discrimination

#BanPrejudice&Hate

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One day, when I was in 5th grade decades ago, our teacher pinned a construction paper circle to each of our uniform collars as we entered the classroom in the morning.  The circles were either brown or blue, and there seemed to be no rhyme or reason for who received what color. I received brown. … Read more

What Exactly Do We Mean by Safe?

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9/11/01 was a Tuesday.  That year, I met with my 5th grade class of gifted students every Tuesday.  We had just begun reading the The Giver, by Lois Lowry, when another teacher beckoned me to the door and whispered to me about a plane that had crashed into one of the Twin Towers. Even then, as … Read more