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CMSC's Post-DACA/Supreme Court Ruling: Healing and Energizing Support Circle

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CMSC's Post-DACA/Supreme Court Ruling: Healing and Energizing Support Circle

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The Intersectionality of Border Pedagogy and Latino/a Youth: Enacting Border Pedagogy in Multiple Spaces

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Unless you spring from a history that is smug and reckless, unless

you've vowed yourself blind to a ceaseless light, you see us. We

are a shea-shined toddler writhing through Sunday sermon, we are

the grizzled elder gingerly unfolding his last body. And we are intent

and insistent upon the human in ourselves. We are the doctor on

another day at the edge of reason, coaxing a wrong hope, ripping

open a gasping body to find air. We are five men dripping from the

burly branches of young trees, which is to say that we dare a world

that is both predictable and impossible. What else can we learn from

suicides of the cuffed, the soft targets black backs be? Stuck in its

rhythmic unreel, time keeps including us, even as our aged root

is doggedly plucked and trampled, cursed by ham-fisted spitters in

the throes of a particular fever. See how we push on as enigma, the

free out loud, the audaciously unleashed, how slyly we scan the sky -

all that wet voltage and scatters of furious star-to realize that we

are the recipients of an ancient grace. No, we didn't begin to live

when, on the 19th June day of that awkward, ordinary spring- with

no joy, in a monotone still flecked with deceit- Seems you and

others are free. That moment did not begin our breath. Our truths-

the ones we'd been birthed with-had already met reckoning in the

fields as we muttered tangled nouns of home. We reveled in black

from there to now, our rampant hue and nap, the unbridled breath

that resides in the rafters, from then to here, everything we are is

the stuff of astounding. We are a mother who hums snippets of gospel

into the silk curls of her newborn, we are the harried sister on the

elevator to the weekly paycheck mama dreamed for her. We are black

in every way there is-perm and kink, upstart and elder, wide voice,

fervent whisper. We heft our clumsy homemade placards, we will

curl small in the gloom weeping to old blues ballads. We swear not

to be anybody else's idea of free, lining up precisely, waiting to be

freed again and again. We are breach and bellow, resisting a silent

consent as we claim our much of America, its burden and snarl, the

stink and hallelujah of it, its sicknesses and safe words, all its black

and otherwise. Only those feigning blindness fail to see the body

of work we are, and the work of body we have done. Everything is

what it is because of us. It is misunderstanding to believe that free.

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Unless you spring from a history that is smug and reckless, unless you've vowed yourself blind to a ceaseless light, you see us. We are a shea-shined toddler writhing through Sunday sermon, we are the grizzled elder gingerly unfolding his last body. And we are intent and insistent upon the human in ourselves.

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Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary Respect - "I see you"

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Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary Respect - "I see you"

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"Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome," Part 2. Joy DeGruy Leary, the Black Bag Speakers Series, PSU, 2006

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Father's Day is just around the corner. If you're still looking for a gift that won't drain your bank account, we've compiled a list of products for every type of dad, whether they're into bourbon-infused soaps, the history of space travel, or just want to keep their beard a bit more lush. Check them out below.

1. Amazon Fire Stick and Voice Remote; $40

With Amazon's Fire TV stick, your dad just has to simply plug it into his TV's HDMI port and download his favorite streaming apps, and the stick will then basically turn his HD TV into a smart TV without needing to buy a whole new set. The included universal remote works in tandem with the stick to make it easier to navigate through channels and search for specific programs. With this tool, your dad won't have to lift a finger to search for his favorite shows-he can simply say, "Alexa, play Bosch" to be taken directly to the right channel. (We don't need to know your dad to know he loves Bosch.)

2. Dash Waffle Maker; $26

To really make your dad's morning on Father's Day, use this waffle maker to whip up a few Belgian waffles for breakfast. Then watch him get excited when he learns he can make his own gourmet-quality brunches in minutes. Batter up!

3. Stanley Never-Flat Stein; $31

While this 24-ounce stein from Stanley looks like it fits right in at a German beer hall, there's a lot more going on under the hood than a typical mug. Its double-wall insulation and latching lid keeps drinks colder for longer (around nine hours), while helping to retain that oh-so-necessary carbonation.

