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Understanding Systemic Racism
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
Students will learn to define racism as power plus prejudice and to understand systemic racism.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.7
Structure:
In Chapter Ten, Starr and her father talk about Tupac's lyrics, and Maverick makes Starr define THUG LIFE. He asks her what is the hate people are giving "little infants" in today's society. When she says racism, he makes her be more specific.
There is more to racism than dislike of people of another race. Racism is power plus prejudice--which students can read about, individually, as a class, or in small...
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