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Building Awareness

History

  • PBS History
    • Asian Americans
    • Latinx Americans
    • The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
  • The 1619 Project
  • The African-American Experience

Implicit Bias, Privilege & Stereotypes

  • Confronting Asian-American Stereotypes
  • Implicit Bias I
  • Implicit Bias II
  • Implicit Bias III
  • Privileged
  • Understanding White Fragility with Robin D’Angelo
  • What Is the Model Minority Myth?
  • ‘Whistling Vivaldi’ And Beating Stereotypes

Field Literature

  • Let’s Talk About Race
  • The Myth of Racial Colorblindness
  • Unrealized Impact: The Case for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Talking About Race in Historically White Institutions

Organizations to Follow

  • Embrace Race
  • Facing History and Ourselves
  • GLSEN
  • METCO, Inc.
  • WeeThePeople
  • Welcoming Schools
  • Teaching Tolerance

Conversation Starters

  • Bias Isn’t Just a Police Problem, It’s A Preschool Problem
  • Danger of a Single Story
  • How Diversity Makes Us Smarter
  • How Racially Diverse Schools and Classrooms Can Benefit All Students
  • Institutional Racism Infographic
  • Teaching Children to Resist Bias
  • Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power
  • Understanding Racial-Identity Development

Communications

The DE&I newsletter to families goes out monthly via our internal messaging system, School Messenger. In cased you missed it via email, find it here.

WPS Racial Climate Report

Racial Climate Report Cover
April 2018

WPS SCORE Analysis & Racial Climate Survey Presentation (PDF)

Analysis & Racial Climate Survey Report (PDF)

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All district academic and nonacademic programs and events are offered regardless of race, color, sex, age, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, limited English proficiency, sexual orientation, disability, or housing status.

The Director of Human Resources, 40 Kingsbury Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, 781-446-6200, has been designated as the employee responsible for coordinating the Wellesley Public School district's efforts to implement this nondiscriminatory policy.

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