February 17, 2025 • 20 mins
This episode of the 3E Podcast addresses the urgent issue of racism and anti-DEI efforts in schools. Dr. Almitra Berry discusses the disturbing story of a 10-year-old Black girl with autism who was handcuffed by police, highlighting systemic inequities. The episode delves into data on disciplinary disparities, achievement gaps, and funding inequities impacting marginalized students. Dr. Berry provides strategies for educators to navigate regulations while maintaining equity, and calls on listeners to take action by documenting incidents, sharing the episode, and joining the community.
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Unknown (00:00):
If you're a parent, teacher or school leader and
(00:03):
you're sick and tired of thefrustration, anger and unfair
treatment of children at highrisk in our public schools, then
perhaps it's time for all of usto do something about it. In
this podcast, Dr amitra Berrybrings you tips, tools,
strategies and tactics to buildsuccessful solutions while
(00:25):
touching, moving and inspiringall of us to transform our
schools so that every childthrives. Here's your host, Dr
Bay.
Dr Almitra Berry (00:37):
The only way to undo racism is to
consistently identify anddescribe it and then dismantle
it. These words from Ibram Xkendi have never been more
urgent than they are today.
Welcome back, equity warriors.
Thanks for joining me. I'm Dralmetra Berry, and this black
(00:59):
futures month episode couldn'tbe more critical. But before we
dive in, I want to thank ourgrowing community of Patreon
subscribers. I am truly gratefulfor your support. Hashtag 3e
gratitude and your support isessential for our fight for
those not yet subscribed, Visitpatreon.com forward slash 3e
(01:21):
podcast, to join our movementand access exclusive resources
for educational equity andadvocacy. So I was on an ED chat
on blue sky last week, and therewas a lot of focus on dei and
what's happening in our schools.
And by the way, if you're not onblue sky yet, log in, download
the app, follow me at almitraBerry, look for the hashtags edu
(01:45):
sky and Ed chat. Let me tellyou, folks, blue sky is a
positive, powerful andempowering experience for
educators and for our advocates,and if you only look at one
social media platform, pleasemake it blue sky. And know I am
(02:05):
not compensated for thatendorsement or for anything I
promote or have ever promoted onthis podcast, except for my own
books. But that's a differentstory. In any event, on The Ed
chat, one big question thatcontinued to pop up was, why,
why is there so much fear? Whyis there such an exhaustive
(02:28):
effort to eliminate diversity,equity and inclusion efforts in
our schools? Of course, mysimple answer to all of that is
hate, racism. But simple isn'talways enough. So for clarity
sake, let's dig into what racismand anti de efforts look like,
some of the ways that this ismanifesting in our schools.
(02:52):
Oddly enough, earlier that sameday of the ED chat reel popped
up into my feed, and I want toshare that content, those
images, that story that reallypissed me off shook me to my
core and reminded me why I haveto continue to be a voice,
(03:16):
particularly for our black andbrown children, but for all our
marginalized children. This isBlack futures month, and I am
focusing on our black children.
But still, this video was of a10 year old black girl. Her name
(03:38):
is McKenna, and McKenna isdiagnosed with autism and
anxiety, and in this video,McKenna was being led out of a
bathroom at her school inConroe, Texas, in handcuffs By
not one, but two. Conroe ISDpolice officers, a child, a 10
(04:06):
year old child with autism, inhandcuffs, and I want that to
sink in, this child hadn't doneanything horribly wrong. She
hadn't harmed anybody. Shehadn't hurt herself. She did
throw some markers, she did hidein a bathroom, and she did push
past a teacher who was trying toblock a doorway. Now if you
(04:30):
watch the body cam video, youcan hear the officers doing
everything they can to try toget a felony charge against
McKenna, they said she wasarresting resisting arrest when
she was just trying to get hershoes back on her feet. They
(04:52):
encouraged, they pressured awhite female teacher trying to
get her to say she wasassaulted. COVID so they could
charge McKenna with felonyassault of a public servant, and
you can hear the teacher in thebackground on the body cam
saying, I feel really sillyabout this, but they pressured
(05:16):
along with another teacher atthe school. Later, they refused
to release McKenna into herfather's custody. By the way,
McKenna's dad happens to bewhite and a former police
officer. He knows his rights, heknows his daughter's rights, and
(05:39):
all of this putting McKenna inhandcuffs is in violation of the
no kids in cuffs law that waspassed in Texas in 2023 this law
states that a peace officer,quote, may not restrain a
student enrolled in fifth gradeor below unless the Student
(05:59):
poses a serious risk of harm tothe student or another person.
