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Black History Month

1. Review community agreements/objectives2. Process “The Mis-Education of the Negro” in small

groups3. Jigsaw “Social Reproduction in Classrooms and

Schools” with small and large groups4. Discussion: “Do schools reinforce the existing social

order?” 5. For next time...

Agenda

1. Stay engaged2. Speak your truth3. Listen for understanding4. Experience discomfort5. Expect and accept non-closure6. Maintain confidentiality7. Withhold judgment (no blame, no shame,

no guilt)

Community Agreements

● Question about comedians

● Comment about how the English treated Native Americans vs. Blacks

Index card follow-up

● the U.S. educational system has mis-educated students of color

● schools serve purposes that go beyond educating students

● education, as an institution, reinforces the system of white privilege

Participants will explore and reflect upon the ideas that...

● We will do two rounds:o Reflect on the prompt.o Each person will have 2 minutes to

share their response to the prompt without interruptions from other group members.

o Small groups will have 3 minutes of unstructured discussion/debrief.

o Large group share-out

The Mis-Education of the Negro

What was a highlight of your group’s discussion?

What lingering questions do you have?

The Mis-Education of the Negro

● Read your assigned section and answer the following questions about your section:o What is it? (economic, cultural, or

linguistic reproduction)o How does it play out in education

today?o When you were going through

school, how did this impact you (either in a positive or negative way)?

Jigsaw: Social Reproduction in Classrooms and Schools

Purpose of schools

● How would you define white privilege?

● Why is it sometimes difficult for white people to talk about privilege?

● What are some of the ways white privilege shows up in the educational setting?

Reinforcement of the Social Order?

1.Take the Harvard “Project Implicit” test for race & reflect on your results in your journal

2.Read “Racism without Racists” and reflect on it in your journal

3.Read McIntosh’s article and reflect on it in your journal

For next time...