THE BLACK LIVES MATTERS MOVEMENT

6/16/2020

Click above for useful Anti-racism links.

We are in the home stretch! If all students give the 'EXTENSION' message a thumbs up on TEAMS, you will have until Friday to complete your NA and Social Studies projects. You have until 3pm today to give it a thumbs up. Let's see if all of you can band together as a class to get this extension! Today, you will watch some anti-racism videos and links. Please give today's PAR a good amount of time so you can review the videos and links I have provided to help you write your PAR today. This topic is a topic we should talk about much more often than it is discussed.

SHAPE OF THE DAY
1.) NA/LA: Due tomorrow.

2.) Social Studies Projects: Due tomorrow.

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

The #BlackLivesMatters movement has brought a very important topic into the spotlight in 2020. This is one of the best things that has come out of 2020.
Talking about race is important. We must talk about it from an early age and talk about it often. You should use the big 6 learning principles and your NA strategies to deepen your understanding of this topic.
Watch the posted video and write a meaningful paragraph based on the video and your background knowledge of race and discrimination.
More useful links: 21 Useful Anit-Racism Links <----- Check these out to add to your background knowledge.
LEARNING INTENTION: I can write a meaningful paragraph showing my understanding of race and how I can do better.
SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Paragraph format (intro, body, and conclusion)
2.) Include reasons why we should talk about topics related to race.
3.) Include how we can talk about topics related to race.
4.) Include how you think this will help make the world around us a better place.
5.) Check for the givens (spelling, capitals, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure)
6.) Edit/revise as necessary
7.) REQUIRED: Ask 2 students questions about the issues/topics discussed in their paragraphs and reply to any questions you received. I will assess/evaluate this on FreshGrade.

VIDEO LINKS:
How to Talk to Kids About Race
Systemic Racism Explained

6/16/2020 09:52:22 am

Ethel

6/16/2020 09:56:00 am

2nd

Ethel

6/16/2020 10:10:33 am

At a young age, kids don’t understand what the word race means. From what I’ve seen, when kids color any pictures with people. They often tend to say the color peach is called “skin color''. It made me kinda uncomfortable in a way, but I couldn’t blame them. Because they didn’t know what they were saying.

I think it’s important we teach kids about race, with what’s happening around the world with the black lives matter movement and the pandemic. Kids at a young age tend to judge others based on their appearances, we should teach kids about what’s wrong and what’s right. No matter what they look like, they’re still people and you should never judge them.

We can teach kids and people about race in many different ways. Like, a project on the underground railing, an essay on the BLM movement, ect. All of these are great ways of getting kids and students to learn about race. I know this works because we’ve done some of these projects already. I’ve become more aware about how people treat others with color. It can even impact adults, as a kid you can tell them about what you’ve learned and show them your project. No matter how awkward it is to talk about, we should just spread the word about the BLM movement and how others still treat people with color differently and wrong.

Gen Z is a crazy generation. The things we are doing to spread the word or to slowly stop racism is absolutely great. Peacefully protesting, donating money and just simply spreading the word might help slowly stop racism. It may seem like a scary world right now, but I assure you it will get better. Hopefully, in the future racism won’t be a problem anymore. People won’t judge others based on their looks and treat everyone equally.

Mealea

6/16/2020 12:14:34 pm

@Ethel, so what do you think is the most effective way to get our point across? Nice paragraph btw!

Ethel

6/16/2020 01:49:16 pm

@Mealea I think it's a good way to spread the word, it might help spread awareness and slow down racism but I don't think it will completely remove racism.

SPENCER

6/16/2020 01:39:20 pm

@Ethel
do you really think that the things we are doing is going to stop racism?

Ethel

6/16/2020 01:50:20 pm

@Spencer As I explained above, I think it will slow down racism but it won't completely remove it.

Spencer

6/23/2020 10:03:32 am

@Ethel
unfortunately, your paragraph has conflicting ideas, despite what you said in response to my feedback. as stated by you in your concluding sentence/paragraph:"hopefully, in the future racism won't be a problem anymore". but you also said:"peaceful protesting, donating money and simply spreading the word might help slowly stop racism", so which one do you believe? that racism can only be suppressed, of be stoped completely? i don't truly believe that racism can be stoped, just suppressed. your use of "hopefully" and "might" make you seem unsure of what your saying, and therefore, doesn't have a meaningful as an impact on the reader. if you are to revise your paragraph, try to remove your unsurety in your meaningful sentences and make your paragraph less confusing. as well as keeping to one mindset. please make sure before you answer my helpful feedback(that i hoped you would take more constructively, instead of answering it like a rhetorical question), take a moment to think about what i asked of you. although, there are good things that your paragraph has going for it, for example: good capitalisation and punctuation, and a powerful intro paragraph.(sorry if i sounded a little annoyed, i just wanted to make you paragraph better, and it truly already was. maybe you took my question wrong? i wanted to know which of the two ideas you had in your par you believed)
-your good friend, Spencer.