End quote, no kids in cuffs.
Evidently, those officers hadn'tread the law, or maybe didn't
give a shit about McKenna'srights. Ultimately, McKenna
faced two assaults on publicservant charges. You see that
(06:20):
teacher came back and said, yes,she was assaulted, as did
another teacher, a falseallegation. In the end, those
charges were dropped becausethey couldn't be substantiated,
but the damage was done. McKennanow has an arrest record, a
felony arrest record, and unlessyou're the orange thing sitting
(06:44):
up on Pennsylvania Avenue, afelony record does impact your
life tremendously. Think aboutwhat that says to every teacher,
every administrator, ultimately,any law enforcement officer that
McKenna happens to encounterlater on in her life. Now fast
(07:04):
forward to January, 20, 2025,and that flurry of executive
orders, the Federal directivesactively dismantling protections
for people like McKenna are mostvulnerable students. Now, y'all
know, I like to lean into mydata, so let me take you through
(07:26):
some numbers, recent CDC data.
According to the CDC, nearly 1/3of our high school students
experience racism in school.
Getting a little more granular.
46% of black students reportexperiencing racism in school,
(07:49):
and that's from the CDC, which,if he has his way, will be taken
apart. Civil Rights Data givesus a very vivid picture of what
educational inequity and racismlooks like in our schools. Black
boys are nearly twice as likelyas white boys to receive out of
school suspensions orexpulsions, twice as likely
(08:13):
black students as a whole are3.9 times now, for those of you
like me who like nice, easyround numbers in math, that's
almost four times 3.9 times morelikely to be suspended than
white students for the sameoffenses. Students with
disabilities are twice as likelyto face disciplinary action. And
(08:38):
I think about McKenna, who isboth black and a student with a
disability. So if I do simplemath, what four times plus two
times would be eight times morelikely. And those of you who are
mathematicians correct my math,give me what is the true
percentage, or how many timesmore likely was McKenna because
(09:01):
of her double marginalization.
But even more troubling, thesedisparities start as early as
preschool. I've talked aboutthat before, where black
children represent 18% ofenrollment, but in preschool,
38% of out of school suspensionsstarting in preschool. That's
the discipline side. Let's lookat achievement the achievement
(09:25):
gaps. Yep, they are equallytroubling if we look at just
eighth graders nationwide, 91%of black students, 89% of Native
American students, and 86% ofLatino students tested below
proficient in math, belowproficient in math and in
schools that have highenrollments of black and Latino
(09:48):
students, only 35% of thoseschools offer calculus. In
schools that have predominantlywhite populations, 54% of those.
To offer calculus. Keep going.
More disturbing. I don't know.
Can it get any worse? Blackstudents are twice as likely as
(10:09):
white students to be indistricts with inadequate
funding, and they are 3.5 timesmore likely to be in chronically
underfunded districts. In realterms, this means that districts
serving predominantly black andLatino students have funding
gaps of more than $5,000 perpupil, five grand, and they want
(10:31):
vouchers.
