Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston
When teaching about race and racism, I invite participants to consider the following analogy: Think of racism as a gigantic societal-sized boot. “Which groups do you think are fighting the hardest against this boot of racism?” I ask them....
A Brief History Lesson on Racism That We Desperately Need to Learn
I encourage you to listen to this interview with historian Richard Rothstein that aired a couple weeks ago on NPR’s Fresh Air: Historian Says Don’t ‘Sanitize’ How Our Government Created Ghettos In just 35 minutes, Rothstein succinctly explains how...A Call to Action to End the Killing of Black Americans by the Police: April 14th
Walter Scott. Meagan Hockaday. Eric Harris. Hillary Clinton’s announcement has taken over my newsfeed for the moment, but we must also keep our focus on Walter Scott, Meagan Hockaday, and Eric Harris—all three Black Americans recently killed by police. NO MORE! ...
How Colorblindness Contributed to a 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,”...
The Conversations About My Case Continue In The Seattle Times and The Seattle PI
Despite the suspension that stains my teaching record, a suspension that I recently learned is now considered served during my semester of voluntary (and unpaid) leave, returning to The Center School today felt pretty darn good. I continue to be feel profound...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.
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