Sunday, March 25, 2012

Survival in America if You Are Young and Black

I read this in Time magazine and then found the online version.  I just find this reality so disturbing.

"How to Talk to Young Black Boys About Trayvon Martin"

Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/21/how-to-talk-to-young-black-boys-about-trayvon-martin/#ixzz1q9KqqE75

Students who are white need to learn that this is a reality for people of color.  It is not just something that occurred in the history books, sometime in the distant past.  This is people's reality now.  My student population is 60% Latino.  They face similar issues.  We must do what we can to reduce/remove this reality from our world.

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