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Use the L.O.V.E Protocol to share your insights from the book.  See the PDF for the protocol.  

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Use the L.O.V.E Protocol to share your insights from the book.  See the PDF for the protocol.  

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L.  I love the exercises that give evidence that our brains operate with bias.
O. I observe that I have a range of skills that I can call on when I notice a blindspot.  I observe that I don't like being called out by others if I make a mistake.  I observe that it's helpful to witness changes in others as I make change.
V. I value that there is a projected trajectory towards improved social outlooks on current inequities.
E. I can evolve to hold a stance of compassion as a warm demander while working for equity, justice and liberation.

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l. I love the way this book forces me to really consider how people naturally have blind spots universally so there is no shame- but something to be learned both for myself and those around me.
O.I observe that our world around us has many people who might have had "hidden bias" that has come to the forefront in these trying times.
V. I value the reflective nature of the information in the book.
E. I can evolve to patiently understand why some people might have bias and help educate them to be more empathetic or also patiently understand that we are all different people with differnt backgrounds.

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L - Just because I look at something with my eyes, doesn't mean that I actually see what I think I see.  As it is when observing someone of a different culture.  You may observe them performing a ritual that you have no knowledge of and make assumptions that they are doing something wrong or even illegal.
O - Observations are more than using eye sight. We must dig deeper in knowledge about what we see.  It would also do us good to first assume best intentions.
V- Value the cultures of those around you even if they are different from your own.  Just because your culture may be seen as a dominant one, it doesn't mean that everyone else has to mimic that to be valued.
E- Everyone needs to realize the origin of this country and the thievery that was involved in its becoming. Then dominant cultures may not want to believe so much that the land actually belongs to them. The power is actually in the truth.

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L. I have loved Les Miserables since I was young.
O I observe that this makes me feel emotional when I watch and listen to this story.
V I value the power in the music and in the story.
E. I can evolve by finding other stories that move me equally as I get older and understand why.

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L. I love to spend time looking a photograhy.
O I observe that I am drawn to the visual stories on line and in formal art exhibits in museums
V I value that I can begin to analyze and try to understand the meaning behind the photo for others.
E. I evolve in undertanding the emotion and motivation when I learn about the artist and situation

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LaToya Ruby Frazier was perusing a recently published photo book about her hometown, Braddock, Pa., when she realized something was missing: any trace of the African-American residents who had contributed much to the town and who were now its majority population.

Once a bustling steel town in the Pittsburgh suburbs along the banks of the Monongahela River, Braddock has declined over the past half-century, a result of mill closings, chronic unemployment, toxic waste, redlining and white flight. Recent efforts at gentrification have further marginalized the town's African-American residents. And Braddock's lone hospital and largest employer closed in 2010, its owner, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, relocating to a more affluent suburb.

"This continued omission, erasure, invisibility and silence surrounding African-American sacrifices to Braddock and the American grand narrative," Ms. Frazier said, motivated her to explore the town's history, and present-day reality, through the visual narrative of her family. Five years later, she has produced an epochal book - " The Notion of Family " (Aperture) - about the largely forgotten Rust Belt town.

Ms. Frazier, who teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was inspired by Gordon Parks's idea of using the camera as a "weapon" of choice against racism, intolerance and poverty. She does not pretend to speak for African-Americans or even Braddock's black community in this project. Instead, she typically photographs herself and her mother and grandmother, three generation of women whose "lives parallel the rise and fall of the steel mill industry," and who endured despite "thirty years of disinvestment and abandonment by local, state and federal governments."

By representing the substandard living conditions, hardships and withering effects of the pollution-borne illness that have beset the three women - as well as their struggles to survive - Ms. Frazier makes visible the human cost of political indifference and neglect.

"We need longer sustained stories that reflect and tell us where the prejudices and blind spots are and continue to be in this culture and society," Ms. Frazier said. "This is a race and class issue that is affecting everyone. It is not a black problem, it is an American problem, it is a global problem. Braddock is everywhere."

Her book conveys the magnitude of the problem through desolate and haunting images: Ms. Frazier in her grandmother's or step-great-grandfather's pajamas, lingering like an apparition in the rooms of the latter's dilapidated and abandoned home; Braddock's dramatic skyline, shrouded by a haze of noxious pollutants; boarded-up facades of grocery stores and other local businesses; bleak portraits of Grandma Ruby, a towering presence in Ms. Frazier's life, dying from pancreatic cancer.