4. Death Wish Coffee; $36

Help your dad power through any morning-even the first one after a three-day weekend-with an extra kick of caffeine, courtesy of Death Wish Coffee. This powerful dark roast boasts double the caffeine of a typical cup of coffee, and it's paired in this two-pack with the Odinforce Blend, which is another dark roast aimed at people who simply won't stand for weakness in their coffee (or their coffee's packaging).

5. Give Back to Nature Candles; $24

A portion of the sales from each of these candles goes to supporting charitable organizations involved with environmental preservation, so your dad can appreciate this ethical purchase while also enjoying the earthy scents of teak wood and eucalyptus, citrus groves, or apples and maple. This gift is for any father who loves the outdoors and wants to bring a bit of nature inside the house.

6. The Beard Care Kit; $38

Social distancing has encouraged many people to try their luck at growing fabulous beards. If your father is one of them, treat him to this beard care kit that will keep his facial hair staying soft and shiny.

7. 5-in-1 Tool Pen; $25

Surprise your dad with this pen that can do (almost) everything. This ballpoint includes a built-in 3-inch ruler, a bubble level, a screwdriver, and a stylus for touchscreen devices. But if your dad would rather wear his tools than carry them around in a pocket, you could instead consider this utility bracelet, which includes a knife and a flat head screwdriver and sells for $40 on Uncommon Goods.

8. Duke Cannon soap set; $20

If you've got one of those dads who thinks leather and tobacco is the ideal scent pairing for a living room candle, then he's the exact market Duke Cannon is after. This "Bourbon and Beer" set features soaps made with actual Buffalo Trace bourbon and Old Milwaukee beer, meaning every wash will come complete with whiffs of oak barrels and sandalwood. And at a hefty 10 ounces per bar, these bricks of soap should keep him smelling like a distillery all summer long.

9. The Ultimate Book of Trivia; $20

Here at Mental Floss, we're pretty big fans of trivia-and we bet your dad will be, too. This 352-page book contains more than 1000 tidbits that he'll love spouting at parties and family dinners. Reigning Jeopardy! champion (and Mental Floss contributor) Ken Jennings's trivia almanac of more than 8800 unusual facts is also a good choice for trivia lovers.

10. Teas of the Boston Tea Party; $35

Each of the five teas included in this kit were among the varieties that early American colonists dumped into the Boston Harbor back in December 1773, and it's perfect for the history buff who enjoys the sweet, sweet taste of rebellion stirred in with their tea.

11. A History of Space Travel Cards; $14

This deck of cards isn't just a dependable time-waster in a pinch; it's decorated with illustrations that celebrate the planet's history of space travel, from the 1950s space race to the days of the ISS. Featuring the different ships, satellites, and space suits that have paved the way for where we are today, this deck is a great collectible for any dad who's had his neck craned up to the stars since childhood. For patient fathers, there's also a 500-piece History of Space Travel puzzle for $14 that will ship within one to two months.
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Each year around June 19, Black communities across the country unite for a family reunion of sorts. Juneteenth activities feature the sights and sounds of Blackness: People enjoying art, music and food that connect them to a shared ancestry and history. They celebrate being their authentic selves. They celebrate freedom in both solemn and festive ceremonies.

This celebration marks a day in 1865 when enslaved Texans learned they'd be free-two months after Robert E. Lee surrendered and ended the Civil War and two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Initially a uniquely Texan observance, Juneteenth has now been recognized in some form in every corner of the country.

There are many ways to teach students about this celebration. Lessons about Juneteenth need to recognize the challenges those who fight injustice have always faced, but they shouldn't be marked only by the tragedy of enslavement. Students, particularly Black students, can find empowerment in the jubilant celebrations of culture, activism and the humanity of a people.

Teaching Juneteenth: Culture as Resistance

Although the truth had been hidden from them-and they continued to face threats of continued oppression, violence and death-a year after they learned of their freedom, formerly enslaved people resiliently rallied around that date and made the celebration an annual ritual. Early Juneteenth observances included a search for lost family members and an opportunity to uplift each other as they moved through hostile environments.