Brieana

6/16/2020 11:03:12 am

There have been a lot of weird things going on since the pandemic started. One of those things is being racist. Now when we say racist, what do we really mean? Are we just pretending to care? Or do we really care? When I think of racist, I think of discrimination. Except, it is only pointed to the color of your skin. But I am just wondering why it matters what color your skin matters? We are all people and we should treat each other like we treat our friends. Don’t judge people by their color, their looks or their gender. Judge them by their insides. To me, being racist is just something you do, and it’s wrong. But now these days, people will say that anything is racist. So I will close off with this, I do my best to judge people by their insides, and everyone should do that. Don’t judge people by their looks, color or gender. It isn’t nice, and I don’t think that you would want that done to you.

Mealea

6/16/2020 12:17:42 pm

@Brieana, Great paragraph! How do you think our generation can help with racism and get our point across? Why do you think people treat other people differently based on the colour of their skin?

Maxwell

6/16/2020 12:55:23 pm

How do u feel about the riots going on in America?

spencer

6/16/2020 01:00:55 pm

@brieana
do you think increased racism is because of the pandemic?

Brendan

6/16/2020 01:24:04 pm

Hi Brieana, that was a well written paragraph. Have you ever faced racism? If yes, how did you face it? And how would you stop racists if you see someone being mean to one another because of their race?

6/16/2020 02:50:14 pm

@Brieana- Do you think we should talk about racism? Why or why not? Also nice paragrah! :)

Brieana

6/16/2020 11:04:05 am

3rd

Brendan

6/16/2020 11:39:30 am

Racism had been a very big issue around the world. If somebody doesn't stop this issue, it is going to continue around the world. This problem is going to get bigger and bigger, and eventually be unstoppable. Therefore, we need to stop it as soon as possible.
First, people shouldn't judge people by their race, gender, culture, skin colour, and all that stuff. Being different doesn't means that one is better or worse. We are humans, and all different kind of humans are still humans. It is basically like cats. There are various colour of cats, but I still like all of them.
Second, I would keep reminding people about this issue, and tell them not to repeat the mistake. For example, I have a little cousin, who will turn 5 in a few months. I will keep reminding him not to judge people by their race. I also have an ultimate idea. He loves marvel superheroes, so I asked him, "Is Spiderman or Black panther better??" And before he answers, I told him that although Black Panther is black, or has a different race, does this means he is worse? No! He still won several battles!"
Anyways, racism shouldn't even exist. Why were people so immature? We should stop this problem before it gets even larger.

Spencer

6/16/2020 12:00:21 pm

@Brendan
I do not feel that racism is because of immaturity, but because of negative pre-existing stereotypes and general entitlement. also, I feel that racism can never truly be stoped, as there will always be somebody that will have racist feelings towards minorities. other than that, I love your examples! good paragraph!

Brendan

6/16/2020 01:25:03 pm

@Spencer
Thanks! As long as we try, nothing is impossible ;)

Ethel

6/16/2020 01:54:01 pm

@Brendan I like how you added in that you try to teach your cousin about equality. Do you think parents should teach their kids about race at a early age? (or an age where they can understand)

Brendan

6/18/2020 10:20:17 am

Yes for sure! Children with a young age can be easily influenced by other people. That's why teaching them in a younger age is better.

Maxwell

6/16/2020 11:47:06 am

Racism is a problem many people have to face across the earth. People of every race can experience a form of racism, some common ones are racial stereotypes such as "Asians can’t drive cause their eyes are so small" but it isn’t always found in the form of a statement, it can be seen in actions or thoughts about a certain race. Let’s take this as an example, the fact that police are more likely to arrest a black man then a white man, now in most cases this is false but it does happen with a racist police officer, more often black men and women get pulled over just for their skin color, and this is something humanity is trying its hardest to drive away from, people are trying to spread the word that this is happening and that we should stop doing it, but there will always be some people that can’t seem to stop. Now, look at what 1 mans racist actions brought us? The death of George Floyd caused riots across the globe. And who caused it? A racist police officer who kept his knee in George Floyd’s neck despite him yelling for help and saying that he couldn’t breathe, but the police officer kept his knee on his neck, this action killed George Floyd. So now people standing up against racism across the earth, more people are becoming aware of the racism around the earth and they have had enough.

Aidan

6/16/2020 01:03:35 pm

@maxwell what are some other racial stereotypes are there other then asians can’t drive?

Amy

6/19/2020 07:00:13 pm

@Maxwell, what are people doing to protest the death of George Floyd?

Aidan (yes Aidan from div 1)

6/16/2020 11:49:55 am

when i was younger i never knew the word racism let alone what it meant. This is the same case for many many other young kids as well. some kids might not know whats right and whats wrong and might call an African American brown without realizing what they just did.

with that said i think its important to teach kids at a young age what racism is and the effect it has on a lot of people. we can educate the younger generation to not make the mistakes people do today and that we are all people and should be treated the same way no matter your skin color, language, gender or background. Even today there are still people who unconsciously discriminate other people for there skin color and we need to make sure that the people younger than us don't make the same mistake we did.

we can teach the next generation that racism is not okay and that everyone should be treated equally no matter what. we can teach this to the younger generation just by teaching them at a very early age and bringing up the topic often so they never forget what some people had to go through just because there skin color was dark brown.

a world without racism or discrimination is without a doubt better then the one we live in right now. every person has an equal chance to be successful in life and to be a doctor or nurse or anything you want to be.without anyone stopping you just because you have a different skin color.

Kayd

6/16/2020 01:00:55 pm

Aidan you did not capitalize some words at the start of sentences and the I's aren't capitalized either.
please revise!