Ms. Frazier reimagines the tradition of social documentary photography by approaching a community not as a curious or concerned outsider but as a vulnerable insider. But like other trailblazing works about poverty in America - James Agee and Walker Evans's "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," for example, or Mr. Parks's "Moments Without Proper Names" - "The Notion of Family" is both a cautionary tale and a force for educating the public and motivating reform.

As "The Notion of Family" affirms, it is principally family, both immediate and extended, that holds the key to survival in Braddock, nurturing each other as the world around them crumbles. Ms. Frazier collaborates with her mother, for example, in the book's most poignant and affirmative images. In these emotionally intense portraits, the women pose together or photograph each other, employing the camera as a potent vehicle of self-expression and self-possession.

The title of Ms. Frazier's book recalls "The Family of Man," an exhibition organized by the photographer Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955. The show documented life in 68 countries through more than 500 images taken by an international team of photographers.

"The Family of Man" played down cultural and national differences in favor of Cold War platitudes about the "essential oneness of mankind throughout the world." But it also echoed a sentiment shaped by the New Deal, and espoused by nearly every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Jimmy Carter: that the survival of humanity was dependent on how well we respected and took care of each other.

"The Notion of Family" testifies to the ominous consequences of rejecting this idea. The ascendance of neoconservatism in the 1980s ushered in an era of brazen self-interest, one that defined the notion of family as more a matter of blood than social responsibility. Braddock's decline was exacerbated during Reagan-era policies favoring trickle-down economics, union busting and diminution of social welfare programs, which foreshadowed the ever-widening gap between rich and poor Americans.

Ms. Frazier's wistful words and images, despite their focus on close relatives, speak to the value and necessity of altruistic notions of family, exemplified by the community of activists who fought to save Braddock Hospital and who continue to advocate for a better quality of life for the town's residents.

In the end, Ms. Frazier, who suffers from lupus and who lives part time in Pittsburgh to care for her mother, refuses to succumb to pessimism. The struggle for her is continuing and embodied by her work. But it is also sustained by a hopefulness informed by her endurance.

"I used my camera to fight for my survival," Ms. Frazier said. "It provided me with an education and with funds to provide food and shelter for my family. Without my camera I would not have been able to resist the systematic oppression and racism my family continues to face in Braddock, Pittsburgh and in this country."
Maurice Berger is a research professor and the chief curator at the Center for Art Design and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a consulting curator at the Jewish Museum in New York. Follow @MauriceBerger and @nytimesphoto on Twitter. Lens is also on Facebook.

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1. Chapter 2 - Shades of Truth...I found this fascinating.  We have a saying "speak your truth", but do we really mean it?  Will we, in our equity group, finally find the courage to "tell the truth"?
2. As I observe my colleagues I wonder.....are we telling "gray lies", "white lies" or "blue lies" today?  Or perhaps they are "red lies"?
3. I value the importance of always being grounded in my work.  Specifically, I have always fervently believed that as long as my focus, intentionality, energy and dedication is to improving the lives of our students I can "drown out" the madness that sometimes in our environment.
4. I evolve as I develop a greater understanding of human nature and the motivations that drive the adults, in particular, to make the choices they do.  How can I harness this knowledge in such a way as to persuade others around me that focusing on student achievement will, ultimately, be the most rewarding thing we can do?

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Love: I was fascinated to learn how we use stereotypes, especially when the categories converge to create a unique person.
Observe: I did not want to stop reading to take the IATs because I was engrossed in the book and because I made assumptions about the results.
Value: I value learning about the different social mindbugs and how they can lead to false feelings about people and groups and even affect decisions about myself.
Evolve: According to the book, trying to avoid judgements may be far more effortful than making them. However, I can check myself and my stereotypes and work to see people as the unique individuals they are and speak up when I see or hear someone denigrate another based on biases.

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L - I loved the depth of the research and examples to help us make connections with difficult topics to accept. I loved the realism of stating that there are out-groups, stereotypes, and mindbugs that create bias, but that there is optimism for the future to outsmart mindbugs and not follow our automatic mental system.
O - I observed that I was fully engaged with the voice of the authors, and "chewed" on the research that supported the theses.
V - I valued the multiple explanations that gave a clear understanding as to why we can't say "I'm not prejudiced," or "I'm not one of those people." We all have blindspots.  There is an automatic and reflect conscious that we need to be aware of.
E - I can extend my knowledge by continuing to work on my self-awareness and seek to change my mindbugs.  There were so many succinct examples that I will be using this research as a reference for discussions and examples at my site as we address equity.