With this knowledge, students can also identify ways the descendants of the enslaved recapture and honor the cultures, customs and practices lost through slavery.

Early celebrations involved readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, religious ceremonies, singing, games and enjoying foods that enslaved people ate. Today, it doesn't look that much different. People retell histories, have family reunions, eat foods reminiscent of early Juneteenth celebrations such as barbeque, attend religious services or choir performances and have elaborate displays such as fancy dress and parades.

Teaching Juneteenth: Understanding Emancipation

That's why Juneteenth is more than an observance of freedom. It's also a time to share the experiences of those who fought- literally and figuratively-to seek true freedom for future generations. It's important that we don't whitewash this history.

A common mistake among those who teach the history of American slavery is to center the U.S. government's role in granting freedom while also placing the onus to navigate through a racist society solely on the formerly enslaved.

Perhaps many center Lincoln in this history because we tend to think of the Emancipation Proclamation, instead of the 13th Amendment, as ending slavery. Our 2018 Teaching Hard History report found that 59 percent of high school students couldn't correctly identify the latter as the legal end to slavery in the United States.

But it's important for students to know that enslaved people didn't willfully accept enslavement or wait for others to free them. They resisted often and consistently. While rare, violent rebellions did occur. Some people successfully escaped enslavement. And everyday acts of resistance, such as breaking tools or pretending to be ill were other ways enslaved people asserted their humanity.

While it certainly encouraged enslaved people to liberate themselves (letting them know they wouldn't be re-enslaved if they escaped behind Union lines), the Emancipation Proclamation didn't end U.S. slavery because it didn't apply to Union states. January 31, 1865 marks the day the 13th Amendment-which officially abolished slavery in the United States-was passed in Congress. Students need to know that there were people enslaved in Delaware until December 6, 1865, the day the 13th Amendment was finally ratified.

Juneteenth offers an opportunity to talk to students about this complex history. When you do, you can also talk about the progress and opposing forces that continue to threaten all of these milestones, even though they're protected by the Constitution of the United States.

Teaching Juneteenth: Backlash to Freedom

American history has often been reduced to a simple story of continuous progress. In this context, the Emancipation Proclamation represents an important turning point-the country coming to its senses and setting the course for concrete steps toward true equality.

But it's important for students to know that the announcement-and the celebration afterward-was short-lived and riddled with setbacks, including violence. For example, some enslavers intentionally waited until the harvest before they announced that the enslaved were freed.

And some people taking advantage of their freedom were met with terror or even death. Newly freed people didn't have protection until September 1865 with the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau, and even those efforts were often thwarted during Reconstruction.

As TT Associate Editor Julia Delacroix points out, "Students tend to think of the fight for civil rights as though there has always been a set list of hurdles to be overcome-slavery, then racial terror, then segregation, then disenfranchisement, then mass incarceration."

But we know that "racism takes the shape of whatever will hold it." Barriers to freedom weren't predestined, but they do confirm that there has always been a force to maintain racial hierarchy by pushing back against change.

In other words, with each attempt to bring justice and equality to all people, there is often a quick and fierce response. With each victory, there is yet another dueling force to conquer. The announcement of emancipation was no exception, and Juneteenth is a perfect opening to invite students to think about the "story of America" they often hear.

Teaching Juneteenth: American Ideals

It's not too challenging to ask students to consider what Juneteenth tells us about our ideas about the United States. After all, another holiday-July Fourth-is in the shadow of Juneteenth. It's a time when Americans are encouraged to rejoice in its independence...and freedom.

Students might recognize a paradox with July Fourth celebrations. They might question how a country could have touted the idea of freedom and liberty for all while also oppressing and treating an entire group of people as property. Those celebrations of independence went on for 89 years before the United States abolished slavery.

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass acknowledged this as "inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony" during his July 5, 1852 speech in Rochester, New York.

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Watts, California

It was a low-key traffic stop around 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening that ignited what would become known as the Watts Rebellion.

