Primary Colors: Racism and Discrimination vs. Education May 1, 2008

I created this video to show how racism has entered the world of education. In the video, there are images of racism and a few places where you could find it.  Though racism is intertwined with many things in our society, it can be overlooked and mistaken for something that it is not.  It can be literally invisble. 

In the video I have also provided some facts and statistics about how intitutional racism affects minority students within public education.  It also depicts the unequal distibution of academic programs and opportunities. I also touched on some of the alternatives of how to end racism in our public schools. 

Get in the Ring (Round 2) May 1, 2008

Here we are again…in the ring.  In round 2 we involve the students themselves.  I was able to find an example of how to involve our students in making a difference.  There are organizations for children that teache them about racism and how to identify it, cope with it, and keep their environment safe and happy for themselves and for their peers. 

Artists Against Racism (AAR) is an organization that does just that.  The organization’s main goal is to “about the basic human right of equality, so that a civilized society will, in the next millennium, finally result” (www.heartsandminds.org).  The groups goal is to teach children not to discriminate against someone different then themselves based on background, race, religion…etc.  They teach the youth to learn about people different from themselves. 

Children are like spounges, they obtain all information faster than ever.  If we instill the right ideas in their heads, they will be the ones to change the future of racism.