by Sheona Kellman In this age of political correctness and perpetual “wokeness,” where the rules always seem to be changing, is it fair to expect administrators, teachers, students and parents to be fully culturally and racially aware? Especially in an international school environment, isn’t it unreasonable to expect the school community to “know all theContinue reading “Are We Expecting Too Much? Applying a Growth Mindset to Anti-Racism”
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3 Reasons Why Strong, Black Women are Perceived to be Scary
by Estelle Baroung Hughes ‘It is very hard to survive as a woman of colour in this world, and I remember saying once that if I stopped to feel, really feel, the pain of the racism I encountered, I would start screaming and I would never stop.’ Ijeoma Oluo – So you want to talk aboutContinue reading “3 Reasons Why Strong, Black Women are Perceived to be Scary”
I Will Never Understand, But I Will Stand
By MC Two years ago my Black daughter had to think about what topic she wanted to work on for her Year 6 (Y6) exhibition. Very exciting times for her as she approached the ultimate project that her years in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) were leading her to. Finally, she was leaving behind PYPContinue reading “I Will Never Understand, But I Will Stand”
STATEMENT ON RECENT INCIDENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTI-RACISM EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Following the recent publicised racist incidents at our school, many have expressed outrage and have asked that action be taken. We want to thank the school for reacting swiftly to the recent events. We understand the necessity for consequences for the horrendous actions. We would like to emphasise, however, that any child is the productContinue reading “STATEMENT ON RECENT INCIDENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTI-RACISM EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS”
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