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Archive - June 2020

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27 Mistakes White Teachers of Black Students Make and How to Fix Them

June 30, 2020
by Jay Wamsted
8 min read
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Dr. Jay Wamsted was on Citizen Education with Chris Stewart and discussed white racism in schools – particularly schools serving Black and Brown children. He also discussed his blog below. A few years back, I was in...

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Gianna Was Right, Her Daddy Changed the World

June 26, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
5 min read
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Four weeks ago, a Black man was lynched. In 2020.  I remind myself of that fact each day so that I do not forget what we saw, what happened—that we witnessed a man take his last breath. In the days following, we watched...

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An Open Letter to Teachers Who Began Teaching During the American Spring

June 23, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
7 min read
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Dear Freedom School Literacy Team 2020, Across the nation, we started the summer of 2020, lighting up the streets with rage. We rage for George Floyd’s senseless strangulation. We rage for Ahmaud Arbery, who was hunted...

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Juneteenth Is My Independence Day

June 19, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
4 min read
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As I look at the world right now, I see a lot of belief statements and acknowledgment of past hurts—a reckoning to finally accept that we have much work to do as a nation where it pertains to racism and social justice. Some of...

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When “Progressive” White People Perfect Progressive Racism And Call It “Allyship”

June 16, 2020
by Citizen Stewart
3 min read
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Good people, it looks like the smoke rising from Minneapolis has inspired so many “allies” to ask: “what can we do to help.” And, as a matter of solidarity, folks have focused intently on defunding or reforming or lightly...

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Educators, There Isn’t A Flaw In The System, These Injustices Are The System. How Will You Respond?

June 9, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
5 min read
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I am finding it difficult to get through most days without crying, without feeling like water is rising above my head, without feeling a great sense of despair. I feel a heaviness in my chest. Watching 400 years of abuse...

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Admit It…You Have Amy Coopers In Your Schools.

June 5, 2020
by Rann Miller
6 min read
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Last week, I watched American cities burn: Minneapolis, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Philadelphia.  And while the murder of George Floyd was the catalyst, Amy Cooper played a role.  It’s easy to...

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How Are Schools And Non-Profit Leaders Speaking To Their Staff About America’s Racism Pandemic?

June 2, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
14 min read
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Courage, commitment, and foresight are consistently needed when you work in schools, districts, and organizations that claim to be doing the work of anti-racism. There are too many organizations and school/district leaders today...

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