in Paris if you're an American, without rose-colored glasses?"
The Equal Justice Initiative
“We have a system of justice that treats you better if you’re rich and guilty than if you’re poor and innocent,” Stevenson said. “Wealth–not culpability–shapes outcomes. And we think we have to change that."
Press "Play" to Learn More About EJI
Hannah Ayers & Lance Warren
AN OUTRAGE is a documentary film about lynching in the American South. Filmed on-location at lynching sites in six states and bolstered by the memories and perspectives of descendants, community activists, and scholars, this unusual historical documentary seeks to educate even as it serves as a hub for action to remember and reflect upon a long-hidden past.
Appropriate for High School Viewing. Need discussion help? Check out the Teaching Tolerance resources below.
NEW APPROACHES TO PRISON AND REHABILITATION
Athletics, Identity and History
"One minute everything was sunny and happy, the next minute was chaos and crazy," he says. Smith recalls, "I had no job and no education, and I was married with a 7-month-old son."
MEDIA COVERAGE OF ATHLETES: #CoverTheAthlete
Author Chimamanda Adichie Reminds Us of The Danger of A Single Story
Key facets of identity—like gender, social class, age, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, religion, age and disability—play significant roles in determining how we understand and experience the world, as well as shaping the types of opportunities and challenges we face.
Hey! Are You Listening?
SCIENCE SAYS...
"HOW DO YOU INVENT A SURGERY THAT DOESN'T EXIST?"
Doug Lindsay Figured Out A Way. He Saved His Own Life.
Teaching and Learning
"We share tips here that any instructor can use to minimize inequities and help more students succeed. We’re not suggesting a complete redesign of your courses, but more of an overlay to your current teaching practices."
~ Viji Sathy and Kelly A. Hogan/Chronicle of Higher Education
