Equity Challenge Black History
Black history is American history and the stories, triumphs and challenges are an ongoing part of who we are as a people and culture. When we think about what it means to Live United, we must examine how by growing our understanding of how differences in our own lived experiences make us stronger as a whole.
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ”
― Wayne Dyer
This week it is time to take the next step of considering how our different perspectives help influence how we interpret the world around us and why we need to focus on racial equity.
To do this, we ask everyone to take a moment to think about what black history means to you. No matter if this is the first time you have thought specifically about black history or if you are an expert, taking time to be introspective today will act as a reference point as you reflect throughout the week.
Thinking and learning about black history and the civil rights movement might open a variety of feelings both positive and negative and it’s ok to allow those feelings time for introspection and reflection.
Articles
Students May Be Miseducated about Black History
- 50 States, 50 different ways of teaching America’s past explores how black history is taught across the country.
What is Black History in Indiana?
- Early Black Settlements in Indiana by County looks across Indiana at stories of Black Hoosiers beyond post civil war northern migrations.
Videos
How does race interact with our daily lives? (8:58)
- What Beyonce Taught Me About Race: In this powerful TEDx Talk, diversity advocate and Beyoncé super fan, Brittany Barron translates Beyoncé’s music as a road map about race relations in the United States; demonstrating that being “colorblind” is not the goal, but diminishing our nation’s “expertise” in racism is.
Redlining: the racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today. (6:19)
- In Adam Ruins Everything -Adam Conover, CollegeHumor’s resident know-it-all and major bummer, takes on society’s biggest misconceptions including The Disturbing History of the Suburbs
Podcast
Redacted History with Andre White (48 Minutes)
- 101 Years Later: The Tulsa Race Massacre & The History We Never Delt With! If needed this podcast may be broken up into several parts. From Andre White’s experiences with Tulsa, Oklahoma History, The History of Greenwood, Massacre and Riot followed by a closing recap this history lesson is one most of us were never taught in school.