[Lekooks] Black Lives Matter Learn & Take Action Sep. 2020 #1

[Ginger G]

LEARN – 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. USA Today published a few definitions HERE <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/>. Just look at systemic racism in GRAPHS. <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>
TAKE ACTION – A 4th 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.)

Tell Superintendent Steve Plank that Black Lives Matter and this is not a political or religious issue. Email him at splank at basd.k12.wi.us <mailto:splank at basd.k12.wi.us> or call him at Burlington Area School District 262-763-0210 Extra credit: Email the teacher who taught the lessons, Melissa Statz, in support of her work HERE. <https://www.basd.k12.wi.us/faculty_email.cfm?userid=589>
Ginger Goral, Member LCUUC Social Justice committee, Lake Country Unitarian Universalist Church https://lcuuc.weebly.com <https://lcuuc.weebly.com/>
P.S. I'm going to teach Ben (4th 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaltG5N8nE> 

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/news/blacklivesmatterprotests/ <https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/news/blacklivesmatterprotests/?fbclid=IwAR25DvOzVnuM1QH-wrhkVIhumOiljSoBxpn3-Cxqquk1Fb0XyZTgJanEFt0>
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Black-Lives-Matter-Movement-2020-5655892







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