Spencer

6/16/2020 11:53:03 am

racism is a serious topic that at a young age children should be learning about. racism happens all the time to visible minorities, so nows a good time as ever to talk to your child about it. try to get the message across in a way that your child will remember, such as bringing it up at important times during a movie or a book. this will make the world around us a better place because your child will know what racism is and will hopefully call out racist things.

Ethel

6/16/2020 01:57:02 pm

@Spencer Remember to capitalize the "R" in the beginning of your first sentence as well as your other sentences. What other ways do you think adults can spread the word about racism?

6/16/2020 02:54:07 pm

@ Spencer- Why do you think people are racist in the first place?

Spencer

6/16/2020 08:19:58 pm

@Ethel
I think it is also important that we continue listening to the stories of black people, and advocating for them whenever we can.

Spencer

6/16/2020 08:21:33 pm

@Mi
I think that people are racist in the first place because of false stereotypes and fear of things and or people that are different from ourselves.

Adrian

6/17/2020 11:29:50 am

@Spencer What age do you think is appropriate for kids to learn about racism?

Spencer

6/19/2020 09:12:04 pm

Paragraph Edit
When you hear the phrase Black Lives Matter, what does it mean to you? Racism is a serious topic that at a young age children should be learning about. Racism happens all the time to visible minorities, so now is as good of a time as ever to talk to your child about it. Children must learn that we all should have an equal place in the world and it is the responsibility of those with privilege to advocate for those that don't. Parents should try to get the message across in a way that their child will remember, such as bringing it up at important times such as during a movie or while reading a book. This will make the world around us a better place because your child will know what racism is, not participate in racist thinking or acts and will hopefully call out racist things if they see them. I think that the Black Lives Matters movement is an incredible opportunity for me to get involved and be a part of making the world a better place for everyone.

Mealea

6/16/2020 12:10:14 pm

Racism is one of the many problems we face, it is an important matter that everyone should know about.

I think we should talk about this topic because it’s important and kids should learn about this so that they won’t repeat many other people's mistakes. It’s important to teach kids that we are all people and the color of our skin doesn’t change that fact. No one should judge a person by the color of their skin, their race, or their gender.

We can talk about this matter through peaceful protests, online posts and discussions, and through school teachings. We can do projects and presentations and kids can research about our history and the important things that happened then. We have many important, historical figures in our past that faced many problems and dealt with them and I think it’s important for kids to learn about them. Hopefully through all the teachings, our world will become a better, equal, place.

Sometimes no matter what we do, there will always be those who won’t change no matter what, as long as we can change a few minds it will be better than nothing.

Megan

6/16/2020 04:21:36 pm

Do you think the black lives matter movement happening now is making a difference?

Mealea

6/18/2020 10:14:16 am

@Megan- I think that it is somewhat having an effect, because I’m still seeing some racist actions on the news I’m pretty sure, but we are reminded about this matter and a lot of people are talking about discrimination and equality. We just need more peaceful protests.

Yan

6/16/2020 01:10:02 pm

Racist was affecting the world and became a important topic for 2020, which was mostly affected the black people for the most. This made black people start a activity called "blacklivesmatters".

I think we should not be racist to darker skin colour people because we were all humans. Related to this thinking, we should not be mean to black people, but there was still some people who's not and we have to made them be like us too. So, here we got the reason about why we were talking about the race.

we can talk about racist for what had happens these days, like why does the cop kill George, for this, my opinion was that the cop was a racist and does not feel OK for being the same country with black people so he'd being mean to George.

I think being not racist will make the world better because thats makes the earth more peaceful and more human plus less problems.

Maxwell

6/16/2020 01:17:15 pm

How do u feel the riots are going? Do you think their good? What is your personal input on the situation

Kayd

6/16/2020 01:40:39 pm

Yan how do you think the other cops feel about the man who killed George ???

6/16/2020 10:49:26 pm

@Yan
Why do you think the cops is racist?

Adrian

6/17/2020 11:47:17 am

@Yan Some of you letters aren't capitalized. :)

Harry

6/18/2020 09:49:54 pm

Yan why do you think if there are no racist will make the world better

Kayd

6/16/2020 01:25:32 pm

Racism has been a problem for hundreds of years and it is still happening today.

Most young children don't really understand the concept of the words race and racism. I think they should know about racism like what it is and how it affects people so that in the future they know what to do when someone is being racist so they know how to prevent it from going any further than it already has another reason to teach children to understand racism so they can teach their kids that racism is not cool or tolerable.

The ways teachers can bring up the topic of racism to students is by talking about the current events and what racism has come to at the time or maybe talk about MLK Jr. or take the students on field trips to where major breakthroughs in stopping racism. These are just 3 of many ways to bring up racism.

Children learning about racism at a young age can help influence their future to be better than the last because that's what evolution is about making a better generation and a generation with very little racism would be the best for younger generations.

Emma

6/17/2020 10:55:27 am

How do you think the future of the world would change if we taught kids about racism?

Kayd

6/18/2020 10:31:54 am

I think it would somewhat effect the world because some children will learn that racism is bad and some will not.

6/16/2020 02:42:42 pm

Racism has been going on for hundreds of years. You may think if it's been going on for a long time, it should have stopped by now. Well I wish that was true but it's not. It's still happening.

