In aftermath of South allegations, educators share strategies for talking to kids about race Taryn Steward has a daughter she loves, a daughter she describes as bright, goal-oriented (the 11-year-old dreams of becoming a veterinarian someday) and well-liked by her teachers at South Middle School. But when news broke last month that one of Amiyah’s teachers had been indefinitely suspended for allegedly making racist remarks in class, the sixth-grader returned home from school one day in the aftermath of the incident, her mother recalls, confused and hurt and suddenly unsure of her worth as a person of color. “She said she felt less of herself,” Steward, who is black, remembers of the conversation that ... Continue reading... http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/nov/06/aftermath-south-allegations-educators-share-strate/
