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We want to spend today’s class acknowledging the incidents of hate that have caused pain to our BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ community by providing space for you to share any feelings, thoughts, or questions you have at this time.

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Respond to the optional prompts by adding posts below the questions.

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Ignorance means not knowing alot about a subject or situation. I think it connects to racism because not everybody knows how people feel about certain situations.

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Ignorance is being aware of a a situation and a problem but refusing to accept the consequences and the fact that change is needed to fix this situation. I do not ignorance is connected to racism because there is so many problems in the world that we refuse to be aware of as a country and to accept them, so there is no willingness of change to work on racism.

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word would get out of the graffiti and might encourage others to do the same if it kept happening

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Whenever I think of the word ignorance, I think about non-acceptance. I think about someone knowing something by choosing not acknowledge it. I think ignorance can be connected to racism, racist people can be ignorant to certain things.

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Sturgis wants to bring awareness to the racism and homophobia that may exist at the school to potentially prevent it from happening again.

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It connects to privilege: just because you don´t experience something personally does NOT mean it doesn´t exist.

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I felt upset knowing that students in our community are projecting actions and thoughts like this.

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ignorance to me means the attitude of pride and thought that there is no need to listen to others and that you are always correct. It can be traced  back to the thought that people do not change their opinion and many people never listen or understand another persons situation.   

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ignorance to me means the attitude of pride and thought that there is no need to listen to others and that you are always correct. It can be traced  back to the thought that people do not change their opinion and many people never listen or understand another persons situation.   

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some sort of punishment like detention or suspention, depends on how harsh you want to be

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To me ignorance is when you see an issue that you help and just ignoring it or pushing it away. I think it is in fact connected to racism because not doing anything is choosing to push away the issue to not do anything to fix it, and that happens a lot especially white people. Some white people decide that if they are directly being racist then they don't have to deal with the issue which is not true

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Disappointed in my peers.

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I was shocked that something like that was written at Sturgis. I still feel the same.

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Regardless of how many people saw it, the graffiti shows that hateful ideas and opinions exist within the walls of Sturgis, and that fact HAS to be addressed and dealt with. The graffiti acts not as the cause for the discussion but solid evidence that the discussion is necessary. (And has been necessary for a long time)

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To me, ignorance means when someone doesn't know something and refuses to accept it when they find the truth. It could be connected to racism because some might not know the truth behind racism or the history behind it, and they might do it because their family told them or they see it so they want to join in.

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I was upset by it but not surprised

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The word ignorance means that not knowing something and lacking knowledge, but I don't think ignorance is connected to racism. It all depends on the person and if they know what they are talking about or not 

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The word ignorance means that not knowing something and lacking knowledge, but I don't think ignorance is connected to racism. It all depends on the person and if they know what they are talking about or not 

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keep the same atmosphere we have now of vocal and visible support

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Ignorance means not being informed about or not worrying about or experiencing something. I do think that ignorance is connected to racism. Racism stems from false ideas or beliefs about a particular race or group of people that cause hate, so ignorance is innately present.

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Ignorance mean not knowing about the problem or the situation and  not choosing to accept it when it comes to light. This doesn't always connect to racism but rather, when a problem that arises and no one wants to solve. In America, we do have some ignorance of privilege.

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Sturgis doesn't seem like the kind of environment that something like that would happen at. Im disappointed

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because the school has the power and influence to correct this wrong behavior and they are in a place to punish those who need to be

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I was upset and disappointed to hear that someone thought it was a good idea to graffiti slurs. I was also somewhat surprised as I was not aware that there were people who would want to graffiti a racist slur within in the Sturgis community.

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To address the bigger issue at hand to all of the faculty and students, and to make sure to bring awareness to stop the incidents from happening again.

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spreading more awareness of issues like this to educate and build a better environment

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To bring light to the situation so that something like that doesn't happen again.

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I was and still am disappointed that among the people that I consider to be equal to me (classmates, friends, peers) are some horrible ideas and feelings that we as a society should be ashamed of.

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Its not really a new things things like this have always been there it's just now people know and are seeing it

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Its not really a new things things like this have always been there it's just now people know and are seeing it

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I think they should find out who it is and kinda expose them and then educate people

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student or teacher-led workshops on being anti-racist and homophobic
either in history classes, or as a school wide mandatory process.

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I was shocked and did not understand the reasoning behind why they would do this, now I know that you can never truly understand a situation. 

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I was shocked and did not understand the reasoning behind why they would do this, now I know that you can never truly understand a situation. 

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Encouraging anti-hate to everyone

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We can stop racist acts from happeing in the future by making everybody aware of the incident happening and take time to educate students on the effect that these incidents leave on students.