There are a lot of people who don't know what racism is. Some people know what it means and know it's not something you should do but still do it. For example, the death of George Floyd. George was killed by a police officer who put his neck. That's one of the examples but there are a lot more. We can talk about racism at home or at school. Teachers can start the conversation by doing a project or even homework. You can also protest with other people. Children learning about racism can help spread the word and so they know not to do it. Eventually those children can tell their children ans so on.

It's good to learn about this because we want racism to end. If no one talks about it, history might repeat it's self, and not in a good way. We also shouldn't be racist because we are all humans.

Shannon

6/17/2020 12:01:18 am

@Ty What do you think to most effective way to eliminate racism? riots, protests, being informed?

6/17/2020 12:03:11 am

@Ty
how do you think children can spread the word?

6/16/2020 03:21:16 pm

"There is a double crisis happening in this world, both of health and injustice." - Sidney Malia Waite. While we may not see it, racism is everywhere. That's why we need to learn about it. That's why today I'm going to talk about this issue.

I believe it's very important to teach kids about race, with what is going on right now. This is because we need to tell them what is right, and wrong. So that everybody is treated equally. This will also make them more aware so that change can happen.
Their are many different ways that we can teach people. Firstly we can teach it in schools. For example you can have different projects on race.

In conclusion even though racism will always happen in some form. We can change little by little, to make it happen less.

Megan

6/16/2020 04:25:39 pm

@Mi - Do you think teaching racism to children is the most effective way to minimize racism, or do you think riots, protests, etc are more effective?

Mi (Edited)

6/16/2020 06:11:09 pm

"There is a double crisis happening in this world, both of health and injustice." - Sidney Malia Waite. While we may not see it, racism is everywhere. That's why we need to learn about it. That's why today I'm going to talk about this issue.

I believe it's very important to teach kids about race, with what is going on right now. This is because we need to tell them what is right, and wrong. So that everybody is treated equally. This will also make them more aware so that change can happen. If we don't teach kids, they may be racist unintentionally, which may hurt or offend someone.
Their are many different ways that we can teach people. Firstly we can teach it in schools. For example you can have different projects on race.

In conclusion even though racism will always happen in some form. We can change little by little, to make it happen less.

6/16/2020 06:18:07 pm

@ Megan- Yes! I think if we teach children about it they will become for aware, and change will happen. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world- Nelson Mandela. If change were to happen, then I think it would minimize riots and protests, because the situation would actually get better.

Megan

6/16/2020 04:20:00 pm

rac·ism
/ˈrāˌsizəm/
noun
the belief that a particular race of people is more superior than another race or races.

Sadly, racism has been present in society for centuries. As enraging as George Floyd's death was, this has not been the first time a minority race has been wronged. There are many cases of black people being injured/killed without reason. How can we prevent this in the future?

I think the best method to prevent racism is to educate people. Just as Nelson Mandela stated "No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion." Racism isn't a topic that we usually talk about, especially to children. I believe that is a large reason to why racism still exists today. If we are more open about our flaws with the world, it will be easier to resolve them. This can be done by teaching kids about racism in school, at home, and even add it to children books/shows. If the concept of racism is engraved into someone's brain at young age, they are more likely to grow up with the mindset. If we live in an anti-racist world, I believe the world will be a much more safe, peaceful place where the colour of your skin does not justify who you are. However, at the rate we are going at now, we are far from that.

Racism has been present for too long, and I am glad 2020 has brought a black lives matter movement. Hopefully, we will finally resolve our racism issues.

brieana

6/18/2020 10:08:32 am

how would you feel if someone said that you were being racist? why?

Megan

6/18/2020 06:17:27 pm

@Brieana - It depends. If I was being racist in their eyes, and I reasonably was, I'd apologize because my words/action have offended them. However, if they were just saying I am racist and they didn't have a valid point to back up their statement, I would try to ignore them or tell them how they are misusing the term "racism."

Emma

6/16/2020 08:57:27 pm

Racism is a big deal and I personally feel that they should talk about it in schools and teach kids the effects that it can cause on people that are subject to it.

I think that we should teach kids about racism and that the colour of your skin doesn’t matter, what matters is what you act like, what you treat people like, that's what counts. There are bad people in all races but that doesn't mean that the whole race is like that everyones their own person and we're all just humans we may look different on the outside but that doesn't change who we are. We need to teach kids this at a young age so they grow up knowing this and respecting and treating people the same and hopefully build a better world.

In conclusion we are all just people and should be treated with kindness and respect. Race is a simple thing sure you can be proud of your culture but you shouldn’t treat people differently because they are not the same as you.

Max

6/17/2020 11:19:28 am

@Emma-Can you give a example of racism to enforce your point? I like your saying that the inside doesn't change based on the outside

Emma (edited)

6/19/2020 02:21:48 pm

Racism is a big deal and I personally feel that they should talk about it in schools and teach kids the effects that it can cause on people that are subject to it.

I think that we should teach kids about racism and that the colour of your skin doesn’t matter, what matters is what you act like, what you treat people like, that's what counts. People have been racist for a long time and for people to stand up now is long over due but just because people see you as different and strange that doesn't mean you are. There are bad people in all races but that doesn't mean that the whole race is like that everyone's their own person and we're all just humans we may look different on the outside but that doesn't change who we are. We need to teach kids this at a young age so they grow up knowing this and respecting and treating people the same and hopefully build a better world.

