EQUITY PD

LNCS-Keewaydin
February 20, 2015

AGENDA

Why Race?

Junot Diaz Quote

Equity Survey

WHY RACE?

Look at the graph of Average SAT Scores by

Parental Income and Race/Ethnicity from 2011.

JUNOT DIAZ

You guys know about vampires? Diaz asked. You know,

vampires have no reflections in a mirror? Theres this idea that
monsters dont have reflections in a mirror. And what Ive
always thought isnt that monsters dont have reflections in a
mirror. Its that if you want to make a human being into a
monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of
themselves.
And growing up, I felt like a monster in some ways. I didnt see
myself reflected at all. I was like, Yo, is something wrong with
me? That the whole society seems to think that people like me
dont exist?
And part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before
I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make
some mirrors so that kids like me might seem themselves
reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it. Junot
Diaz

EQUITY SURVEY
Place a dot above the number
that represents your score.
White
Black
Latino
If there is already a dot above
your score, place your dot above
it.
Return to your seat and view the
graph.

EQUITY SURVEY CONT

How did you feel seeing your dot on the

chart? Why?

As educators, what barriers do we perceive

in relating to students of a cultural
background different than our own?

As educators, what can we do to move past

these barriers?

ARE YOU CARING?

What

does it mean
to care for our
student body?

A PARTING QUOTE

If you can show me how I can

cling to that which is real to me,
while teaching me a way into the
larger society, then and only then
will I drop my defenses and my
hostility, and I will sing your
praises and help you make the
desert bear fruit.
Ralph Ellison

I COMMIT TO
What

is one thing that

you can commit to doing
that will further break
down the barriers
between you and your
students of color?

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picture

THANK YOU
FOR BEING
COURAGEOUS
TODAY.