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Thursday, September 17, 2020

9/17/2020: Professor who lied about ethnicity quits university post - Big tippers: Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers

Today's Article: Professor who lied about ethnicity quits university post
From: The New York Post
Readability Score: 12.1

A George Washington University professor shocked her students and her employers by admitting that she had lied for years about being black. Discuss her confession and resulting resignation; then examine race and identity politics with izzit's I Am Human.

Click here to view the entire article and classroom discussion questions:
https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php

Today's Alternate Article: Big tippers: Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers
Readability Score: 9.1

Looking for more ways to teach about race in America? Check out our interactive, online mini-course, The U.S. Constitution & Black History It's great for remote learning, or for using in a classroom.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

1/29/2020: Supreme Court’s conservative justices show support for religious schools in landmark Montana case - Opinion: African Americans know Meghan Markle is black. Yet many whites want to call her something else.

Today's Article: Supreme Court’s conservative justices show support for religious schools in landmark Montana case
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 12.1

In the 19th century, many states banned the use of government dollars to support religious schools, even though public schools received all sorts of aid. A group of parents in Montana has challenged this as a form of religious discrimination. What's fair? Who should choose how to spend education dollars? Is this indeed an issue of religious freedom, or not?

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https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php

Today's Alternate Article: Opinion: African Americans know Meghan Markle is black. Yet many whites want to call her something else.
Readability Score: 7.3

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

9/18/2019: Virginia couples challenge laws requiring them to declare their race - Tomato Tariffs

Today's Article: Virginia couples challenge laws requiring them to declare their race
From: BBC News
Readability Score: 11.0

Couples in eight states who want to get married must identify their race on the marriage license application. Now three couples in Virginia are filing suit, asking the state to end the practice of asking them to identify their race. Do you agree with them? Read today's article for more!

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https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php

Today's Alternate Article: Tomato Tariffs
Readability Score: 8.3

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

New Release - I Am Human

We just released our first educational video for the new school year!

What are you? Some multiracial individuals are declaring "I Am Human." What are the implications for society?

You can watch and download this new program here.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

I Am Human - Coming Soon from izzit.org!

"It's very tempting to say, let's just forget it. I'm a human being."

The multiracial population in America is increasing. And it seems like most people – and society as a whole – would like these folks to "pick a side." To identify as one race or the other.

But as demographics shift from separate races to more of a continuum, who gets to decide how these individuals identify?

Meet several multiracial individuals, and hear about their experiences. What implications does this have for our society? Can we move beyond race?

Learn more about this upcoming educational video here.

Monday, October 22, 2018

10/22/2018: What’s at stake in Harvard suit: decades of debate on race - Tax Cuts Cause Jump in Deficit?

Today's Article: What’s at stake in Harvard suit: decades of debate on race
From: New York Times
Readability Score: 12.6

Should race be used in college admissions?

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https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php

Today's Alternate Article: Tax Cuts Cause Jump in Deficit?
Readability Score: 9.4

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

NEW RELEASE - Outside the Box from izzit.org

NEW RELEASE

Don’t ask me what I am. Ask me who I am.

Imagine trying to register your child for school and being forced to reduce a complex racial ancestry to one checkbox…

Eli Steele just wants to register his son Jack for kindergarten. He has no idea the journey this will begin, or the questions it will lead to.

They have a complex family history. Son of slaves. Daughter of the revolution. Holocaust survivors. Interracial marriage pioneers in an era of segregation and discrimination.

Jack and his younger sister June have an even more complicated ancestry when you consider their mother’s heritage – a Mormon settler and Mexican immigrant.

So when Eli is required to reduce Jack to a single checkmark in front of a race box…it doesn’t sit well with him.

Explore Eli, Jack, and June’s powerful story of individuality vs. group identity.

Do you fit inside a box?

Adapted from the award-winning documentary, How Jack Became Black.

Find out in Outside the Box here.

Friday, September 21, 2018

Outside the Box - Coming Soon to izzit.org!

"Don't ask me what I am. Ask me who I am."

Eli Steele just wants to register his son Jack for kindergarten. He has no idea the journey this will begin, or the questions it will lead to.

They have a complex family history. Son of slaves. Daughter of the revolution. Holocaust survivors. Interracial marriage pioneers in an era of segregation and discrimination.

Explore Eli and Jack's powerful story of individuality vs. group identity, how to cope with bullies, and the resilience of the human spirit in our new release, Outside the Box.

Adapted from the award-winning documentary, How Jack Became Black.

www.HowJackBecameBlack.com