tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57836114218955741522023-11-15T10:05:39.441-08:00Young children and antiracismSteve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-58588594306406313222016-07-08T11:29:00.001-07:002016-07-08T11:29:22.076-07:00The Conversation We Must Have with our White ChildrenI got this link to On Being from one of the facilitators of European Dissent NY.<br />
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http://www.onbeing.org/blog/courtney-martin-the-conversation-we-must-have-with-our-white-children/8806Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-44953555912559520602015-07-28T10:52:00.002-07:002015-07-28T10:52:11.511-07:00Can Racism Be Stopped in the Third Grade?This May 19, 2015 article by Lisa Miller in New York Magazine describes one progressive New York City private school's ambitious program to get real about race and racism with elementary school students. http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/05/can-fieldston-un-teach-racism.htmlSteve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-35206660421269935542015-02-19T10:38:00.000-08:002015-02-19T10:38:51.149-08:00Vigil for Tamir Rice this Sunday February 22<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The vigil will take place at 5PM on Sunday at the Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park, Gowanus Houses, Wyckoff between Hoyt and Bond in Brooklyn.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This from the email announcement sent by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"On November 22, 12 year old Tamir Rice was executed simply because he was Black and playing with a toy gun in a park. Cleveland cops arriving on the scene took 2 SECONDS to gun Tamir down, shooting him twice in the stomach. Tamir’s 14-year-old sister ran to Tamir’s aid and was tackled by the cops, handcuffed, and thrown in the back of a police car as Tamir was dying. Tamir’s mother also tried to run to Tamir and was stopped. Four minutes passed without any attempt to administer first aid to Tamir who bled to death.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The whole incident was caught <a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1424364971-321de5821065ebd43f361a23c412d9f4-c19ab67?pa=28430391808" style="text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">on video</a>. Yet still the cop who murdered Tamir walks free and has NOT been indicted. The police patrol inner city communities like an occupying army while the system gives them a license to brutalize and murder people. This Must Stop and WE must stop it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"On February 22 - Remember Tamir and all children murdered by cops! We refuse to go back to the days when cops wantonly brutalize and kill Black and Brown people without people standing up. No More!"</span></div>
Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-13230326663604004652015-02-19T10:19:00.000-08:002015-02-19T10:19:04.527-08:00What White Kids Don't Learn About Black HistoryBy Josh Kruger<br />
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Appeared on phillnow.com on 2/4/15. From their website: "<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="text-align: center;">PhillyNow is the daily blog of city life and culture brought to you by the journalists behind the acclaimed </span><a href="http://philadelphiaweekly.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Philadelphia Weekly</em></a><span style="text-align: center;">."</span></span><br />
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http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9753f694b519562d956a21ac2&id=b1b6cdd674&e=b1adf159c3Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-1105912329263278282015-02-16T15:56:00.001-08:002015-02-16T15:56:41.291-08:00MIssing from Presidents Day: The People They EnslavedA great article from the Zinn Education Project<br />
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http://zinnedproject.org/2014/02/hidden-black-history-of-white-house/Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-81757810893076571272015-02-14T12:25:00.001-08:002015-02-14T12:25:45.847-08:00Talking with white kids about race and racism - online resourcesDear families and educators,<br />
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Here are two posts by Bree Ervin from the Everyday Feminism website:<br />
<a href="http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/08/talk-to-kids-about-race/">5 Reasons We All Need to Talk to Kids About Race in America</a> (8/23/14) and <a href="http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/08/raising-racially-conscious-kids/">6 Things White Parents Can Do to Raise Racially Conscious Children</a> (8/30/14)<br />
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And then there's <a href="http://www.raceconscious.org/">Raising Race Conscious Children</a> by <a href="http://www.bordercrossers.org/">Border Crossers</a> founder Sachi Ferris, where the most recent post (2/13/15) is <a href="http://www.raceconscious.org/2015/02/what-i-say-about-a-childrens-book-when-all-the-characters-are-white/">What I Say About a Children's Book When the Characters are All White</a><br />
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Please post your thoughts to the Comments section of this blog...and pass on the resources.<br />
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SteveSteve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-30292564484526673062015-01-10T06:06:00.002-08:002015-01-10T06:06:45.893-08:00Our Lives Matter PSAFrom the Just Us Project<br />
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Watch it with your kids. Talk about it.Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-36687656501351586022014-12-30T04:49:00.001-08:002014-12-30T04:49:32.102-08:00Who Speaks With Our Youth About Race and Racism?<a href="http://informacionaldesnudo.com/who-speaks-with-our-youth-about-race-and-racism/">http://informacionaldesnudo.com/who-speaks-with-our-youth-about-race-and-racism/</a>Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-13240651682394057692014-12-18T03:37:00.002-08:002014-12-18T03:37:46.982-08:00Groups of Mothers Rallies in Times Square for Boy Killed by Police in Ohio<a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/news/220594/group-of-mothers-rallies-in-times-square-for-boy-killed-by-police-in-ohio/">http://www.ny1.com/content/news/220594/group-of-mothers-rallies-in-times-square-for-boy-killed-by-police-in-ohio/</a>Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-62918699427997902542014-12-16T05:05:00.000-08:002014-12-16T05:05:01.266-08:00BLACK KIDS' LIVES MATTER<div class="yiv4652002116" id="yiv4652002116yui_3_16_0_1_1418076545763_1226888" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">WHAT: A call to MOMS and FRIENDS to rally to demand justice for 12-year-old Tamir Rice, shot by Cleveland police on November 22 for holding a toy gun. Stand in solidarity with his mother calling for conviction of his killer, Police Officer Timothy Loehman.</span><br />