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Dissociation - "the self is more distant than any star".

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Dissociation - "the self is more distant than any star".

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L = I love the reference to the constant search for "self".
O = I oberved that even when faced with the truth, we deny it.
V = I see the value in my flaws.
E = this extends into my own practice of "self exploration".

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L - I love the straightforwardness of the writing. It is easy to follow and makes a reflection of self not as intimidating as we reflect on race and our own bias.
O  - I am observing my reactions as I read the book. Do I do this? How do I feel about this? How do I contribute to bias/racism around me and how do I address bias/racism when I observe it?
V - I value the explanations given as we analyze self and the world around me. The book is able to provide examples that resonate with some of my own experiences.
E - I can extend my knowledge by continuing to reflect and growing the conversation by adding my leadership team and staff to the conversation.

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L - I love the premise that it can be possible to outsmart mindbugs.
O - I observed that I like to be proven right in what I think about myself.
V - I value that what I think about myself is not backed up by any empirical evidence, so I need to look outside myself to "prove" or "disprove" my thinking.
E - Working to identify and outsmart mindbugs gives me encouragement.

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L- Loving the balance of deep research in an approachable style.
O- I'm observing that I'm much more comfortable in this space that I would have been even a year ago.  But also realizing that I've got a long way to go...
V- I'm seeing the value in self-reflection and awareness.  It has to start there.
E- I see extending this work as the most important part of my role.

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L- Loving the balance of deep research in an approachable style.  
O- I'm observing that I'm much more comfortable in this space that I would have been even a year ago.  But also realizing that I've got a long way to go...
V- I'm seeing the value in self-reflection and awareness.  It has to start there.
E- I see extending this work as the most important part of my role.  

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Reflection on Blind Spot have been ongoing and enjoying the deep work included in the book

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Reflection on Blind Spot have been ongoing and enjoying the deep work included in the book

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L- Love the science of the work
O- Observe how to do this work while eliminating so of the emotion that can attached
V- Value learning how everyone can fit into this discussion
E- Evolve to understand regardless of who we are, our society is set up in a way that we all have implicit bias to confront

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L- I love the feeling of reading about something I know exists but it is expanded or deepened by a systematic explanation that helps me to make sense of it.
O – I observe several aha moments as I read the first chapter. I observe some surprises of my own biases. Appreciated discomfort.
V – I value the enlightening information that allows me to look into my biases and how I relate with people around me.
E – I can extend my leadership by using this tool to look into my own biases and to help my staff understand/experience the need to look into theirs as well in order to move towards equity.

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Love that is it bringing awareness to this in all of us
Observing that i need a clear mind to read this
Value that I'm reading it
Evolving into my awareness

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Memories of a diverse musical at a local community theater. Admiring the skill and costumes, the wild hair and bell bottoms. The juxtaposition spoke to my mom. Joyful, inspiring, awareness.

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Memories of a diverse musical at a local community theater. Admiring the skill and costumes, the wild hair and bell bottoms. The juxtaposition spoke to my mom. Joyful, inspiring, awareness.

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Black Family
Representation
Family
Togetherness
Representation
Black Friendship
Shenanigans/laughter
Togetherness
Joy/Peace/Relaxation
Innocence
Power for a young Black girl
Representation
Proud Family

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Learning English
without knowing it
I loved it
Learning English
Power to me
Happy
Excited

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Symbolic of who is in charge
On-Guard
Common People
Reminds me of how I do this work

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The first album
The Spinners
Home, it moves from NYC to Oakland; vibrating the sounds, the excitement and  the love
Rhythm and Blues and a child finding herself in a people that looked like her
Positive Imaging grew me into who I am today
Power to the People
Power to Music
Power to the Experience Connector that led me to become a Collector of words
You see, music excites me

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A black child in Oakland Art Immersed in Revelations speaks to the narrative Black Panther Party Alvin Ailey art felt with joy grief sadness

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The Whiz,
All black-cast musical,
Fantasy-like, intriguing, positive, exciting,
Seeing myself in a positive light
I am represented, I am talented, I am beautiful!  I exist.
Fond, exciting childhood memory.
The Whiz

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Connection around the table, color, pride, connection with family, connection with father, joy, connection and family. Connected.

