EDUC 1300 - Askew - Spring 2022: Topic 6

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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.

1. What is racial injustice?
2. Have you ever experienced racial injustice? If so, please describe your experience.
3. Have you ever been in the presence of racial injustice as a bystander, or recipient of information from someone else’s experience?
4. How have your experiences shaped your perspective on racial injustice?
5. Is there a fear in discussing race? Explain your perspective.
6. Is there a benefit in not discussing race? Explain your perspective.
7. 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
8. Of the 5 quotes listed, what made the selected quote resonate with you?
9. What would be the benefit of continuing a climate of racial injustice?
10. 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.