[YEP-DC] "Teaching After Trayvon: An Honest Conversation on Race" -- New YEP-DC blog post!

In this latest post on YEP-DC's Recess blog, Scott Goldstein, a D.C. teacher, reflects on the Zimmerman/Martin case and encourages educators to both acknowledge and fight the racial biases that continue to permeate our nation. 

"As I've reflected on the reaction to the Zimmerman verdict, one thing that has stood out to me is the difficulty of so many, conservatives and liberals alike, to admit that subconscious racial biases exist within themselves. Maybe Zimmerman, for all that he has seen ... had a reason to be suspicious ... and Martin, for all he has seen, had a reason to believe he was in danger. The reality is that educators and students across the country roam the halls of their schools every day, loaded with the same suspicions that both Zimmerman and Martin felt toward each other that night — all of the biases and preconceived notions on race that lead to tension, conflict, and misunderstanding," Goldstein writes.

"We're failing to take the sensible path: Admit that our racial biases are real and fight like hell to rise above them."

Read "Teaching After Trayvon: An Honest Conversation on Race": http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2013/07/teaching-after-trayvon-an-honest-conversation-on-race.html

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