In conclusion we are all just people and should be treated with kindness and respect. Race is a simple thing sure you can be proud of your culture but you shouldn’t treat people differently because they are not the same as you.

Sara

6/16/2020 09:27:32 pm

Racism is a major issue around the world. We can’t stop but what we can do is help people understand that we shouldn’t judge people from their race, gender, or culture. Recently, a man named George Floyd has died from a police officer suffocating him to death. This has brought rage across the world because we learned from the past so it doesn’t happen again, but yet some people haven’t fully put themselves into the black people's shoes. They may have known what happened but don’t fully understand it. This is why at a young age, kids should learn about these things so they don’t follow what all those ‘bad’ people do.

The reason why I called them ‘bad’ is because I believe everyone can be a kind, warm hearted- being but they have to go through therapy or they have to learn these things at a very young age. I think a way to reduce the amount of people being racist is to have them go through therapy, or teach them what you teach kids. For instance, teach them to put themselves in other people’s shoes, teach them to keep all those racist thoughts in your head. I know we all are a little racist sometimes so those things really help. For me, I don’t judge people often (or almost never) but if I do, I just shut my mouth and throw all those negative thoughts about people in an imaginary trash bin. I understand it’s your opinion but just keep them to yourself, or if someone is judging you, just ignore it. Don’t take it offensively but if it really bothers you, tell someone.

2020 has been an amazing year other than staying at home because of quarantine. I'm really glad I learned all those thing when I was younger and it has really made me a better person if I haven't.

6/16/2020 10:09:49 pm

I Think it's very important to teach kids about race with everything that is going on right now. This is because we need to tell them what is right, and what is wrong so that everybody is treated equally. This will also make them more aware so that change can happen. If we don't teach kids, they may be racist unintentionally, which may offend others.

Shannon

6/16/2020 11:49:22 pm

@RZ What are some ways that we can teach kids about racism? Do you think that there are any other ways we can help eliminate racism?

Emily

6/17/2020 09:32:36 am

@Raymond, could you think of a way to start up conversations on racism?

Boswell

6/17/2020 12:30:07 pm

@RZ in your first sentence you capitalized the t in think.

6/17/2020 01:49:23 pm

Racism Has happened a lot lately, and it mostly is for a dumb reason, like treating others differently because of just there skin color.

I think it's very important to teach kids about race with everything that is going on right now. This is because we need to tell them what is right, and what is wrong so that everybody is treated equally. This will also make them more aware so that change can happen. If we don't teach kids, they may be racist unintentionally, which may offend others.Some ways we can teach kids about racism is by telling storys. Or watching movies about the racist history.

In other words, I think racism need to stop as soon as possible and it should never be brought back up again.

Harry

6/18/2020 09:52:11 pm

@RZ do you think treated everyone equally is important?

Dennis

6/16/2020 11:28:52 pm

Racism is a word that has been used a lot lately, honestly the used and definition of the word does not describe what happen. If people believe officers are targeting Black people as a act of Racism and Assault, you are very much mistaken. As a matter of fact, it is a matter of police brutality and violent arrest and not targeted nor motivated out of Hate and Racism. The word equality should be the word being spread around right now, and not racism. This is what we are doing, we have a problem right, let’s say there is a fire and the fire fighters do their best but the house burns down even though they could have saved the house they didn’t, now you have 2 options, 1 get mad at them and sue them for payback or 2 were you tell them how to solve it rather than keep telling them they did bad, do you think telling them bad stuff helped, no way. So be optimistic, that’s the only way we are going to get through this. Being negative and sad will only slow us down. Live free and move on.

Max

6/17/2020 11:17:49 am

@Dennis-You forgot to explain why we should educate young people on racism. Good example though

Dennis *Edited

6/20/2020 09:57:09 pm

Racism is a word that has been used a lot lately, honestly the used and definition of the word does not describe what happen. If people believe officers are targeting Black people as a act of Racism and Assault, you are very much mistaken. As a matter of fact, it is a matter of police brutality and violent arrest and not targeted nor motivated out of Hate and Racism. I think if our young generation is very well aware of how hate is bad and that only forgiveness can solve our problems. If we teach them to become aware and thoughtful, then they might just be our one shot to getting things right. And just like some of the most famous people remind us, history is History, do not repeat it or we will be stuck and forever puzzled. The word equality should be the word being spread around right now, and not racism. This is what we are doing, we have a problem right, let’s say there is a fire and the fire fighters do their best but the house burns down even though they could have saved the house they didn’t, now you have 2 options, 1 get mad at them and sue them for payback or 2 were you tell them how to solve it rather than keep telling them they did bad, do you think telling them bad stuff helped, no way. So be optimistic, that’s the only way we are going to get through this. Being negative and sad will only slow us down. Live free and move on.

