If We Aren't Addressing Racism, We Aren't Addressing Trauma
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Overview
Educators are to be active, not passive, in challenging the dangers of white privilege, confront their racial biases, honor their Black students' experiences of racism and its resulting trauma, and engage in anti-racist work daily. Read this for tangible takeaways for educators to support Black students traumatized by racism and grieved by police brutality against Black cis and trans women and men.
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