The Making of Unsafe Schools for Black Youth
This article discusses police presence in schools and the subsequent criminalization of Black youth that…
Title IX Policies Mirror the Prison System and Harm Student Survivors
If we abolish carceral approaches to anti-discrimination polices like Title IX, and if anti-violence activists…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Does Hispanic Heritage Month Need a Rebrand?’
In this lesson, students examine the history of and issues with the way Latinx communities…
A Battle for the Souls of Black Girls’
Discipline disparities between Black and white boys have driven reform efforts for years. But Black…
CommonLit | Hello, My Name Is ______
Jason Kim is an Asian American screenwriter and playwright. In this memoir, Kim reflects on…
My Personal Story: Kimchee on the Seder Plate
This article shares the author’s experiences with her intersecting identities of being Jewish and Korean….
What Being Hispanic and Latinx Means in the United States
Fernanda provides a first person account of identity–addressing stereotypes and assumptions, and inviting the audience…
Fred’s Story
Fred T. Korematsu was a national civil rights hero. In 1942, at the age of…
Living a Hyphenated Life
In the personal story Sara shares below, she notes that living a hyphenated life can…
Hawaii, hapas, and being “ethnically ambiguous” – Vox
“Growing up in Hawaii, being mixed or hapa is the norm. But when I moved…