Shannon

6/17/2020 12:02:12 am

rac·ism
/ˈrāˌsizəm/
noun
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
"a program to combat racism"

In my opinion, race should one of the first things we learn as a kid. This is because at a young age we are basically manifested into thinking that there is one appropriate skin colour. If you haven’t heard of the doll test, it’s basically an experiment done on young kids. There were two dolls placed in front of them, one being white while the other being African American. When asked the question, “who's the good doll?” they all answered with the white doll. When asked the question “who's the bad doll?” they all answered the African American. I believe that it's important to know the importance of respecting different races and ethnicities.
There are many ways to stay educated and teach others on this topic. First, schools should add unit that educates students on racism and the dos and don’ts. As for teens and adults, to stay educated on this topic, there are many reliable organizations that will provide resources and information. An example would be NAACP.

In conclusion, it’s important to teach young kids about the importance of respecting different ethnicities. Racism has been a huge problem for multiple decades. Finally, in 2020, we’re starting to shed light on this topic.

Boswell

6/17/2020 12:20:12 pm

In the second paragraph you forgot to add 'be' in front of 'should', otherwise it's a great paragraph.

Harry

6/17/2020 12:09:42 am

Racist Is one of the most important thing in 2020. It Affect the black people most and for the black people they parade called “black lives matters”
We should not racist the black people even if they are a different type of skin but we are all humans. There are still some people around that racist the black people or being mean to them and we have to try to let them think
Is not the different skin that people is bad or something else so now I going to talk about the race.
These days there are a lot of stuff happen in this world like an American police officer murdered an Africa American person called George. What I think is the police is racist to George because is George do something bad you will not going to kill him.
If we don’t racist each other the world are going to be peaceful and better.

Emily

6/19/2020 02:16:24 pm

@Harry - I agree with you, but please reread the criteria. Why is it important to discuss race? How can you start a conversation about it? How will it make the world a better place?

Adrian

6/17/2020 12:25:34 am

Racism is horrible, it has been a huge deal even to today. Physically and verbally, racism comes in many forms, but usually racism is about the colour of someone's skin, which I really dumb to be honest.

I believe that we should all be talking about racism because, right now it's a really big thing going on, especially in America. Some say the racism in America to black people is like war, and it's pretty scary even if were not in the same place as them. To help fix this racism crisis, we could all just stop being racist, or for it to be more realistic, we can protests, but with protection, since the coronavirus is also around. Everybody is beautiful inside and out, nobody should call themselves or somebody ugly, because you'll be wrong. Hopefully when young people grow up, they'll learn to not be racist, being racist makes you a bad person and you probably don't want that.

No matter the colour of your skin, we are all equal. I am thankful to have the knowledge to know what we should say or do, and maybe everybody else as well.

Emily

6/17/2020 09:41:03 am

@Adrian, how would racist people suddenly stop? There's always going to be that one person who continues to be racist.

Adrian

6/17/2020 11:25:15 am

Racism is horrible, it has been a huge deal even to today. Physically and verbally, racism comes in many forms, but usually racism is about the colour of someone's skin, which I really dumb to be honest.

I believe that we should all be talking about racism because, right now it's a really big thing going on, especially in America. Some say the racism in America to black people is like war, and it's pretty scary even if were not in the same place as them. To help fix this racism crisis, teachers could discuss this topic with students early on, so that they have the knowledge to not do such awful things. Everybody is beautiful inside and out, nobody should call themselves or somebody ugly, because you'll be wrong. Hopefully when young people grow up, they'll learn to not be racist, being racist makes you a bad person and you probably don't want that.

No matter the colour of your skin, we are all equal. I am thankful to have the knowledge to know what we should say or do, and maybe everybody else as well.

Kyungsun

6/17/2020 03:50:52 am

Racism is a word that's unfortunately thrown around a little too much these days. As I mentioned previously I think that racism is really not as much as a problem as organizations like black lives matters say. (I also don't particularly like black lives matter their leadership is often incompetent and not exactly the most honest. I prefer Naacp because they are actually half-decent at their job.) To be honest, though I feel that racism in society is really not as big of an issue as if you look at modern developed western nations, about 97 percent of people are not actually racist. Even less of these people are actually a threat to society. Police brutality has been going down for a long time, fortunately. Unfortunately, People like George Floyd, John Geer, Daniel Shaver, Duncan Lemp and some others were unjustly murdered by the police. Not really based on race, however. Of course, some may state the high amount of black people killed by police by capita however most of these are justified. One thing you need to consider is that statistically African Americans disproportionately commit the most amount of violent crime per capita and therefore statistically they will be engaged in violent engagements with the police.

