![]() ![]() Modeling the listening behaviors that you seek Stay Engaged- Listening for your partners’ benefit, not just for your benefit. Parents and student are invited to join the LHS staff in a Courageous Conversation. Please contact more information. The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America By Alana Semuels.Will Racism Ever End? Will I Ever Stop Being a Nigger? By Kevin Powell.A Case for Reparations By Ta-Nehisi Coates.Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates.These links are to articles the Lincoln staff has, or will be, reading and discussing: Cultural Racism : Cultural norms lift up or empower white people and support policies and practices of institutions that promote or perpetuate white supremacy while disempowering and exploiting people of color.are founded upon and then promote, reproduce, and perpetuate advantages for white people and the oppression of people of color Institutional Racism : The way in which the structures, systems, policies, and procedures of institutions in the U.S.A system designed to maintain white supremacy. Racism: Racial prejudice + social and institutional power.Oppression: The systematic subjugation of one social group by a more powerful social group for the social, political, and economic benefit of the more powerful social group.White Supremacy: The idea (ideology) that white people and the ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions of white people are superior to People of Color and their ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions.Culture : The characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.Race : The color of one's skin and/or physical features.3 Expressions of Racism: Personal, Cultural and Institutional.Lincoln Staff have discussed the following topics with these key concepts and vocabulary. The author of the book Courageous Conversations About Race, Glenn Singleton, is working closely with PPS to lead our efforts in this area. To that end, Lincoln staff is pursuing the Courageous Conversations approach recommended by the Pacific Education Group (PEG) based in California. Because we know this, we know that we must constantly be engaged in this work and be open to discomfort we must be honest and open with ourselves and each other if we are going to begin to dismantle institutions that uphold racism and begin to create a more equitable school for our kids and our families. As a school community, we are committed to doing things differently and have a common understanding that change does not happen overnight that there is no “quick fix”. This process has been built with intention, and although it is challenging at times, it has offered space for our staff to begin to process and question their own racial bias and how this impacts their daily lives and work with our students and families. At Lincoln, w e this year began, as a staff and community, to really delve into work that would build our awareness and knowledge on how race, racism, and white supremacy are perpetuated in our country, city, and school. ![]() Elementary SchoolĬourageous Conversations about Race have been occurring in every school in PPS.
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