Stepbrothers Marquette and Ronald Frye were pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer while driving their mother's car near the corner of Avalon Boulevard and 116th Street in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Marquette failed a sobriety test and panicked as he was arrested. As Marquette's anger rose at the thought of going to jail, a scuffle broke out between him and one of the police officers. Ronald joined in, partly to protest the arrest but also to protect his brother.

A crowd began to gather, and back-up police arrived under the assumption that the crowd was hostile, which resulted in a fight between someone in the crowd and an officer. Another newly-arrived officer jabbed Ronald in the stomach with his riot baton and then moved to intervene in the fight between Marquette and that officer.

Marquette was knocked down by the riot baton, handcuffed and taken to the police car. The Frye brothers' mother, Rena, showed-up on the scene and-believing police were abusing Marquette-rushed to pull the officers off of him, resulting in another fight.

Rena was arrested and forced into the car, followed by Ronald, who was handcuffed after attempting to intervene peacefully in his stepmother's arrest.

As the crowd got angrier about the scene they had witnessed, more highway patrol officers arrived and used batons and shotguns to keep the crowd back from the police car. Hundreds more people flocked to the scene to investigate the sirens there.

As two motorcycle police attempted to leave, one was spat on. Those police stopped to pursue the woman who they believed did it, the crowd converged around them, sending several other officers into the crowd to assist them. More police cars were called to the scene.

The two police found Joyce Ann Gaines and to arrest her for spitting at them. She resisted and was dragged out of the crowd which, believing she was pregnant, became even angrier.

By 7:45 p.m., the riot was in full force, with rocks, bottles and more being thrown at the buses and cars that had been stalled in traffic because of the escalating incident.

Watts Explodes

The night after the arrest, crowds attacked motorists with rocks and bricks, and pulled white drivers out of their cars and beat them.

The following morning, there was a community meeting helmed by Watts leaders, including representatives from churches, local government and the NAACP, with police in attendance, designed to bring calm to the situation. Rena also attended, imploring the crowds to calm down. She, Marquette and Ronald had all been released on bail that morning.

The meeting became a barrage of complaints about the police and government treatment of Black citizens in recent history. Immediately following the statement by Rena, a teenager grabbed the microphone and proclaimed that rioters planned to move into the white sections of Los Angeles.

William Parker

Local leaders requested the police dispatch more Black police, but this was turned down by the Los Angeles Police Department Chief William H. Parker, who was prepared to call the National Guard. Word of this decision and subsequent news reports about the teenager's tirade are credited with causing the riots to escalate.

Overnight, violence had engulfed the streets as mobs clashed with police, set buildings and cars on fire and looted area stores. Crowds attacked firefighters and obstructed them from putting out fires.

By the end the third day, rioting covered a 50 square-mile section of Los Angeles and 14,000 National Guard troops were dispatched to the city, erecting barricades. Further clashes included sniper fire at police and Guardsmen, police raids on vehicles and apartments, and Molotov cocktails. Watts resembled a war zone, and the violence continued three more days.

Police Commissioner Parker fanned flames by deriding rioters as "monkeys in a zoo" and implying Muslims were infiltrating and agitating. In the early morning of the final day of the riots, as violence began to subside, police surrounded a mosque, resulting in gunfire and the arrest of people inside.

Police ransacked the building next door and tear-gassed the sewers to prevent anyone from escaping. Two fires broke out and destroyed the mosque. Charges were dropped against arrestees and the Muslim community accused police of using the riots as an excuse to destroy their place of worship.

After the Watts Rebellions

Most of the 34 dead were Black citizens. Two policemen and one firefighter were among the casualties, and 26 deaths, mostly the result of Los Angeles Police Department or National Guard actions, were deemed justifiable homicides.

A commission was set-up to study the causes of the riot, after which several community-improvement suggestions were made that would improve schools, employment, housing, healthcare and relations with the police department.

There was little follow-up, but a new era of DIY local activism blossomed in Watts, including reformed street gang members who joined with the Black Panther Party to rebuild and monitor police excesses.

What Caused the Riots

The riot was not an isolated event, with multiple urban riots across the country taking place in 1964 and 1965 prior to the Watts explosion.

