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Video Links:

1. Video 11.1: A Class Divided
Description: In 1968, Iowa schoolteacher, Jane Elliot, engaged her class of third graders in what would become a landmark exercise in learning about race and the social construction of difference. She divided the class into groups based on eye color and then informed the class that one group was superior. A Class Divided is a Frontline special report about this powerful and controversial experiment that we continue to discuss decades on.

2. Video 11.2: Among Multiracial Adults, Racial Identity Can Be fluid
Description: This brief video from PEW research offers first hand narrative accounts from young adults addressing their own racial identities. Data on race in the U.S. accompanies a discussion of identifying, labeling and communicating racial identity in an increasingly diverse society.

3. Video 11.3: Tim Wise on White Privilege - A Must See
Description: Renowned anti-racist activist Tim Wise explores the origins of whiteness and the ways in which racial identity has been socially constructed to maintain the power elite and status quo. Wise offers an impassioned argument that racial groups have more in common than the public generally acknowledges and encourages viewers to unite on common ground.

Audio Links:

1. Audio 11.1: How the Systemic Segregation of Schools Is Maintained By ‘Individual Choices’
Description: Journalist and 2017 MacArthur “genius” grant award-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones explores the state of school segregation in U.S. schools today with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. She examines the various factors that contribute to high levels of school segregation and the factors that influence student success.

2. Audio 11.2: Mind The Gap: Why Good Schools Are Failing Black Students
Description: This documentary considers the black-white achievement gap. It focuses on one suburban school and how educators and administrators are attempting to address disparities of outcomes.

Web Links:

1. Web 11.1: Legacy Admissions Offer an Advantage – Not Just at Schools Like Harvard
Description: NPR’s education desk offer this examination of legacy university admissions both past and present. Rationale for legacy admissions is explored as are the ethical dilemmas surrounding the practice. Links to data on legacy admissions is provided.

2. Web 11.2: NAACP
Description: The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons (NAACP) is ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination [self-characterization].

3. Web 11.3: RacismReview
Description: Contributors to RacismReview are scholars and researchers from sociology and a number of other social science disciplines and a variety of academic institutions across the U.S. RacismReview is intended to provide a credible and reliable source of information for journalists, students and members of the general public who are seeking solid evidence-based research and analysis of “race,” racism, ethnicity, and immigration issues, especially as they undergird and shape U.S. society within a global setting. We also provide substantive research and analysis on local, national, and global resistance to racial and ethnic oppression, including the many types of antiracist activism [self-characterization].

4. Web 11.4: WPC (White Privilege Conference)
Description: WPC (White Privilege Conference) is a conference that examines challenging concepts of privilege and oppression and offers solutions and team building strategies to work toward a more equitable world. It is not a conference designed to attack, degrade or beat up on white folks. It is not a conference designed to rally white supremacist groups. WPC is a conference designed to examine issues of privilege beyond skin color. WPC is open to everyone and invites diverse perspectives to provide a comprehensive look at issues of privilege including: race, gender, sexuality, class, disability, etc.—the ways we all experience some form of privilege, and how we’re all affected by that privilege. WPC attracts students, professionals, activists, parents, and community leaders/members from diverse perspectives. WPC welcomes folks with varying levels of experience addressing issues of diversity, cultural competency, and multiculturalism. WPC is committed to a philosophy of “understanding, respecting and connecting.”