Do You Have A Trayvon Martin In Your Class? | The Jose Vilson

Do You Have A Trayvon Martin In Your Class? | The Jose Vilson:

Do You Have A Trayvon Martin In Your Class?

by Jose

Excerpt:

The first step always starts with a teacher’s current crop of kids. The one question I always ask myself when students walk in is, “What do I see?” Then, “What do I think I see?” I’m laying down some of my general assumptions for me to probe, then trying to understand why I feel that way. Sometimes, these assumptions come from observations I’ve made about the world, but often, they