Multicultural Initiatives: Reluctance to Talk About Race

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Reluctance to Talk About Race

Remember "Guess Who?" These Harvard researchers ran a study using a version of the children’s game and found some fascinating things about people’s willingness to talk about race. At 2:17, we learn something amazing about little kids that should shake up our perspectives on this sometimes uncomfortable subject.