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Discriminatory Policies at the Summer Olympics
From a policy banning swim caps designed for natural Black hair to a ruling that several Black women can’t compete because of naturally high testosterone levels, some Olympic policies reflect stereotypes and discriminatory dress codes that many Black girls and women face in schools. As you prepare for next school year, these resources can help you assess your school’s dress code, advocate for inclusion and check that you don’t reinforce harmful stereotypes about women and women athletes.
- Controlling the Student Body
- Loc’d Out: How Thoughtless Dress Codes Can Harm Students From Day One
- We Beasts, We Badasses: Lessons From the Olympics
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January 2, 2018
Toolkit for "A Remote Control for Learning"
In "A Remote Control for Learning," Gene Luen Yang explains how students with different learning styles can benefit when instruction includes graphic novels and comics. Use this classroom activity to see how comics can
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Honoring LGBTQ Voices During Hispanic Heritage Month
Too often, curricula and media position racial and sexual identities as either/ors. Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to change that.
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Expanding Democracy
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn contends that “The treatment of children from communities experiencing systemic oppressions—those at the intersection of race, gender, poverty and geography—will determine the fate of our democracy.”
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March With Me
Letitia and Mae join children leaving school to march in Birmingham, Alabama. Disappointed that they were not arrested while picketing Woolworth’s, they feel reassured by Rev. Bevel, who tells them they made a great contribution to the movement.
October 30, 2014
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Sexism in the Civil Rights Movement: A Discussion Guide
A closer examination of heroes in our culture.
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At School
Like the workplace, school becomes the first or only place where some students, teachers, counselors, principals and others encounter a diverse and varied society. That presents opportunities for enlightenment — and potential for misunderstanding.
July 21, 2009
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Arabic Spoken Here
Language lessons create common ground in a Detroit elementary school.
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James Reeb
This essay details James Reeb’s calling to become a minister and—eventually—to join the march in Selma. Although he was tragically murdered following the march, his death had a profound impact on the civil rights movement.
March 10, 2016