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WHY: BLACK KIDS LIVES MATTER. People who care about kids of color and a just society demand that the murderers of children like Tamir Rice be brought to justice. The killing of young Tamir is similar to other recent murders: racist assumptions, excessive use of police force, bad policing policies.</div>
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There is something fundamentally broken in our system when a boy can have a legal toy gun and by the end of that day be killed by a police officer. Jeffrey Johnson, Cleveland City Councilman</div>
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WHO: Moms and Friends Who Care -- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). Child-friendly event. For advance interviews, please call Karen Ramspacher at 646 567-7737.</div>
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WHEN: 5:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2014</div>
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Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-41786726894637016812014-12-14T14:57:00.004-08:002014-12-14T14:57:49.224-08:00Civil Unrest Through a 7-year-old's eyes MSNBC<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: NeueHaasGroteskTextPro-45Light; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.140000000596046px; line-height: 24.0000591278076px;">In this 3-minute commentary, Toure talks finding a way to speak to his child about New York City's Eric Garner protests and why it's important to have conversations about race with your children.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/civil-unrest-through-a-7-year-olds-eyes-368815171838" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.com/the-<wbr></wbr>cycle/watch/civil-unrest-<wbr></wbr>through-a-7-year-olds-eyes-<wbr></wbr>368815171838</a>Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-64696713563128670222014-12-14T14:55:00.001-08:002014-12-14T14:55:17.574-08:00A Facebook post by a white momMy best friend wrote this. I think it's an important piece about how a white parent can talk with her white child about white privilege.<br />
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<b>12/5/14: </b>My longest post ever. I want to share my experience as a parent of a 9-year-old explaining Black Lives Matter and why the need to say it.</div>
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How do you explain to a 9-year-old what’s happened:</div>
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You just do. You have to. Here's what I said ...</div>
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It’s about dark skin not as privileged as white. It’s about assumptions that black skin is guilty, dangerous. It’s a violence first mentality. The “shoot first, ask questions later” attitude. I explained what happened to Eric Garner, the whole story in simple terms. His reaction was ‘That is so wrong! He was arrested for that? Why was he choked for that?” I explained that what happened to Eric Garner would likely never happen to him because he’s a white male. And it would certainly never happen to me because I am a white female and small to boot. That’s our privilege, our white skin. His reaction -- “That is so wrong, white lives aren’t more important!” Exactly.</div>
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He and I live close to Foley Square in Manhattan. I asked him if he wanted to go to see the demonstration. I told him that I believe this is a historic moment. That while change has been happening all along since the start of the Civil Rights Movement and even before, I am hopeful that this is the beginning of a wave that will turn the tide. It may take many years (and probably will) but I am hopeful. He said yes. So we rode the bike to look, to see, to bear witness. I told him to take a picture in his mind so he will remember it. So he will remember the thousands of people we saw. And when change comes he will remember that we were there, that he is part of it.</div>
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We decided we would go around the perimeter of the protest and read the signs. I told him the most prevalent would be ‘Black Lives Matter’ since that is the theme of the demonstration. It was easy to circle the demo on the east side because they had barricades up on Foley Square facing Centre St. We were outside the barricades and went around reading and talking about many signs.</div>
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The most prevalent "Black Lives Matter" was everywhere, held by every type of person, in so many homemade designs. My personal favorite, “Revolution is not a one-time event – Audre Lorde,” provided a perfect teaching moment. That’s the one I want him to hang on to. I explained that while I am hopeful that this is the beginning of a change, it will take time. We will have to do this again and again, in different forms. I told him I see it like the AIDS movement, and the gay rights movement. Not that they are done, but they are better. This must get better. I am hopeful this is the beginning. White privilege has got to go. This has to be a historic moment.</div>
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As we moved along the perimeter suddenly there was no perimeter. We were in it. And the crowd turned and started walking towards us onto Duane Street. We were in the front of a march! We stopped the bike at the barricade on Duane Street and directed people to the sidewalk so they would not all have to climb over the four-foot barricade. People were so warm, friendly, and varied. My son got smiles and high fives. With a soft voice he chimed in with a few chants.</div>
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Even in the thousands of people, we saw folks we knew. Uncle Steve walked right past us and stopped to hug and snap a pic. Alexis called out from the crowd. We knew others who were there but couldn’t find them.</div>
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At almost 2am I can still hear the helicopters and the sirens. They fade and then return. I hope I keep hearing them because to me they indicate movement, a movement. It’s time for change – it’s that simple, Black Lives Matter. My way is to work to make change first, then feel the feelings later. Now I am crying, finally feeling it instead of intellectualizing, activating, or organizing.</div>
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There are voices outside at half past midnight - they are singing. Outside the back of Police Plaza, right outside our front door, 20 flights down. About 30 people, singing to the police at midnight on a protest night. It’s beautiful. Change is beautiful. It’s got to come … now please.</div>
Steve Questerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854077726436912885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783611421895574152.post-7904897700933950552014-12-14T14:52:00.003-08:002014-12-14T14:52:57.852-08:00How to Teach Kids About What's Happening in Ferguson<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This article, by Marcia Chatelain, assistant professor of history at Georgetown University, appeared in the Atlantic in August </span><br />
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