In this fourth installment to Minjung Pai's mini-series, Min speaks with Dr. Asao Inoue on unlearning white supremacist language in the classroom. (continue reading)
Microaggressions are comments relating to someone’s identity that leave a lasting, negative impression on the receiver of the message. (continue reading)
If we accept that discomfort is inevitable but silence is not a strategy, what practices or systems in your school can you examine in order to confront and change outcomes for students of color?
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I knew I had work to do within my classroom library to ensure black boys saw themselves not just in their race and gender in books but in their intersecting identities, meaning books that represented their race, gender, interests, and/or experiences. (continue reading)
This week on the Heinemann Podcast we’re learning about the importance of personal identity work in education. To understand this work better, and its impact on teachers, we’re handing this week’s podcast over to Heinemann Fellow, Minjung Pai. (continue reading)
If we want to ensure that kids benefit from the way that we choose to do school, we must realize that culture is not naturally occurring. Culture is visible and large and if we are not careful, our classroom and school culture can work to silence, exclude, and oppress children. (continue reading)