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Post by jaygee on Feb 21, 2020 8:49:35 GMT -6
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Post by jaygee on Feb 23, 2020 9:53:37 GMT -6
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Post by jaygee on Feb 23, 2020 10:06:34 GMT -6
Augusta Savage’s sculpture from the 1939 world fair is a depiction of the song Lift Every Voice and Sing (discussed earlier as the Black national anthem).
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Post by dc2london on Feb 23, 2020 10:39:55 GMT -6
Augusta Savage’s sculpture from the 1939 world fair is a depiction of the song Lift Every Voice and Sing (discussed earlier as the Black national anthem). This is beautiful
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Post by jaygee on Feb 24, 2020 20:59:00 GMT -6
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Post by athn64 on Feb 24, 2020 21:19:56 GMT -6
This is an argument I get into all the time with other nerds about high fantasy settings. They all want to insist that everyone has to be white because "history" when that's not accurate at all. Europe, Africa, and Asia are all one giant landmass.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 24, 2020 21:48:45 GMT -6
This is an argument I get into all the time with other nerds about high fantasy settings. They all want to insist that everyone has to be white because "history" when that's not accurate at all. Europe, Africa, and Asia are all one giant landmass. Keep fighting the good fight, lady!
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Post by jaygee on Feb 26, 2020 22:45:06 GMT -6
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Post by jaygee on Feb 27, 2020 21:23:23 GMT -6
Hey everyone. Just an update that 2/25 is that most recent post from Rachel. She gave a lecture at Syracuse the other night and had some pretty awful racist messages sent to her after. So she is resting and recovering. I can’t imagine how scary and vulnerable it must be to do this anti racism work so publicly. I’ll post the next prompts when she starts back up. In the meantime, my son’s school is doing a good job with Black History Month this year after basically doing nothing last year. They sent the following resources out today to share with parents. We have a low percentage of Black students at our particular school (despite being a pretty diverse student body) so it’s even more important to me that the celebration is big and bold to honor the Black students and families we have. The school made a push to increase books written by diverse authors in the library and they had parent volunteers come in and read the new books for BHM. I’m doing my session tomorrow. www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2018/02/09/why-parents-need-to-talk-to-their-kids-and-celebrate-black-history-month/Excerpt from the article: “White parents: Each Black History Month exists as a call to action. It is your opportunity to study the connecting thread between the struggles of the past and the transformations of today. By educating your children, you have the opportunity to reduce the number of people we see proudly chanting hateful messages and carrying tiki torches. Black History Month exists as an opportunity to remind everyone else that black individuals have value and black lives matter.” www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/teaching-your-child-about-black-history-month
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Post by byjove on Feb 28, 2020 5:39:55 GMT -6
How awful :/
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Post by jaygee on Feb 28, 2020 13:58:45 GMT -6
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Post by agm04 on Feb 28, 2020 16:08:59 GMT -6
jaygee this is what i bought for parent reading to DD's prek class too! we loved it.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 29, 2020 11:14:46 GMT -6
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Post by athn64 on Feb 29, 2020 15:48:14 GMT -6
There's a big Juneteenth celebration here every year. I just looked up the significance a couple of years ago. It's something that should be observed everywhere.
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Post by oreobitsy on Feb 29, 2020 20:54:23 GMT -6
jaygee thank you so much for posting this all month. There's so much I need to continue to learn and it's not easy to know where to dig in deeper. Rachel's posts helped a lot to find definite areas that were new to me.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 29, 2020 21:07:43 GMT -6
jaygee thank you so much for posting this all month. There's so much I need to continue to learn and it's not easy to know where to dig in deeper. Rachel's posts helped a lot to find definite areas that were new to me. You’re welcome. I’m glad people were interested and participated. I saw this on IG today and loved it. Transitioning from Black History Month to Women’s History Month. www.instagram.com/tv/B9HaCDmFcnJ/?igshid=1kv67oj78b4uo
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