But let's talk about, or atleast take a snapshot here, of
the technological inequitiesexposed by the pandemic. Because
we wouldn't have knownotherwise, only 74% of how black
(10:51):
households, 74% of blackhouseholds had consistent access
to remote learning tools,compared to 89% of Asian and 86%
of white households. These typesof disparities continue to
affect student achievement andstudent opportunities,
(11:13):
particularly for students whohave a little extra melanin in
their skin. And these aren'tjust statistics, they're not
just numbers. These are thedaily realities of our black and
brown children. Think about theeffect, a very chilling effect,
(11:34):
of Trump's pause on all federalfunding the children most
impacted by that pause, thefear, the terror, the concern,
the confusion on the part ofeducators and school
administrators around thecountry when they go to log in
(11:57):
and Say it says, Sorry, yourfunds have been paused. Who is
most impacted by that? Yeah,children of color, children with
special needs, children livingbelow the federal poverty level,
are most marginalized, the mostin need of support. My fellow
(12:21):
educators, especially those ofyou who live in red states who
are navigating some very hostilepolitical environments. I see
you, remember I live in Texas, Isee that you are balancing
professional ethics withincreasingly restrictive
(12:43):
mandates. As of last month,January of this year, at least
18 states have imposed bans orrestrictions on instruction
about race, gender and relatedtopics. And then there's project
2520 25 their their grand plan,the proposals in there that he
(13:05):
is enacting, that he swore hedidn't know anything about. I
haven't read it, whatever, thatthreatens to fundamentally
reshape public education bydismantling federal protections
that have taken decades to buildquick refresher goals of project
(13:26):
2025 dismantle the Department ofEducation, eliminate civil
rights protections in federaloversight of educational equity,
redirect funding from publicschools to private institutions,
and if you want to dig intothose, I was going to say
potentialities. But what thatmeans go back to episodes 106,
(13:49):
to 118, it's not every episode.
It's like every other episode.
But there I did a deep dive intothe educational aims of project
2025, one aim at a time, andwhat that would mean to our
marginalized learners and ourpublic schools in general. Now
this is where I get to say, Itried to tell y'all. I tried to
(14:12):
tell you, and I will not keepsaying his name. Instead, I'm
going to call him the convict inchief, his administration's
actions to eliminate all thingsDei, or what they want to deem
as woke, even though theycouldn't tell you what woke was,
all the DEI initiatives acrossfederal agencies being
(14:33):
eliminated, including theDepartment of Education, they
are just The tip of the iceberg.
They have already removedhundreds of guidance documents
and reports they have, ineffect, erased decades of
progress in educational equity.
I went to look for a report theother day on the Department of
(14:57):
Ed's civil rights portion oftheir. Site that is about civil
rights, and I got a 404 error.
Information was gone. They aretrying. They are pressing again.
Fellow educators, especiallythose of you in red states, I
feel you. And if you'rewondering, how do you navigate,
(15:20):
how do you do right by yourchildren while keeping yourself
out of the sights of the Zealotswho would have your heads on a
platter for being woke? I'mgoing to give you a few
strategic approaches. Here's howyou can comply with current
regulations while effectivelyaddressing systemic racism and
(15:41):
inequities. Number one, focus ondata driven approaches, focus on
student outcomes, documentacademic impacts, track student
outcome data and maintaindetailed records of any incident
that even hints at being racist.
(16:02):
This isn't about compliance.
It's about building a case forequity through evidence while
covering your tail second,reframe your language while
maintaining your mission. Let'sreplace this. Hear me out.
Replace anti racism with learnerexcellence, focus discussions on
student success instead ofequity. Remember the goal isn't
(16:28):
to abandon our principles, butto work within the system and
protect our ability to serve allchildren. Number three, build
coalitions with civil rightsorganizations universities that
support dei and parent groupssupportive of inclusive
education in states with antidei legislation, these
(16:49):
partnerships will prove crucialfor maintaining support systems
to our for our most vulnerablechildren. We need equity
warriors in place to maintain aresistance. If Harriet Tubman
had broadcast her missionlocation and all her escape
(17:10):
plans on the social media of theday, she would not have
completed not one single trip tofreedom, let alone 13, and she
certainly wouldn't have beenable to pass along the
Underground Railroad details toothers who are seeking freedom
on their own. You equitywarriors in the trenches, be
more like Harriet to mycolleagues facing pressure from
(17:34):
anti dei legislation, rememberthat the vagueness in the laws
that they're passing isintentional, so don't self
censor. Wait for specificdirectives before you change or
limit your inclusive practices.
