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Inclusion and Multicultural Practice
Affinity Group Resources
The faculty has been reading and discussing the following resources, which have helped to inform our School's Affinity Group planning.
Racial Identity Development Resources
• "Even Babies Discriminate": Newsweek article by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• "The Psychological Experience of Students of Color": Independent School magazine article by Kathy Schultz and Michael Thompson
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Google Books by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
• Can We Talk about Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation: Google Books by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
• Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School Mica Pollock (Chapter 9: Strengthening Student Identity in School Programs, Patricia Gandara - available at The New Press website
• The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism (Chapter 3: Play Groups and Racial Ethnic Matters): Google Book by Debra Van Ausdale & Joe R. Feagin
• My Black Student Group: Support, Not Segregation: Nyasia Arradondo
• "What White Children Need to Know About Race": Independent School magazine article by Ali Michael
• Talking About Race, Age-by-Age, Parents Magazine
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Resources
Understanding Affinity: Benefits and Challenges for an Independent School Community (Power Point)Gender Identity Development Resources
Racial and Ethnic Classifications (PDF)
Diversity and Multiculturalism Definitions
Independent School articles
From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom: Navigating Gender & Sexual Identity Development in School, Jennifer Bryan
When Chris becomes Courtney: Preparing a Pre-K-8 Community for a Transgendering Student by John Peterman
Guidelines for Parents of Gender Variant Children by Lynne Michelle Howard
• Gender & Society article by Kristen Myers and Laura Raymond: Elementary School Girls and Heteronormativity: The Girl Project
• Sex and Sensibility, by Deborah Roffman: Chapter 6, Gender: Girls Aren’t from Venus, Boys Aren’t from Mars
• Teaching Tolerance: Toolkit For Making Space
• Making Space an article Article by Monita K. Bell
General Resources
• Teaching Tolerance website
• Anatomy of an Ally offers notes on talking with kids about being allies to students and families.