In 1964, there was a three-day riot in Rochester, NY, leaving four dead; in the New York City neighborhoods of Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, a six-day riot involving as many as 4,000 people following the shooting of a young Black man; in Philadelphia, a three-day riot following the arrest of a Black couple who had gotten into a scuffle with police; and a three-day riot in Chicago when a Black woman attempting to shoplift alcohol was attacked by the store owner and crowds later gathered to protest.

Some blamed the Watts riots on outsider agitators, but most understood it as the result of continuing dissatisfaction about living conditions and opportunities, and long-standing tension between police and residents.

In 1961, the arrest of a Black male in Griffith Park for riding a merry-go-round without a ticket resulted in crowds throwing rocks and bottles at police. In 1962, the police raided a Nation of Islam mosque and killed an unarmed man, resulting in massive protests.

Over the two years leading up to the riot, 65 Black residents were shot by police, 27 of them in the back and 25 of them unarmed. During that same period, there were 250 demonstrations against the living conditions there.

The Violence Continues

Nationwide, the violence would not end. On August 12, the day after tensions erupted in Watts, Chicago's troubled Garfield Park neighborhood erupted into three days of violence following the death of Dessie May Williams in a fire truck ladder accident.

The following year saw fire bombings, riots and killing in the same city. And the Detroit Riots began two years later, resulting in 43 deaths. The 1992 Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King beating trial of four police officers led to the deaths of 63 people and were a grim reminder that many issues of racism remained unresolved.

Sources

Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The Eisenhower Foundation.
Watts Riots: Traffic stop was the spark that ignited days of destruction in L.A. Los Angeles Times.
Watts: Remember what they built, not what they burned. Los Angeles Times.

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The destiny of Africa's scattered people has been decided in more countries than popular history has acknowledged. Mainstream history does not reveal how Africans benefited from France's humil iating defeat at Puebla, Mexico, on May 5, 1862.

Cinco de Mayo is a fitting and spirited annual celebration that reminds us of Mexico's heroic though short-lived victory over Napoleon III's larger and better-armed forces.

There are two very good reasons why black people should also celebrate the French defeat at the hands of Mexican forces.

First, Napoleon supported the slave-holding Confederacy, and second, Benito Juarez, the president of Mexico, had given land to anti-colonial black Seminoles.

Napoleon had hoped that the Confederacy would quickly win the Civil War, retain slavery and supply French textile mills with cotton. Napoleon had been encouraged by the major Confederate victory over Union forces at Bull Run. He envisioned an alliance between himself and slave-holding Southerners that would guarantee raw material for French industry.

Napoleon was well on his way to satisfying this ambition when the defenders at Puebla, though outmanned and outgunned, interrupted his imperialist ambitions.

The defeat of Confederate ally Napoleon was a historic event that descendants of enslaved Africans and all others who uphold democracy should celebrate with enthusiasm.

Juarez had given land to a faction of the black Seminole freedom fighters who had carried on a long and courageous war of liberation against Spanish and American colonizers.

It was certainly in the interest of blacks on both sides of the Rio Grande that the Juarez government, which had befriended rebellious slaves and whose predecessor had outlawed slavery, survive Napoleon's invasion.

It is interesting to note that Napoleon was urged to overthrow the Mexican government by the brother of Archduke Maximilian of Austria.

Maximilian's involvement gives Africans even more cause to join with Latino neighbors in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

Six years before Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Mexico, Maximilian married Carlotta, sister of King Leopold II of Belgium, a despot who was responsible for colonizing, mutilating and annihilating millions of Congolese in his drive for profits.

During this period Europe's ruling elites were busy plotting the conquest of non-Western people, often cooperating with one another and occasionally competing.

At the infamous 1884-85 Berlin West Africa Conference, the European powers resolved some of their differences and divided Africa among themselves.

Through shared misfortune--conquest and slavery--the histories of Mexicans and blacks in this hemisphere are linked. Few, if any, oppressed people have overcome adversity without assistance from allies.