(17:54):
Your learners need you to bebrave, because the stakes have
never been higher. And thisisn't just about money. This is
about opportunity. This is aboutjustice. This is about black and
brown futures. So I challengeevery educator listening to take
(18:18):
three immediate actions. Actionnumber one, document, remember.
Document, every incident ofeducational inequity you witness
build the evidence base we needto fight back. And if you want
it on social but you're afraidto post it, send it to me. I'll
do it for you, and I willmaintain your anonymity. Action
(18:41):
number two, share this episodewith five colleagues. Text it to
them, help them understand allat stake for your children, your
learners, and for you aseducators as well. And then
action number three, join ourcommunity on Patreon and blue
(19:02):
sky so that you can get thoseexclusive strategies and support
in navigating these challenges,not just from me, but from the
entire community that is focusedon maintaining equity and
defeating racism in our schools.
Remember when they try tosilence discussions about race,
we have to speak louder. Whenthey attempt to dismantle equity
(19:24):
initiatives, we must build more,newer and stronger networks and
fuck that. When they go low, wego high. Bullshit. This is a new
day with a new enemy, one thathas been empowered so when they
push for policies that harm ourchildren, we must push back
(19:46):
harder before we part ways. Iwant to hear from you. DM me on
blue sky, text me yourquestions, stories or topic
suggestions. You know that link?
Is down in the show notes tosend me a text your experiences
and insights fuel this movementfor educational equity. This is
(20:08):
Dr almitra Berry reminding youthat in times of educational
crisis, silence is not anoption.
And remember, don't worry aboutthings you cannot change. Change
the things you can no longeraccept, and that's a wrap for
today's episode of the 3epodcast. Now here's how you can
make a real difference. First,smash that subscribe button.
(20:31):
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I'll catch you next time you.
If you're a parent, teacher or school leader and
(00:03):
you're sick and tired of thefrustration, anger and unfair
treatment of children at highrisk in our public schools, then
perhaps it's time for all of usto do something about it. In
this podcast, Dr amitra Berrybrings you tips, tools,
strategies and tactics to buildsuccessful solutions while
(00:25):
touching, moving and inspiringall of us to transform our
schools so that every childthrives. Here's your host, Dr
Bay.
Dr Almitra Berry (00:37):
The only way to undo racism is to
consistently identify anddescribe it and then dismantle
it. These words from Ibram Xkendi have never been more
urgent than they are today.
Welcome back, equity warriors.
Thanks for joining me. I'm Dralmetra Berry, and this black
(00:59):
futures month episode couldn'tbe more critical. But before we
dive in, I want to thank ourgrowing community of Patreon
subscribers. I am truly gratefulfor your support. Hashtag 3e
gratitude and your support isessential for our fight for
those not yet subscribed, Visitpatreon.com forward slash 3e
(01:21):
podcast, to join our movementand access exclusive resources
for educational equity andadvocacy. So I was on an ED chat
on blue sky last week, and therewas a lot of focus on dei and
what's happening in our schools.
And by the way, if you're not onblue sky yet, log in, download
the app, follow me at almitraBerry, look for the hashtags edu
(01:45):
sky and Ed chat. Let me tellyou, folks, blue sky is a
positive, powerful andempowering experience for
educators and for our advocates,and if you only look at one
social media platform, pleasemake it blue sky. And know I am
(02:05):
not compensated for thatendorsement or for anything I
promote or have ever promoted onthis podcast, except for my own
books. But that's a differentstory. In any event, on The Ed
chat, one big question thatcontinued to pop up was, why,
why is there so much fear? Whyis there such an exhaustive
(02:28):
effort to eliminate diversity,equity and inclusion efforts in
our schools? Of course, mysimple answer to all of that is
hate, racism. But simple isn'talways enough. So for clarity
sake, let's dig into what racismand anti de efforts look like,
some of the ways that this ismanifesting in our schools.
