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This is an unabridged version of our presentation that you can use in the classroom. It includes strategies for talking to students about race, as well as a full array of statistics on mass incarceration.
22. 3. I live in a safe neighborhood and
attend(ed) good schools.
23. 4. I live in a neighborhood where most
residents own their own homes.
24. 5. I have a savings account, stocks or
bonds that were given to me by
parents or relatives.
25. 6. I can tap my parents’ resources to
go to college.
26. 7. I can tap my parents’ resources to
buy a house.
27. 8. In the future, I’ll be able to get help
from my parents or other relatives
and “weather the storm” if I lose my
job or otherwise run into trouble.
28. 9. If I get into trouble with the law for
the first time, I can be pretty sure
the police and the DA (District
Attorney) will be lenient with me.
29. 10. I don’t have to worry about helping
my parents out when they retire.
30. 11. I never think twice about calling the
police when trouble in my
neighborhood occurs.
31. 12. I stand to inherit a tidy sum of
money when my parents or other
relatives pass away.
81. First on de heel tap, den on the toe
Every time I wheel about I jump Jim Crow
Wheel about, and turn about en do j’s so.
And every time I wheel about, I jump Jim Crow.
114. “…I don’t think America know that.
I think American think we was just playing
and it’s gonna be some more playing but it
ain’t gonna be no playing.
It’s gonna be murder, you know what I’m
saying, it’s gonna be like Nat Turner, 1831,
up end this muthaf***a. You know what
I’m saying, it’s gonna happen.”
“That's crazy, man.”
116. “When trapped inside these walls, certain ideas start to
take roots, such as going home, and bringing back new
concepts to this mad city.
The result? Wings begin to emerge,
breaking the cycle
of feeling stagnant.
Finally free, the butterfly sheds light on situations that the
caterpillar never considered, ending the internal struggle.
Although the butterfly and caterpillar are completely
different, they are one and the same.”
118. “I wanted to come out and help bring
this community back together. And
with me being older, I wanted to set
an example and inspire leadership to
the youth…” – Anthony Clark