Indigenous and African people have been one another's primary ally in many instances, since the beginning of the pillage, slavery and genocide initiated by Columbus in the Americas 500 years ago.

Present-day black and brown conflicts, whether at high school assemblies, on the streets of Venice, in the big yard at San Quentin or between equally disempowered Latino and black laborers in South Los Angeles, reward the same elites whose wealth and power are dependent upon divided and unorganized people of color.

Whether the flash point is Puebla or Chiapas, Cinco de Mayo is a perfect time to reflect upon and discuss the continuing resistance by Mexico's people to domination. And, when appropriate, the complementary dynamics of the struggles for black and brown liberation.

Cinco de Mayo is not to be commercialized by opportunists or trivialized as a one-day superficial and lukewarm acknowledgment of Mexican culture.

When honest accounts of history are finally written into textbooks, African and Latino youth will be better able to affirm, deepen and project their long-established unity into the future.

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Dr. Seuss books have long been held up as parables. For years, we've celebrated when Sam-I-Am's persistence pays off and felt our hearts grow three sizes right along with the Grinch. But in February 2019, a groundbreaking study pinpointed in depth what people had been saying for years: White supremacy lurks in the pages of many Seuss books. The foundation of the easy-to-spot morals of the stories were disturbing depictions of people of color and racialized nonhuman characters. The study led a number of educators to wonder, How could these racist ideas exist alongside such valuable lessons? Alongside such kindness?

Educators, particularly elementary educators like me, are good at talking and teaching about kindness. It's at the core of elementary pedagogy, after all: those lessons and teachable moments related to being a good friend, being generous and acting thoughtfully. But when being considerate, nice and friendly is all children learn about how to treat one another, we risk losing something fundamental.

Young children are not only developing a sense of morality; they are developing a sense of who they are. This includes their race, gender, class and more. These identities have never been treated or represented equally in our society, so when we teach about love, acceptance and kindness without addressing this inequity, we gloss over crucial differences in the ways our students experience the world.

The harm done by long-term exposure to injustice-to the kind of imagery found in racist books, microaggressions and discrimination-calls for more than a simple understanding of kindness. It demands that kindness be interwoven with substantial notions of true justice. That's why, in my first-grade classroom, my goal was to guide students' thinking in terms of real justice. I used a set of principles that went beyond kindness and moved toward specific actions students could take to counter bias and stereotypes and work for a more equitable future.

Building a More Just Curriculum

The first step was making space in my curriculum for the difficult realities of systemic injustice.

It's easy, for example, to study the civil rights movement and cherry-pick quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King that focus on everyone getting along. But we can also show students that his famous speech imagining a world where children are judged "by the content of their character" is also the one in which he refuses half-measures toward equity, saying, "No, no, we are not satisfied. And we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Focusing on the dream of an equitable future without teaching the reality of an inequitable present ignores the radical anti-racism work that King and his contemporaries undertook at great risk and greater cost. It paints the false narrative that kindness is all we need to make social progress. And worse, it suggests that kindness has already won.

In my classes, instead of whitewashing these heroes, I wanted to paint a more detailed picture: They were flawed, human, ambitious, organized. Students deserve fuller stories of King, Gandhi, Rigoberta Menchú and others who practiced nonviolence while working for justice. They deserve tales told with nuance and complexities so they can learn what it really means to be an ally rather than a sanitized idol. Allowing students access to a fuller story helps them see that, even with healthy doses of love and compassion, kindness alone rarely brings about change. Change requires a real understanding of what injustice looks like-and a plan to combat it.

But building a just curriculum isn't only about teaching history in a responsible way. It's also about ensuring that all of our students are represented in our studies and that all are respected in our classrooms. Many schools make use of social emotional learning (SEL) curricula. Audits of SEL curricula and practices can make sure that the end result isn't simply a more emotionally literate version of kindness.

I've used a variety of programs that aim to increase emotional intelligence, but they sometimes fall short of truly honoring children's feelings, where they come from and how they're treated. A just SEL curriculum honors differences and recognizes that emotions don't exist in a vacuum. It also accounts for the history of pathologizing emotional expression by women and people of color and corrects for it.

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