(02:52):
Oddly enough, earlier that sameday of the ED chat reel popped
up into my feed, and I want toshare that content, those
images, that story that reallypissed me off shook me to my
core and reminded me why I haveto continue to be a voice,
(03:16):
particularly for our black andbrown children, but for all our
marginalized children. This isBlack futures month, and I am
focusing on our black children.
But still, this video was of a10 year old black girl. Her name
(03:38):
is McKenna, and McKenna isdiagnosed with autism and
anxiety, and in this video,McKenna was being led out of a
bathroom at her school inConroe, Texas, in handcuffs By
not one, but two. Conroe ISDpolice officers, a child, a 10
(04:06):
year old child with autism, inhandcuffs, and I want that to
sink in, this child hadn't doneanything horribly wrong. She
hadn't harmed anybody. Shehadn't hurt herself. She did
throw some markers, she did hidein a bathroom, and she did push
past a teacher who was trying toblock a doorway. Now if you
(04:30):
watch the body cam video, youcan hear the officers doing
everything they can to try toget a felony charge against
McKenna, they said she wasarresting resisting arrest when
she was just trying to get hershoes back on her feet. They
(04:52):
encouraged, they pressured awhite female teacher trying to
get her to say she wasassaulted. COVID so they could
charge McKenna with felonyassault of a public servant, and
you can hear the teacher in thebackground on the body cam
saying, I feel really sillyabout this, but they pressured
(05:16):
along with another teacher atthe school. Later, they refused
to release McKenna into herfather's custody. By the way,
McKenna's dad happens to bewhite and a former police
officer. He knows his rights, heknows his daughter's rights, and
(05:39):
all of this putting McKenna inhandcuffs is in violation of the
no kids in cuffs law that waspassed in Texas in 2023 this law
states that a peace officer,quote, may not restrain a
student enrolled in fifth gradeor below unless the Student
(05:59):
poses a serious risk of harm tothe student or another person.
End quote, no kids in cuffs.
Evidently, those officers hadn'tread the law, or maybe didn't
give a shit about McKenna'srights. Ultimately, McKenna
faced two assaults on publicservant charges. You see that
(06:20):
teacher came back and said, yes,she was assaulted, as did
another teacher, a falseallegation. In the end, those
charges were dropped becausethey couldn't be substantiated,
but the damage was done. McKennanow has an arrest record, a
felony arrest record, and unlessyou're the orange thing sitting
(06:44):
up on Pennsylvania Avenue, afelony record does impact your
life tremendously. Think aboutwhat that says to every teacher,
every administrator, ultimately,any law enforcement officer that
McKenna happens to encounterlater on in her life. Now fast
(07:04):
forward to January, 20, 2025,and that flurry of executive
orders, the Federal directivesactively dismantling protections
for people like McKenna are mostvulnerable students. Now, y'all
know, I like to lean into mydata, so let me take you through
(07:26):
some numbers, recent CDC data.
According to the CDC, nearly 1/3of our high school students
experience racism in school.
Getting a little more granular.
46% of black students reportexperiencing racism in school,
(07:49):
and that's from the CDC, which,if he has his way, will be taken
apart. Civil Rights Data givesus a very vivid picture of what
educational inequity and racismlooks like in our schools. Black
boys are nearly twice as likelyas white boys to receive out of
school suspensions orexpulsions, twice as likely
(08:13):
black students as a whole are3.9 times now, for those of you
like me who like nice, easyround numbers in math, that's
almost four times 3.9 times morelikely to be suspended than
white students for the sameoffenses. Students with
disabilities are twice as likelyto face disciplinary action. And
(08:38):
I think about McKenna, who isboth black and a student with a
disability. So if I do simplemath, what four times plus two
times would be eight times morelikely. And those of you who are
mathematicians correct my math,give me what is the true
percentage, or how many timesmore likely was McKenna because
(09:01):
of her double marginalization.
