<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">LEARN</span></i></b><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> – What is systemic racism? One analogy is to think of
systemic racism like a house with major structural problems. You can fix up the
interior and exterior, but if you don’t fix the foundation you’ll never have a decent home. <b class=""><i class="">USA Today</i></b> published a few definitions </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/" class="">HERE</a><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">. Just look at
systemic racism in </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-systemic-racism-in-charts-graphs-data-2020-6#black-americans-have-historically-been-underrepresented-in-the-highest-echelons-of-government-as-well-4" class="">GRAPHS.</a><br class=""><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">TAKE ACTION</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> – A 4<sup class="">th</sup> grade teacher in the Burlington Area
School District in Wisconsin taught her class a lesson on racism and Black
Lives Matter. The BASD school superintendent immediately issued a statement to
BASD families suggesting that her curriculum has "religious or political
influence." (Check out the lessons below.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Tell Superintendent Steve
Plank that Black Lives Matter and this is not a political or religious issue. Email
him at <i class=""><a href="mailto:splank@basd.k12.wi.us" class="">splank@basd.k12.wi.us</a></i> or call
him at Burlington Area School District 262-763-0210 <b class="">Extra credit:</b> Email the teacher who taught the lessons, Melissa
Statz, in support of her work </span><a href="https://www.basd.k12.wi.us/faculty_email.cfm?userid=589" class="">HERE.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Ginger Goral, Member
LCUUC Social Justice committee, Lake Country Unitarian Universalist
Church <a href="https://lcuuc.weebly.com/" class="">https://lcuuc.weebly.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">P.S. I'm going to teach
Ben (4<sup class="">th</sup> grade) this curriculum. Maybe you have a child or
grandchild who you can forward this to so they can learn about systemic racism
and protest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE</a> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/news/blacklivesmatterprotests/?fbclid=IwAR25DvOzVnuM1QH-wrhkVIhumOiljSoBxpn3-Cxqquk1Fb0XyZTgJanEFt0" class="">https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/news/blacklivesmatterprotests/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Black-Lives-Matter-Movement-2020-5655892" class="">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Black-Lives-Matter-Movement-2020-5655892</a></span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><br class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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