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What are you: Engaging Parents of Multiracial Children in Preschool
The Huffington Post
2016-05-27
Makai Kellogg, Lead Teacher
School for Friends, Washington, D.C.
“If you can go shopping and be assured that you will not be followed or harassed, step forward.”
There was no more space left. I rushed to the door and opened it so that a white father could continue the Power Shuffle exercise. The parents started on the midline of the room and once a statement was read, either stepped up or back depending on their level of privilege in these circumstances. After two more statements, the parents looked around the room to see who was standing where. Then I asked “Were there any statements that your child would be able to step forward or back for that you did not? How does that make you feel?” The question resonated with the families and their responses prompted lively discussion. Race is difficult to talk about in the United States, a country built on white supremacy and systemic oppression.
I’m trying to change that dynamic one preschooler at a time…
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