In this week’s anti-racist post, I want to share with you a new 28 minute video from PBS kids called, PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and Racism. There are several ways to view the video, as you will see in the link to the press release. This program is definitely aimed at families and younger … Read more
In one of my earlier weekly anti-racist posts I mentioned that BrainPop has an excellent video, “Black Lives Matter.” They have just updated their resources for anti-racism education, and now have a series of free videos for Kindergarten and up. For the younger students, you can begin with watching animated videos of Black activists like … Read more
I confess that I have never been a huge Shakespeare fan, and I have never read or seen the play, Othello. But when I first came across this short film from 2017 by artist, Phoebe Boswell, I was captivated by her poetic interrogation of the playwright about his intentions when he created the main character, … Read more
I read a disturbing statistic on Twitter the other day – that almost 24% of young people in the United States either don’t believe the Holocaust ever happened, aren’t sure, or think its traumatic impact has been exaggerated. 2/3 of Americans between the ages of 18 and 39 have no idea that 6 million Jews … Read more
I watched this animated Storycorps video today, and almost burst into tears. Between the heroic teachers and principal, Mr. Hill, that William Lynn Weaver encountered during his education and the ones who deliberately shut him out because of the color of his skin, I felt all of the emotions that most of us probably have … Read more
As some of you know, I have committed to publishing one post a week dedicated to anti-racism. I want to thank my friend, Callan, for bringing my attention to this week’s resource when she shared it on Facebook. Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices is produced by Netflix. The series of short videos (most of them less … Read more