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Educating ourselves and others in a respectful way, calling out people that we see doing wrong, talking about the things nobody wants to talk about

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it means to purposfully ignore or disreguard something, and it connects to racism if you know what your could do to help or stop it but do nothing

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I mean its disappointing especially with all that has happened in the past two years, but its not surprising.

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I don't know honestly cause a lot of people see and hear a ton of things a don't do anything about it but maybe in this situation it was towards someone 

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I don't know honestly cause a lot of people see and hear a ton of things a don't do anything about it but maybe in this situation it was towards someone 

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I agree with the fact they should be "exposed". They most likely thought it would be something funny to do which isn't ok.

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At east at least i think we do a great job at this, but on a grand scheme look at the less radicalized racism to show how it is a day to day thing

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I was suprised and dissapointed that something like this happened at Sturgis.

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By asking them

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because some people may know more about it and it must be known that this is unacceptable.

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sturgis can offer support for communicating feelings after incidents like so, making sure their feelings are validated

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-student or teacher-led workshops on being anti-racist and anti-homophobic
-either in history classes, or as a school wide mandatory process
-having the student come out anonymously and apologize and be accountable for what they did

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my feelings stayed the same that, that is something unacceptable and sucks

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Have harsh punishments in cases of racism, so people know this is not a joke, this is a serious matter that will continue if people keep acting this way.

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making sure everyone´s voice is heard, not silencing anyone or using white privilege over anyone, making sure, especially for the students of color and of the LGBTQ community that they are loved and valued and listened to.

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By making it clear to each and every student, especially those harmed by the graffiti that they are loved and valued, and that the feelings expressed in the graffiti are not feeling shared by everyone

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understanding the situation and making sure something like this does not happen again.

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It has to be showen, and not hidden. The statement means that sturgis cares and is not afraid to speak out. Its. a big issue and you have to address it no matter of the situation.

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I wasn't surprised about it honestly, but I was very disappointed. I also felt that the school didn't do much to acknowledge it. We only spoke about it once in the last couple of minutes of class and that was pretty much it. I think racism should be recognized in Sturgis especially with more and more minorities or coming to this school. One of the reasons I feel this happened is that Sturgis is a very segregated school. Though we are picked through a "raffle", it seems somewhat suspicious. I'm not saying it's rigged but it makes me wonder about the school system.

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I honestly don't care. People do hate crimes all the time like this and its the schools choice what they want to do. when it comes to stuff like this that is towards a person of color face than I think something should happen.

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I honestly don't care. People do hate crimes all the time like this and its the schools choice what they want to do. when it comes to stuff like this that is towards a person of color face than I think something should happen.

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asking and making sure they feel safe and accepted

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understanding the community and being mature.

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Let students and faculty know that we are here for them, we will take swift and harsh responses.

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to listen and understand the hardships that many people go through.

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My first reaction was disappointment, not only because of the fact that it happened at Sturgis but also because we just went through the same thing. We had to deal with a racial slur being written in a Sturgis bathroom just a few weeks ago, and now it happened again. It aggravates and upsets me.

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Have the students and other people stand up and make a difference. Not only the are the schools impacted but also the students. So holding the people accountable is the first step.

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From taking the time to teach kids about why these things are wrong to do 

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From taking the time to teach kids about why these things are wrong to do 

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Ignorance to me means lack of knowledge about a subject, usually by choice. Ignorance of racial discrimination, both past and present, is a primary factor in acts of racism.

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Sometimes it's as simple as being nice to people. Just spread positivity and make people feel cared for. Be a friend to someone who could be hurt by these hateful acts. It's not that hard :)

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They did this because it is important to not let these things go without acknowledgement. We have to recognize the racism and hate that exists within our own community or there will be no progress in preventing other actions like this.

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Address it right away and not try to hid it from anyone. Stop letting people take it as a joke, and have teacher and students understand that this serious. Also be harsher its not just a one and done type punishment, you have to make sure they understand what happened as their action has consequences.

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I'm glad they acknowledge the fact about the racist slurs and want to bring awareness, but it should be talked and taught about more. It might make a difference, especially with kids who parents tell them that hating a black person is good, or that slavery was good, or even that black people or abomination. All these things could change if the classes talk more about racist instead of just America's history, and how America won against Germany or what soever

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Be nice and supportive and show . Its a community that we are all a part of.

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Ignorance to me means not only a lack of knowledge on a certain subject, but a deliberate unwillingness to learn about the subject. I wholeheartedly agree that ignorance is connected to racism, because the closed-minded people who express racist opinions are often if not always deliberately unwilling to educate themselves about race in the modern world and refuse to be open to ideas of beliefs other than their own.