Posts Tagged ‘racism in schools’
An Education in Racism
[Editor’s note: Our archives contain several years of excellent articles, most of which remain relevant and important to today’s young people and the adults who work with them. This one is a “Director’s Pick” that we are reposting this week.] My first friend and I—we were three—played with the same anatomically impossible Barbies. Except…
Read MoreMy prep school reckoning
My high school’s cafeteria lunches featured a build-your-own sushi bar. Teslas and Range Rovers littered the drop-off line. One time, a Fiji Water shortage caused a schoolwide panic. The Latin School of Chicago is an elite prep school whose alumni include Nancy Reagan and the Governor of Illinois’ children. Today, I think of Latin as…
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