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Appendix B: Scenarios
The best way to be ready to speak up is to prepare. Here are some prompts to get you started.
July 31, 2012
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I fit the description...
In this blog post, Steve Locke—a college professor of 13 years—details being wrongfully detained by the police while walking to get lunch all because they believed he matched a description.
April 28, 2016
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The Child's Defender
In this interview, Marian Wright Edelman expresses the importance of each American sending children “signals of fairness and tolerance” and helping to give them “a life that transcends boundaries of race, class, gender and other differences.”
June 20, 2016
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No Place for Bigotry
An anti-bias club changes the atmosphere at a suburban high school
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No Choice for Many Students
The law is touted as a way to provide "school choice," but in reality it discriminates against many impoverished families.
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Recognizing and Addressing Colorism in Schools
This educator and researcher illustrates what colorism looks like in schools—and how to counter it.
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Welfare is a Women's Issue
This essay expounds on the injustices and false perceptions faced by women in the welfare system. Tillmon contends that the system is overrun with sexism and that until American women are liberated by equal pay, the welfare system will continue to be a trap for them.
July 3, 2014
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Brown v. Board: General Discussion Questions
Discuss the impact of Brown v. Board and the current state of segregation using articles from Teaching Tolerance magazine's special anniversary section.
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Friend and Activist Nick LaTour Dies
Singer, actor and activist Nick LaTour died Monday. To many children in Alabama and across the country, LaTour was a consummate storyteller who was able to bring the civil rights movement to life. People who heard him sing will forever be touched by his baritone renditions of spirituals or civil rights anthems.