Remember: DO NOT simply number your paper and answer the questions. You are to craft a paper around the questions and around your position, and research regarding the subject that you have chosen.
- What is racial injustice?
- Have you ever experienced racial injustice? If so, please describe your experience.
- Have you ever been in the presence of racial injustice as a bystander, or recipient of information from someone else’s experience?
- How have your experiences shaped your perspective on racial injustice?
- Is there a fear in discussing race? Explain your perspective.
- Is there a benefit in not discussing race? Explain your perspective.
- Review the following quotes and determine what one means in the context of racial justice:
- “No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.” – Marian Anderson
- “At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being.” – Friedrich Otto Hertz
- “If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you recognize that your liberation and mine are bound up together, we can walk together.” – Lila Watson
- “If you want peace, work for justice.” Pope Paul VI
- “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King, Jr
- Of the 5 quotes listed, what made the selected quote resonate with you?
- What would be the benefit of continuing a climate of racial injustice?
- What would be the benefit of working to eradicate racial injustice?
Source (Quotes): YWCA Central Alabama
"Quotes on Racism and Justice." YWCA Central Alabama, 2012, www.ywcabham.org/quotes-racism-and-justice.
