A message of hope + call to action
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
If you've been feeling like you can't make a difference right now, listen in for how you can stand up for racial justice and create positive change.
I'll share why I am hopeful that uprising we're experiencing as a nation is leading us toward racial healing and equality, and what YOU can do to help.
You have the power to uncover and root out discriminatory practices in your classroom, school, and district.
There are actionable steps you can take starting today to do an informal "equity audit."
The goal is to name and interrupt patterns of bias + racism in the way we do school, and it's one of the most impactful choices you can make as an educator who wants to create a better world for our kids.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Angela. You know that the podcast is on hiatus for this summer, but I like to |
| 0:06.4 | pop in from time to time with special announcements and messages for you. And I have so much |
| 0:11.7 | on my heart right now that I have to share. |
| 0:14.3 | It's like 2 in the morning here and I just got the inspiration to write and produce this. |
| 0:19.4 | So here we are. |
| 0:20.8 | Because here's the thing. |
| 0:24.0 | It's a heavy time right now, right? |
| 0:26.9 | There's civil unrest and turmoil and pain |
| 0:31.3 | and loss and destruction and all of this in the middle of a global pandemic. |
| 0:36.7 | But still I see so much beauty and hope and I see an incredible opportunity for educators to create positive change. |
| 0:47.0 | Let me explain where I'm coming from. Right now as I see it, what's happening in our country is an uprising in every sense of the word. |
| 0:59.1 | We are witnessing a historic rebellion against injustice. |
| 1:05.1 | And the events of the past week are something that we're not going to go back from. |
| 1:10.4 | This is a time of reckoning. |
| 1:12.1 | We're not going to go back to the way that we were. |
| 1:14.3 | We've had so many new understandings and so many different events have transpired. |
| 1:19.1 | It's changed us profoundly as a country and a way that I think is moving us exactly where we need to be. |
| 1:25.8 | This is shaping who we are as Americans. |
| 1:29.2 | I see an unprecedented number of white people who are deeply moved by racial injustice |
| 1:36.8 | and who are standing in solidarity with black people, the outpouring of love and concern and solidarity for black people right now is like nothing I've ever seen and I encourage you to stay focused on that love and the peaceful acts that we see that are inspiring to us. |
| 1:58.0 | Don't get distracted by the folks who are out of order. |
| 2:01.0 | The energy for us to persevere comes from all of the positivity that's important. of on the end goal of racial equality and racial healing. |
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