Of course to continue the lessening of racism we need to educate the youth of the nation. There are many ways of doing this however this is my proposal. Kids don’t really care about race when they are younger. Ask any 6-year-old what they think about a certain race and the vast majority of them will probably not care. It’s less important to drill it in early and better to do it very gradually. For example, start with things like treat others like how you want to be treated. For the vast majority of kids, this is very very effective. As they get older teach more on things like skin pigmentation and also teach history. Especially relevant history that’s not so boring. Seriously from kindergarten to grade 7 all we learned was things like indigenous history and the first settlers. The vast majority of kids could learn this like once or twice and just not care. Focus on things like the War of 1812, The signing of the confederation, WW1, WW2 and include things like how the military was segregated at one point. Include things like the civil rights movements of the 1950s 60s and 70s. Also occasionally throw some foreign history, i.e. things like the civil war. Every single culture and nation was racist and had slaves at some point. From the slaves of Greece and Rome to the slaves of Egypt and other African nations, the middle east and their slaves, the Aztecs and Mayans with their slaves, slaves all across Asia and the slaves in Europe and North America. Also to create a more resilient and better generation we should also stop this culture of victimizing people. It devalues what it means to truly be a victim of something. On top of this political correctness is also something that should be thrown out of the window and taken in handcuffs to the guillotine to be executed. Political Correctness does not make anything better, It doesn’t make people safer or more comfortable, In fact, it does the opposite. It limits free speech to the point where it seems like our rights as people are being worn away slowly. People have to watch what they say even in private environments because there might be a snitch with them who could potentially end their entire careers. It merely makes people softer and more vulnerable. It’s like giving someone a sheet of paper to protect themselves in a gunfight. It merely gives a sense of security. Instead, we should equip the next generation with proper body armour to help them try and survive on the battlefield that is life. An empty plate carrier vs ballistically rated body armour. A political campaign of nothing but lies and empty promises vs something being done. A root cellar vs a nuclear bunker. An unloaded handgun vs one loaded with 17 rounds of quality JHP. What I`m saying is it’s impossible to completely stop racism and other bad things but it’s possible to better equip generations to handle this as well as slowly try and lower it. In my opinion, things like BLM is just this. Lowering police brutality and racism is always a good thing however they aren`t doing it properly. Much like the May 1st OIC its just a feel-good act to make the people feel like something is being done when the root problem isn’t even remotely being solved. In the case of the May 1st OIC, it also combines some easy votes from gullible people. Racism is a very complex issue that can’t just be removed with a few limitations on what people say and think. It requires hundreds of years of changes to not only the culture of this nation but also every other nation in the world. Even then its really not feasible. At the very least we can rest easy knowing that in developed western nations racism is virtually non-existent. Western Europe and North Americ

Kyungsun

6/17/2020 03:52:02 am

wow it hit the word limit.

here's the rest

North America are some of the best areas from not only racial minorities to live but also everyone else. Things like firearm rights and true freedom of speech and press, a true constitution, separation of church and state, anti-corruption, democracy, stable economy, religious freedom and acceptance of people with different skin pigmentation and religion keep us ahead of nations like China or Saudi Arabia or much of Africa and Asia for quality of living and freedom.

In conclusion, racism is not one of those that can disappear overnight. There’s a lot to it. Proper education, better economy, freedom, less of this victim culture and a lot of time.

Emily

6/17/2020 09:28:43 am

What is systemic racism? How does it impact the lives around us? First, the definition of systemic racism, also known as institutional racism, is a type of racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions. Second, many black people around us have lost opportunities due to the colour of their skin. As the future generation, we must put an end to this.

In case you're wondering, it's important to discuss all topics related to race to educate ourselves. Just a disclaimer, I'm not an expert, and you may have your own opinion, which is okay. On a different note, one way to start up conversations on race could be by watching a video. After, you could try having a discussion. To sum up, we must educate children on race while they're still young. I believe this will make the world a better place. Can you imagine a world where people black people had equal opportunities as the rest of us? There'd still be many flaws in the future world, but at least racism has been handled.

Catherine

6/17/2020 09:58:59 am

Do you know the incident that happened to George Floyd in May? We can prevent these incidents by talking about race-related things more in the future. If we talk about it more, we can influence more racist people to become not racist and live in a better community. When we talk about race more, we would have fewer misunderstandings and even if we do, we can solve the problems together. We could talk about race like; talking about their different cultures and different lifestyles. The race is just something we were born in and nobody had a choice to choose what race they want to born in, so if we communicated our thoughts more about race-related questions, everyone could have an open mind about race.

In conclusion, everybody is equal when it comes to race, so don’t be racist towards the people that don’t have the same race as you.

Emma

6/17/2020 10:50:10 am

What would you want kids to learn about race if you could teach them at a young age.

Max

6/17/2020 11:14:43 am

Racism has been a problem ever since the 1900s. For decades the government ignored the calls of racism. They decided the problem wasn't important enough to be called on. Finally, one day the government saw the truth and acted. Racism was gone. Or was it?

There have been small acts of racism all across the globe. White People thinking that white people are better than black. That's coming from people who eat tide pods for views. The problems weren't big enough to cause riots though. They just shamed the racist people online. Until one day a police officer killed an African American man named George Floyd.

George Floyd was trying to use counterfeit money to buy some small things. The police tracked him down. The officer went up to his car and pulled out his firearm. That act alone would cost the officer his job. Police guidelines clearly state that you are not allowed to pull out your firearm or use any lethal force if the criminal does not have a weapon or not a threat. George Floyd was in his car with no weapons. Then, it gets worse. The officer pushed him down on the ground and put his knee on him. Floyd said he couldn't breathe but did the officer listen. Of course not because that was the officer who pulled out a gun on a defenceless African American man. After a couple of minutes, George Floyd died. That was the final straw. People everywhere erupted in riots. They held giant riots in streets and the police had to dispatch units to control the crowd, but some police officers dropped their weapons and joined the riots. The officer that killed George Floyd was punished. That wasn't enough though. Everyone knew that racism would not stop. It would carry on for centuries or maybe millenniums. The best we could do is suppress it as best as we can.

Speaking about suppressing racism, we can do that by talking about it. We can make people aware that racism is bad. We can shame the racist people. We cannot stop racism completely but if we can talk about how bad it is, we can minimize the number of racist people. We cannot kill them since that makes us as bad as the officer who killed George Floyd but we can shame their darkness into such a deep part that it will never rise again.

