Which offers:
> 15 Ways Youth Can Help To End Racism
>
> 1. Engage in dialogue about race in efforts to end the silence. This
> means taking risks and
> being present enough to truly hear the other people you’re connecting
> with.
>
> 2. Use “I” statements to be mindful of ethnocentrism. In other words
> own your experience
> as your own and be open to hearing different realities as there are many.
>
> 3. Notice color… racism will not be ended by ignoring our brilliant
> differences.
>
> 4. Enlarge your pride and connection to your own heritage. Learn what
> you can about
> your family’s history.
>
> 5. Speak up to ensure your curriculum at school teaches multicultural
> history that gives a
> true reflection of America and the World at large.
>
> 6. Western culture is thick with repeated implications that we should
> know it all; adults
> demonstrate this all the time. Claim your wisdom as teens and commit
> to being lifelong
> learners trusting fully there is always more to learn.
>
> 7. Bridge the gap… the myth of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people is on its way
> out. Be willing to see
> the good in all people as they heal their own racism.
>
> 8. Commit to doing regular thinking about where racism and other
> oppressive thoughts
> show up in your actions. Does feeling comfortable dictate where you
> hang out? The
> friends you make? Etc. Step out of your box
>
> 9. If you are White practice saying it out loud. People of color have
> no other choice than
> to identify racially in our society while part of white privilege
> includes not having to think
> about race or claim identity with one. Owning you own race helps us
> engage in bal-
> anced dialogue.
>
> 10. If you are White get in touch with the ways racism has hurt you
> and your family- re-
> member everyone has been hurt as a result of racism.
>
> 11. Revolutionize humor… if you don’t think you should be laughing at
> a joke because of its
> racialized focus talk about it with others. Create humor that leaves
> no one humiliated or
> isolated.
>
> 12. We cannot transcend racism if we can’t articulate what it is;
> develop your own ex-
> amples of where you see racism playing out today as to not add to the
> dismissal we
> engage in culturally.
>
> 13. Be prepared to vote when you are 18 and be aware of political
> issues that impact race
> now. A letter to a government official that is written by a minor
> stating an opinion against
> or for a proposition or bill is weighted twice as important as others
> in most offices. Im-
> migration policies, voting access, prison reform and so many other
> issues that intersect
> with race come up daily in politics- you have power.
>
> 14. Make your own antiracism buttons, stickers, posters etc. in
> efforts to promote dialogue
> about race.
>
> 15. Visit culturally specific dance, music and other art forms with
> respect and honor. (This
> includes Hip-Hop, R&B, Riga ton to name a few)