Education as social justice
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Anti-racism conversations
History & context
Resources for teachers and students
Advancing social justice through learning
Education is the most powerful force for equity and change in our world. As the leading global education provider for learners and schools, we have a unique responsibility to be proactive in fighting systemic racism and bias. To promote diversity and inclusion. To bring social justice to the classroom. To be anti-racist. To open doors of opportunity through learning and to offer better futures through education.
How can we have real conversations about race?
To get you started with having real, courageous, and productive conversations about racial injustices both current and historical, we’ve compiled the resources below.
Our goal is to give you trusted information from leading experts so we can all learn together and create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture.
What is the impact of housing discrimination?
Segregation. Red lining. See how history impacts Black Americans today.
Fighting for racial equality: A conversation between generations
Civil rights foot soldiers meet anti-racism activists of today. How do they each approach the struggle for equality?
Perspectives on racism: A salute to solidarity
Watch how team members come together and embrace the #TakeAKnee protest started by Colin Kaepernick.
Educational inequality: Brooklyn, NY
This is what racial segregation looks like in one public school district in Brooklyn, New York.
Taking a stand against environmental injustice
Oil refineries and highways intersect poor communities of color with devastating health impacts. See one activist’s fight for environmental justice.
Roots of systemic racism in American history and today
Student host Jaylen Brown explores the roots of systemic racism in this talk with National Humanities Medal recipient Dr. Darlene Clark Hine and history professor Dr. William C. Hine.
Civil rights & American history
Student host Jaylen Brown learns how the civil rights movement marches on in this discussion with history professors Dr. Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, from Haverford College, and Gary B. Nash, from UCLA.
A history of protest movements
Student host Jaylen Brown reflects on African-American protest movements throughout history and today with Dr. Clayborne Carson of Stanford University.
Anti-racism resources for teachers and students
Find resources you can use in the classroom to help have conversations about social justice in our world.*
- “Race and Ethnicity,” Chapter 10, from Jodie M. Lawston’s book Sociology: Structure and Change, explores the meanings of race and ethnicity and their impact on society.
- Instructor’s resource manual for Race and Ethnicity, Chapter 10
- Table of Contents and Author’s Introduction from "Sociology: Structure and Change"
- “The Long Freedom Movement, 1950–1970,” Chapter 21 from the book by Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, and Stanley C. Harrold, The African American Odyssey, 7th edition, gives a clear overview of black history, instilling in students an appreciation of the central place of African Americans in US history.
- Table of Contents & Author's Introduction from The African American Odyssey, 7th edition
- "Continuing Struggles over Rights and Identity, 1992-2004," Chapter 21, from The Struggles for Freedom, 3rd edition, by Gary B. Nash, Clayborne Carson, and Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner.
- Table of Contents & Author's Introduction from The Struggles for Freedom, 3rd edition
- Table of Contents & Author's Introduction from The Struggles for Freedom, 3rd edition
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