What would you do?
Greetings Sorors and Sisterfriends,
I just wanted to ask a quick question. We all should know that this is Black History Month. I am a second grade teacher in a predominately rural white community. I am talking about red neck heaven. I have 17 students and only one is black.
For Black History Month I have put up a bulletin board about African American leaders. I have pictures of Frederick Douglass, Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks, etc. I was kind of debating if I would put Jesse Jackson on my bulletin board. I thought about it and I decided to put him up. Of course, my students did not know none of the other leaders that I put on the board, but when I put Jesse up they seemed to be more interested. One of my students said that he looks cool. I am pretty sure that he has been a topic in my students' homes. I know that he has been in the public eye lately and my question is: Would you have done the same thing that I did by profiling him as an African-American leader?
Sorry for the long post.
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