In conclusion, George Floyd was avenged, but even after the drama, people are still talking about it. That helps to stop racism. If Africans enslaved the Americans, would Africans be racist to the Americans? The Americans would be called American Africans. Don't think your race is superior just because, there is always a second possibility.

brieana

6/18/2020 10:12:56 am

what would you say to someone who was being racist?

Max

6/19/2020 11:19:51 am

I would simply ignore them, but if they kept going and saying racist things, I would tell them to be quiet you racist cumberworld. Then they would be shocked or wondering what is a cumberworld (its an actual word).

Boswell

6/17/2020 12:15:49 pm

Racism is a problem everyone faces everywhere and recently there's been a viral video of a cop holding his knee on George Floyds neck while he was telling the officers that he couldn't breathe for 9 minutes, this continued until he died. Racism has been around for hundreds of years and it's important to teach children about racism when their young since they might not realize the things they have done that was racist. If we educate them then they will know that it's not right to be racist and it's very unfair.

In conclusion, racism is an important topic that should be taught to children. Also don't be racist.

sophia

6/17/2020 01:29:49 pm

@boswell have you ever seen a young child being racist but knot knowing they were?

sophia

6/17/2020 01:26:49 pm

racism is a system of hierarchy has been used for thousands of years. this system has been built to make white superior over everyone else. since this system has been engraved into our society, many people use unknowingly use racial stereotypes.

I personally believe that you race does not in anyway define who you are. You are born into a certain race, it's not your choice. Just because you have darker skin does not automatically make you a villain or a threat. You are a threat when you endanger a life, not because of your skin colour, which does not in any way affect anyone else.

Even though there is always going to be racism, there are ways that may help to stop it from being passed down to the new generations. Children books are a great example. To further illustrate, children books can show people of every colour equal along with lessons about being kind to everyone no matter their race. A lot of the times we learn lessons at an early age and they stick with us ( even unknowingly) for the rest of are lives. These lessons help us make decisions as well as shape our outlook on life and race.

Emily

6/19/2020 02:12:08 pm

@Sophia - Why do you think it's important to discuss race?

Audrey

6/17/2020 01:45:04 pm

Racism has been around for decades which has caused many misunderstandings, judgmental statements, unfairness, inequality, even deaths, and much more.

As kids, we should learn to treat people the same even if we have different skin colours. By the time we are adults, it is harder to change our opinions, thoughts and actions. We should be taught, and teach children from a young age so it would be something we are aware of and make the correct choices. It also depends on what environment you were in during our childhood, to have the kind of judgemental mindset. If it weren't for certain black artists, creators and their cultures, where would all the famous music, inventions, food and cultures be? If everyone was the same around the globe, there wouldn't be anything new, or interesting.

Racism shouldn't even be something that should still happens today. It shouldn't need to change just because of protests, because it shouldn't even be around anymore.

I think that racism is one of the most cruel things in the world. It should have stopped long ago.

Amy

6/19/2020 07:01:12 pm

@Audrey, how do you think children should be taught about racism?

Charlie

6/17/2020 02:09:36 pm

According to the Cambridge dictionary, racism is "The belief that people's qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races." As of this moment, the Black Lives Matter movement has taken over the media after two cops suffocated a black man, George Floyd. This sort of behavior is nothing new, and that just goes to show how serious this really is. Throughout history, judging someone by their race or ethnicity was a normal occurrence. Although racism as gotten better, it still is incredibly serious and needs to be dealt with appropriately. We have to teach children that, judging and someone by their race or appearance is wrong and to teach kids the atrocities relating to race in history. As George Santayana said
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." In conclusion, racism is something that cannot fully disappear, instead of trying to scare and hurt people who have been racist, we should try to teach people that its wrong to treat people differently based on race

Amy

6/17/2020 08:02:54 pm

Racism is something that has affected all of us for hundreds of years, but is still happening today. Why? Well, I think the main reason is because racism is something that most people actively avoid talking about and acting upon. It's a topic that makes a lot of people uncomfortable, because they're not sure what they can do about it. Well, a simple way is to just start talking and teaching about it! We should start talking about racism because it is important for people to know about it. Takes kids for example, if no one tells them about racism they'll just follow the steps of adults, some who are racist, which will lead to the kids being racist as well. Talking about racism can also let people who are racist know that it's not okay. We can talk about racism by bringing people to places that are important to the history of African Americans and talk about them. When explaining a topic like racism to kids, we can use cartoons or picture books to explain. Talking about racism will make the world a better place because it will prevent racism and is one step closer to people of all skin colour become equal. In conclusion, at the end of the day the colour of your skin shouldn't matter, after all we are all human.

Konoshin

6/19/2020 05:45:06 pm

People are being racist to each other because of their skin color and race which is not very smart. I think we should teach all the kids about racism because it won't stop and they might not realize they were being racist. But if we teach them the right things to do and say, they will be able to say "Stop, that's not the right thing to do or say". Then maybe racism would stop and never come back again. To conclude, our skin colors doesn't matter. What matters is that we should be treating everyone equally and that racism is being taught worldwide to everyone. Furthermore, all lives matters and there is nothing wrong with being different because we are all human beings.

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