But even more troubling, thesedisparities start as early as
preschool. I've talked aboutthat before, where black
children represent 18% ofenrollment, but in preschool,
38% of out of school suspensionsstarting in preschool. That's
the discipline side. Let's lookat achievement the achievement
(09:25):
gaps. Yep, they are equallytroubling if we look at just
eighth graders nationwide, 91%of black students, 89% of Native
American students, and 86% ofLatino students tested below
proficient in math, belowproficient in math and in
schools that have highenrollments of black and Latino
(09:48):
students, only 35% of thoseschools offer calculus. In
schools that have predominantlywhite populations, 54% of those.
To offer calculus. Keep going.
More disturbing. I don't know.
Can it get any worse? Blackstudents are twice as likely as
(10:09):
white students to be indistricts with inadequate
funding, and they are 3.5 timesmore likely to be in chronically
underfunded districts. In realterms, this means that districts
serving predominantly black andLatino students have funding
gaps of more than $5,000 perpupil, five grand, and they want
(10:31):
vouchers.
But let's talk about, or atleast take a snapshot here, of
the technological inequitiesexposed by the pandemic. Because
we wouldn't have knownotherwise, only 74% of how black
(10:51):
households, 74% of blackhouseholds had consistent access
to remote learning tools,compared to 89% of Asian and 86%
of white households. These typesof disparities continue to
affect student achievement andstudent opportunities,
(11:13):
particularly for students whohave a little extra melanin in
their skin. And these aren'tjust statistics, they're not
just numbers. These are thedaily realities of our black and
brown children. Think about theeffect, a very chilling effect,
(11:34):
of Trump's pause on all federalfunding the children most
impacted by that pause, thefear, the terror, the concern,
the confusion on the part ofeducators and school
administrators around thecountry when they go to log in
(11:57):
and Say it says, Sorry, yourfunds have been paused. Who is
most impacted by that? Yeah,children of color, children with
special needs, children livingbelow the federal poverty level,
are most marginalized, the mostin need of support. My fellow
(12:21):
educators, especially those ofyou who live in red states who
are navigating some very hostilepolitical environments. I see
you, remember I live in Texas, Isee that you are balancing
professional ethics withincreasingly restrictive
(12:43):
mandates. As of last month,January of this year, at least
18 states have imposed bans orrestrictions on instruction
about race, gender and relatedtopics. And then there's project
2520 25 their their grand plan,the proposals in there that he
(13:05):
is enacting, that he swore hedidn't know anything about. I
haven't read it, whatever, thatthreatens to fundamentally
reshape public education bydismantling federal protections
that have taken decades to buildquick refresher goals of project
(13:26):
2025 dismantle the Department ofEducation, eliminate civil
rights protections in federaloversight of educational equity,
redirect funding from publicschools to private institutions,
and if you want to dig intothose, I was going to say
potentialities. But what thatmeans go back to episodes 106,
(13:49):
to 118, it's not every episode.
It's like every other episode.
But there I did a deep dive intothe educational aims of project
2025, one aim at a time, andwhat that would mean to our
marginalized learners and ourpublic schools in general. Now
this is where I get to say, Itried to tell y'all. I tried to
(14:12):
tell you, and I will not keepsaying his name. Instead, I'm
going to call him the convict inchief, his administration's
actions to eliminate all thingsDei, or what they want to deem
as woke, even though theycouldn't tell you what woke was,
all the DEI initiatives acrossfederal agencies being
(14:33):
eliminated, including theDepartment of Education, they
are just The tip of the iceberg.
