christopher stewart | school librarian
Columbia Heights Education Campus | Bell High School
WELCOME
I’m pleased to introduce the class site, where students and parents can access pertinent information, such as the course syllabus, assignments, peace and love guidelines and so much more.
This class was created to reveal to some and remind others of their intelligence, talent, and connectivity to all things living. In order to properly execute that mission, participants will confront race, ethnicity and representation through a historical and a most vivid ethnographic lens. As we seek to debunk rumors, myths and stereotypes; the mission is to vibrate higher through knowledge, integrity and power. May the journey begin--
For more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me via email: christopher.stewart2@k12.dc.gov
Let us learn together!
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Unit 1: Race, Ethnicity and Representation
Unit 2: Theories of Race as A Construct: Philosophy and Biology
Unit 3: Narrative: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Unit 4: Ethnicity Exploration
Unit 5: Race in America: Pigment v. Power
Unit 6: Race through a World Lens
Unit 7: Representation
Unit 8: Race, Poverty & The Wealth Divide
Unit 9: Race & Education
Unit 10: Birth to Prison Pipeline: Mass Incarceration
Unit 11: Being Politically Astute: Your Voice & Vote Matter
READINGS
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah Jones & The New York Times Magazine
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram Kendi and Jason Reynolds
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson
How the United States Racializes Latinos: White Hegemony and Its Consequences by José A. Cobas, Jorge Duany, Joe R. Feagin
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race by Arlene Dávila
Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red ... by Jack D. Forbes
The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
LEARN.
TEACH.
CHANGE THE WORLD.
