Reflect on the discussion about history, our foundational structures, the "red lining" of families of color out of opportunity for economic advancement, the connection between poverty, educational opportunity, and incarceration. Are you able to see those connections? To share your thoughts on the training forum, click the button below.
To say that this does not happen is choosing to stay ignorant of what in front of our faces on a daily basis. I have these conversations with students I work with in my role as a school and community college counselor. While agree education is something that will lead to economic change I do not forget the fact that institutional racism is a block to ensuring the well earned education is not the only key to the necessary societal change.
