re: #309 SanFranciscoZionist

Last year, for Black History Month, one of the things we did was put up photos of some of the African-American kids at the school, and ask them to describe their heritage in their own words. Some kids like ‘black’, others ‘African-American’, and still others say ‘Creole’. I also saw “Irish”, “French”, “Italian”, “Cherokee”, “Native American”, “Japanese” and “Filipina” mentioned by some of the kids. It was very beautiful. Some of them wrote elaborate paragraphs, others just a line or two. The other kids really liked it.

(We also had a pair of kids at the assembly dress up as Barack and Michelle, and do a dialogue about black history. It was ADORABLE.)

Oh that’s sweet. I don’t think your students will struggle with race nearly as much. Each generation seems to get better over time.