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Limited Memories
Until the smell connects to a moment
Draw, create, express happiness
Memories carried, but not remembered
Crayons in my hand were power
They were my ipad
I prefer other coloring tools now, but can always connect to the past with a crayon.

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From teenage angst to "moving on up" we meet in shared space on this "street" to discover all that can be.

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From teenage angst to "moving on up" we meet in shared space on this "street" to discover all that can be.

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Art teacher
not feeling like an artist
love of family
learning from elders
creating
paper dolls
family recipes
passing down information to those we love

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TV SHOW
LUNCH BOX
ALONE
COUSIN
FRIDAY NIGHTS
FAMILY
COSBY SHOW
SISTER DANCE
DIVERSE
FAMILY
CONNECTION
ABNORMAL
R&B
NAIVE
STAY IN MY MIND

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On my way to grandma's house
Paper mache
Sad not being able to see it
Religious story about Christmas
Time spent with family
Lots of good memories
Power to many
Family traditions
Special Memories

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love
being drawn in
powerful
family
childhood
family
inspiration
memories
strong feeling
caring
tradition
sharing
changing
roles
Japan
France

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connect cloak understand not recognized teenager second language pain

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comparing myself to others
humility knowing there is a greater world out there
love is the essence of all things
memories are precious resources that keep us going

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Book
Movie
Music
Black Women
Lived outside of parent's norms
Redemption Moment
They are worthy
Singing her song

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She is African American
She needs role models
Jazz is a genre she gravitates to
He started playing, we started moving
it was cool just to see her
Head bobbing, feet movin'

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A Piece of Art as a film... designed to be a blockbuster.  Spending time with my mom, what is my potential?  The underdog; but power is given to the oppressor.  What is my potential, am I going to become a Jedi?

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rural place
with not much to do
observing kids being kids
following civil rights
walking a fine line
naive

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Growing up in a Spanish speaking household
a dozen children in the 60"s,
Tell me how to get to Sesame Street to learn English
In my own little corner, in my own little spot where only I sat, Daydreaming I'm there
Empowering me
Learning THE language
Assimilating culture
Navigating the language code in school
saving language of home
My escape always brought me home

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struggles, pain, sickness, sad, tired....
mom, relationship, dad, impact,
...connection, painting, expression, emotion, sadness
...judgment, power, pissed off
my art is for me.
not for you or your judgment.
My art is beautiful.

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paperdolls
spaghetti recipes
female power
tortilla making
making friends
Food is our Art

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India street vendors
selling balloons
Dad would buy me a colored balloon
Drawing a balloon seller
Teacher said draw something meaningful
She said, looked like a Kinder drew it
Felt not good
Could not shake the feeling
A memory of what NOT to say
Recall the feeling what the teacher said
Will not treat students this way
❤

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Nerfertiti, Nikki, Gwen
Strength
Beauty
Empowerment
Validation

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Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

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Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

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I dont know....I DONT KNOW!.  It's just there.
It's inclusive,
All are accepted.
Im happy.
Im excited.
Im engaged.
I am LEARNING!
by-Iyuanna Pease

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Fat Albert
"Vanilla" perspective of black youth's experience
Closely edited by white producers

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Memories
Reflections
Connections
References
Imagining

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Nefertiti Giovani & Stafani all ego trippin' and rightfully so. Taking us on a journey of women empowerment and self love as we grow.

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CAREBEAR: sunshine, family traditions, cartoons, cherished childhood toy, bright, sunny, dad, gut feelings and intuition, connection, feeling special

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CAREBEAR: sunshine, family traditions, cartoons, cherished childhood toy, bright, sunny, dad, gut feelings and intuition, connection, feeling special

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Foot bumping, head bopping
Feeling the beat, in her seat

Foot bumping, head bopping
Down the yellow brick road

Foot bumping, head bopping
Girl power, joining together

Foot bumping, head bopping
Moving forward to the beat

~HBS

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Reading brought quiet in a busy house
Quiet brought peace
Peace brought openness
Openness provided to the beauty of books
Books offered the power to grow

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Movin' on up,
From a poor area.
To see a black man,
living on the top floor-
The penthouse.

In my own skin,
giving power to what could be.
A business empire,  and
That Power over Archie Bunker.

It changed my narrative,
as a child originally from
segregated southern schools.
To move on up.
The penthouse.

