Is It Our Job to “Unteach” Behavior Learned at Home?
We are studying WWI, and I was sharing photographs, quotes, and information particular to Delaware during that era. The text
touched on segregation, and we were sidetracked into a lively discussion. My students find segregation unfathomable, they can’t wrap
their minds around the fact that your skin color determined your place in the world.
One little girl , whose Dad is biracial said, “My Dad said you can’t be part black or part white. What are you going to do, split yourself down the middle?” They make you think. Which is why I was so surprised by the statement she made later, while we worked in our small group.
We were reading a Sioux myth, and one of the students said it was an Indian myth. I asked them what is another name used for Indians, and after a few incorrect answers, the same little girl yelled out “Dotheads!” My jaw dropped, but I quickly recovered because of the
