How White Americans’ Hatred of Racism Can Actually Support and Protect Racism
Nothing upsets White Americans like calling them a “racist.” It can spark outright indignation, extreme defensiveness, a faucet of tears, and a host of emotions that dwell in our primal selves. Why do White Americans fear the word so much? Over the past 15 years of...
The Case for Gender Studies
In 2002, a group of high school girls approached their male teacher and argued that his course needed to include a study of gender. After all, it was titled “Citizenship and Social Justice” and included an intensive study of race and racism. Predictably, this White...
Why Homelessness Is One of the Most Urgent Issues of Our Time
The following article was originally published here by Everyday Feminism. Special thanks to Wes Browning for his input regarding this piece. We cannot make good decisions from a distance,” says Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder of the Equal...
The Weapon Increasingly Used to Shut Down Anti-racist Teaching – And My Polemic Against It
I was quite certain I had enough ammunition to justify firing back at a weapon increasingly used to shut down social justice teaching – particularly anti-racist teaching. The weapon? Accusations that discussing race and racism is “divisive.” While waiting for my...
Defending Social Justice Teaching at Seattle’s MLK Day Celebration
For those in the Seattle area, please join us for this important panel prior to the 34th Annual MLK Day Rally and March: The Need For Increased Social Justice Teaching — And The Obstacles Such Education Faces Social justice education, such as ethnic studies courses,...Disclaimer:
This website is named after the high school course, Citizenship and Social Justice, that Seattle Public Schools unsuccessfully tried to extinguish stemming from the complaints of one white family opposed to study of race and racism.
However, the website is NOT connected to this course nor intended for student use.
Dedicated to social justice and civic engagement, it is the personal website of educator and writer Jon Greenberg.
Track social justice issues through the Citizenship and Social Justice Tumblr
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