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Graffiti is art
Narrative of their experience
Gave power to people of color

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Cartoon strong he-man
Long hair, male strength, unreal power
I don’t have that body

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Conforming
Nuclear Family
American pattern
What the future holds
Model family
Sacrifice one's cultural identity
Zero sum sacrifice to conform

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In awe of her strength and power.
Beautiful
Strong
Girls can do anything

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Family Ties and Generations of History

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Country Western themes with an Irish twist

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Country Western themes with an Irish twist

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Annie You Are Okay
(Rayito Farris)

Regardless of the start,
Young girl
Follow your heart
No matter the circumstances
Young girl
Don’t be afraid to do your dances
Be resilient, persevere, and fight on
Stay true to your goals
You can do anything 
Young girl
Ease on down the road
Because the sun is out

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Revelations

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Our Brains are wired for Bias
So pause and reflect
how do we make ourselves aware? Be bold enough to share. Share our experiences. Speak our truths.

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Bias continue to blind us
who do they keep safe
what assumptions do we bring
pause, reflect, interrupt
everyday interactions

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His smile was a talisman
Looking more black
Police eyes settle on black faces
Police eyes settle on black faces
Makes its way into all of us

Police eyes settle on black faces
Even a five year old can tell us what happens next
What happens next
Bias can infect

His smile was a talisman
Add friction
Slow people down
Add friction
Add friction
Slow people down

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Non-college prep
moving kids out of humanities classes teachers thought were not "accessible"
not all kids can learn at high levels
systemic narrative
not any one person
course rewritten
budget cuts, humanities class gone
didn't get to address the why
gave power back to the students whether they understood it or not
didn't expect school to have this type of tracking

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Teacher centered and controlled.
Exclusion.
Need Access, movement from Exclusion to Inclusion.
Confidence building.
I am somebody, I believe in myself, I matter.

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(Sorry I could not get mic to work so we will reflect on the words of my esteemed colleague)

Change, Change, Change Curriculum
No longer can we NOT value cultural and ethnic backgrounds
Students start to bloom
Families feel valued
There is now a platform to
Grow, Grow, Grow

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Academically unsuccessful
Traditionally underserved
Literally no way

Empower
Take control
Believe

Opportunity
Overcome
Successful

Graduation

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Focus on Improvement

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Still Not enough!

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Exclusion to Inclusion

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redefining roles in education
be student centered
keep moving forward
change
change
change
change for the students

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Are any of us truly safe if we continue to allow bias to blind us?
Who do we put at risk of we continue to allow bias to blind us?
What assumptions do we bring if we continue to allow bias to blind us?
Life itself is at risk if we continue to allow bias to blind us.
I have a talisman too, do you?

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4th most dangerous city, my home, single story
PAUSE AND REFLECT
my story
CREATE FRICTION
murder rate
i ain't gonna to promote it if it don't mean anything to me
SENSES THEIR DISCOMFORT
there's always violence
WHO IS AT RISK?
so much more to Oakland
WHO IS AT RISK?
two stories, newspapers, TV, on the streets, ghetto
SENSES THEIR DISCOMFORT
artists, activist, educators, beautiful things, unlike other places
CREATE FRICTION
it's wonderful - wonderful people
PAUSE AND REFLECT
is any part of Oakland safe?
they don't even know
BLINDSPOT

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Those kids
Bad kids
IEP Kids
Exclusion
Educational Bias
Accountability
Expectations
Empower
Impact
Inclusion
Educational Bias

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My story will not be defined by you...I can and I will!

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Our students want to connect with us
Our students want to be successful.
They want to be heard
Relationships are Key

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Sent out because they are black
Denied because of who they are
They are children
Need to remember they are 6 and 7
they are hurting their souls.

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None of us are truly safe-
Assumptions, bias, trappped, trapped, trapped-
Deadly encounters, tensions, fear, fear, fear-
Anxiety, illequipt, trapped, trapped, trapped.

There is so much more to us as a people
Intentional interruption, compassion, truth, truth, truth-
Re-evauation, awareness, growth, growth, growth-
Insight, humility, truth, truth, truth-
"She don't play" I am making an impact.

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Are we breaking the barriers for students of color in schools or do our actions "push" students out?

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Are we breaking the barriers for students of color in schools or do our actions "push" students out?

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I've Been Down with OPP (Other People's Problems)

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I've Been Down with OPP (Other People's Problems)