I’m not interested in ‘changing’ people’s minds. The very act feels oppressive and manipulative. I’m interested in presenting evidence-based perspectives that render to people facts upon which they can make up their own minds.

We strongly believe teaching cannot be apolitical. We exist in a system that many of our students are blind to, and it is our responsibility to show them the realities of the world we live in. As Kirkland states, in doing so, we are not going in with an agenda of telling our students how to think. Rather, we are committed to opening their eyes to other perspectives.This means we must actively work to be anti-racist teachers on a daily basis.

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Below, you will find a collection of resources we have curated to help us reflect on the role of race in our lives and on the lives of students, their families, and the larger community. Some of these, we use with students. Others simply help us do the work of understanding the non-white experience. It is on us to educate ourselves so that we can be accomplices in the fight for justice.