The next pre-Institute exercise is on the subject of race. It raises some good ideas, such as not being racist and not shying away from the topic of racism with your students. It the proceeds to explain to us the normal path of racial identity development for all black students, and the different path for all white students.
Wha-??
We need to not be racist, but we also need to assume that all black adolescents think the same way and all white adolescents think the same way. Sounds good to me.
I assume these generalizations apply to all students, even if they are in a 99% minority school or have parents of mixed racial backgrounds. Probably adopted kids too.
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