By Allison Briscoe-Smith — 2016
The new Disney film raises tough questions about prejudice for parents and teachers to explore with children.
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Taught from a young age to culturally code switch, Chandra Arthur discusses how learning default conformity in different settings now creates access and opportunity in her adult life as an underrepresented minority (URM) in tech.
Imagine a workplace where people of all colors and races are able to climb every rung of the corporate ladder -- and where the lessons we learn about diversity at work actually transform the things we do, think and say outside the office.
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Racial injustice in 2020 isn’t fundamentally a black problem, arguably it’s a white problem.
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Bad driver. Math wizard. Model minority. In this hilarious and insightful talk, eighteen-year-old Canwen Xu shares her Asian-American story of breaking stereotypes, reaffirming stereotypes, and driving competently on her way to buy rice.
Parents, caregivers and educators know that having conversations with kids about race and racism are important, but they often don’t know when and how to have them.