https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg For this Educational Intervention, we discussed areas in the 400 years of Inequality Timeline that did not adequately address certain topics. We have added posts that may enhance the educational scope of that initial resource. Furthermore, we have included Canadian examples to consider a more local understanding of these topics. en-us 2021-02-25 00:12:05 UTC 2021-02-25 00:34:43 UTC hello@padlet.com chriswalasek2 https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238956346 An enslaved Black woman from New France, Marie-Joseph was accused of setting fire to the house of her “owner” in Montreal. Although to this day it is unclear whether Angelique actually set the fire, she was tortured, hanged, and burned for the “crime” solely based on hearsay. ]]> 2021-02-25 00:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238956346 https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238958695 Harriet Tubman was born into slavery therefore no records of her birth were kept and the exact date of her birth is unknown. She was a hero, icon for American women.  She is know to be the  five-foot-tall African American abolitionist who guided hundreds of slaves away from the bondage of slavery and  is the best known female abolitionist of antebellum American. Illiterate but profoundly religious,  into slavery between 1815 and 1825 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Tubman’s service in the Civil War was selfless. She worked as a cook and a nurse. Her knowledge of local curative plants made her popular among sick soldiers. She was also a spy and a scout. She became the first woman in the Civil War to lead an assault, the Combahee River Raid in which 700 slaves were set free.

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Black students are less likely to be able to access college/university level resources

Black students are less likely to be prepared well enough for college or university

Unrepresented in honor or advanced placement courses

Black students often attend schools with a lack of resources and poorer quality teachers or newer teachers

White teachers often had lower expectations for their black students when compared to black teachers

Black students are more likely to receive suspensions when compared to white students

Black students often attend schools with no school counselor but will still have law enforcement on the grounds

Assessments show that black students generally perform worse than white students, dropping even further as schooling progresses

Black teachers often represent a small number of school workers (teachers, principals)

]]> 2021-02-25 00:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238960245 https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238962238 Viola Desmond was born July 6th, 1914 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and died February 7th, 1965. Desmond is a significant Canadian figure due to her prolific role as both an efficient business woman, and civil rights activist. Her prowess in business and community leadership was shown through both her profitable career as a beautician (creating products herself) and her creation of the Desmond School of Beauty Culture to train other women. In 1946, Desmond was arrested, jailed, and convicted for her refusal to leave the "Whites Only" section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow. Race was never mentioned but it was clear that her real offence was violating the rules of segregation (not the monetary issues she was arrested for). She was granted a free pardon in 2010 and is now honoured through her placement on the $10 Canadian bill. ]]> 2021-02-25 00:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238962238 https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238964452 The constraint on black education has been present since the time of slavery, often used to remove their presence from the rest of society. Their fight for education would only be partially met but at the cost of higher quality resources and teachers, left to work with whatever they could scrounge up. While these black schools slowly started to come into the light, they were often shadowed by the white only institutions at the time. As time went on from the 1800s into the 1900s, these restrictions started to lessen, and black students eventually started turning attending the white schools, mainly due to their quality of resources. This however did not solve many of the previous issues as can be seen by future statistics.]]> 2021-02-25 00:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238964452 https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238971122 In the year 1921, the KKK(K) was reported to be active in Montréal, Canada. By 1925, “Klans,” or local branches, had been established all across Canada. Although the group appealed to few Canadians, it was at the height of its popularity in Saskatchewan through the 1920s having about 40,000 members. In the decades that succeeded, the Klan in Saskatchewan followed a rapid decline, as did Klan’s in the rest of Canada. In the late 1970s, the Klan attempted once more to organize in Canada, notably in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.]]> 2021-02-25 00:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/chriswalasek2/7lmdqs987hkl29xg/wish/1238971122