Stories from Speak Up!

Below you will find one of the stories from the Speak Up! Anthology, along with two discussion questions. We ask you to keep a few things in mind when reading and responding. First, the authors and schools in our book are anonymous.  We do this because we want to share stories which are relevant at many different schools.  For this reason, we ask that you not include your school name in your response.  We are not trying to shame or blame individual schools, but we hope that schools will take the opportunity to improve their campus climate based on this feedback.  If you include a school name, and the school asks us to remove the comment, we will.

Since the debate on this site is mostly anonymous, we ask that you be respectful and thoughtful in your responses and replies.  Comments which seem aimed to hurt feelings or shut down dialogue will be removed.  Finally, don’t just read and respond, also be sure to check out our actions page and share what you intend to DO about the racism at your school!