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Podcast: Empower Students Now
Episode: 46. How To Approach Issues of Race with Mentor Texts
Description: Our classrooms are microcosms of the society we live in.The sad reality (that many have a hard time admitting) is race matters in our society and it matters in our classrooms. A person’s race impacts so many aspects of their day to day experiences. When we ignore this fact or pretend to be colorblind, we are perpetuating the problems of stereotyping, prejudice and systemic racism. The majority of teachers in America are white and female. Schools and neighborhoods are segregated by race. Students socially group themselves by race (and so do adults).How do we approach issues of ra...