by Jon Greenberg | Feb 16, 2016 | Civic Engagement, Everyday Feminism, Race and Racism, Race Curriculum Controversy
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...
by Jon Greenberg | Nov 30, 2015 | Civic Engagement, Everyday Feminism, Featured, Race and Racism, Race Curriculum Controversy
Much has been written about White Privilege–so much that I was hesitant to add yet another article on the topic. But current events made a compelling case to revisit it, which I tried to do through my latest Everyday Feminism article. Take privilege #7: I Have...
by Jon Greenberg | May 14, 2015 | Civic Engagement, Everyday Feminism, Featured
Perhaps because of the race curriculum controversy, perhaps because of the thick taboo that hangs over race (particularly among White Americans), I often default to writing about race. As this year’s Feminism Unit approached, I pushed myself to take my first...
by Jon Greenberg | Feb 27, 2015 | Everyday Feminism, Featured, Race and Racism, Race Curriculum Controversy
In December of 2012, I met with one set of White parents regarding concerns about the race curriculum I had been teaching since 2002. During this meeting, the White father asserted “It’s against district policy to label students as White people,”...
by Jon Greenberg | Feb 17, 2015 | Everyday Feminism
My newest article for Everyday Feminism just posted. My protracted conflict with Seattle Public Schools has prepared me to write this piece, as it will likely be a bit controversial to many readers. You don’t just apply a critical eye to films with perhaps the...
by Jon Greenberg | Jan 21, 2015 | Everyday Feminism, Race and Racism
My second article was just published by Everyday Feminism on the eve of MLK Day. It is written primarily for a White American audience and the timing of its publication is fitting. After all, Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, “Life’s most persistent...