They have already removedhundreds of guidance documents
and reports they have, ineffect, erased decades of
progress in educational equity.
I went to look for a report theother day on the Department of
(14:57):
Ed's civil rights portion oftheir. Site that is about civil
rights, and I got a 404 error.
Information was gone. They aretrying. They are pressing again.
Fellow educators, especiallythose of you in red states, I
feel you. And if you'rewondering, how do you navigate,
(15:20):
how do you do right by yourchildren while keeping yourself
out of the sights of the Zealotswho would have your heads on a
platter for being woke? I'mgoing to give you a few
strategic approaches. Here's howyou can comply with current
regulations while effectivelyaddressing systemic racism and
(15:41):
inequities. Number one, focus ondata driven approaches, focus on
student outcomes, documentacademic impacts, track student
outcome data and maintaindetailed records of any incident
that even hints at being racist.
(16:02):
This isn't about compliance.
It's about building a case forequity through evidence while
covering your tail second,reframe your language while
maintaining your mission. Let'sreplace this. Hear me out.
Replace anti racism with learnerexcellence, focus discussions on
student success instead ofequity. Remember the goal isn't
(16:28):
to abandon our principles, butto work within the system and
protect our ability to serve allchildren. Number three, build
coalitions with civil rightsorganizations universities that
support dei and parent groupssupportive of inclusive
education in states with antidei legislation, these
(16:49):
partnerships will prove crucialfor maintaining support systems
to our for our most vulnerablechildren. We need equity
warriors in place to maintain aresistance. If Harriet Tubman
had broadcast her missionlocation and all her escape
(17:10):
plans on the social media of theday, she would not have
completed not one single trip tofreedom, let alone 13, and she
certainly wouldn't have beenable to pass along the
Underground Railroad details toothers who are seeking freedom
on their own. You equitywarriors in the trenches, be
more like Harriet to mycolleagues facing pressure from
(17:34):
anti dei legislation, rememberthat the vagueness in the laws
that they're passing isintentional, so don't self
censor. Wait for specificdirectives before you change or
limit your inclusive practices.
(17:54):
Your learners need you to bebrave, because the stakes have
never been higher. And thisisn't just about money. This is
about opportunity. This is aboutjustice. This is about black and
brown futures. So I challengeevery educator listening to take
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three immediate actions. Actionnumber one, document, remember.
Document, every incident ofeducational inequity you witness
build the evidence base we needto fight back. And if you want
it on social but you're afraidto post it, send it to me. I'll
do it for you, and I willmaintain your anonymity. Action
(18:41):
number two, share this episodewith five colleagues. Text it to
them, help them understand allat stake for your children, your
learners, and for you aseducators as well. And then
action number three, join ourcommunity on Patreon and blue
(19:02):
sky so that you can get thoseexclusive strategies and support
in navigating these challenges,not just from me, but from the
entire community that is focusedon maintaining equity and
defeating racism in our schools.
Remember when they try tosilence discussions about race,
we have to speak louder. Whenthey attempt to dismantle equity
(19:24):
initiatives, we must build more,newer and stronger networks and
fuck that. When they go low, wego high. Bullshit. This is a new
day with a new enemy, one thathas been empowered so when they
push for policies that harm ourchildren, we must push back
(19:46):
harder before we part ways. Iwant to hear from you. DM me on
blue sky, text me yourquestions, stories or topic
suggestions. You know that link?
Is down in the show notes tosend me a text your experiences
and insights fuel this movementfor educational equity. This is
(20:08):
Dr almitra Berry reminding youthat in times of educational
crisis, silence is not anoption.
And remember, don't worry aboutthings you cannot change. Change
the things you can no longeraccept, and that's a wrap for
today's episode of the 3epodcast. Now here's how you can
make a real difference. First,smash that subscribe button.
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It's free, it's easy, just doit. Second, share the show with
anyone you know who cares abouteducation. And third, consider
becoming a supporter of theshow. Together, we're not just
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