Prejudice in Schools

In the book Who will tell my brother?, the main character and protagonist, Evan, struggles with his identity. He internally battles with who he is when it comes to his heritage. During a pep rally at his high school, Evan has a revelation about the school mascot and it's relation to his American Indian heritage. The mascot, a stereotypical Indian adorned with war paint and feathered headdress, offends Evan, and fuels him to finish something his older brother started years ago. Before Evan, his brother proposed a change of mascot to the school board, which obviously didn't go as he had hoped. Evan, continues this dispute of the mascot by also going to the school board multiple times to defend his heritage. Imagine you are Evan, and write a short letter to the school board that would propose why this stereotypical Indian mascot might be a offensive and ultimately a prejudgement about American Indians as a group.

Hey Class,

I would like you find a song (from a youtube video) or lyrics to a song that relate to issues of prejudice and analyze them. Place the video or lyrics in your post and then describe what these lyrics mean to you in relation to prejudice.

LGBT

In the novel Deliver Us From Evie by M.E. Kerr we as readers are faced with the dilemma of dealing with the main character "coming out" of the closet. Some people may think that there is nothing wrong with "coming out" that it is a natural part of life. On the other hand, there are those who think that homosexuality is wrong and unnatural. Write a couple of short paragraphs, drawing from personal experience (if applicable), and explain how that made you feel, any questions you had, and how were they answered. If nothing like this has ever happened to you, then please write a couple of paragraphs on what you would do if you wanted to "come out" or if your best friend was "coming out"

Elizabeth Hart

Hypocrite

She spoke to me of Heaven And an Angelic Host She spoke of God And the Holy Ghost She spoke of Christ's teaching Of man's brotherhood Yet when she had to sit beside a Negro once She stood. This poem speaks of an attitude that we see all too often in our society today. What sorts of feelings does this poem inspire in you? Do you feel like it is okay to be like this? Have there been instances in your life where you've seen something like this happen? (Maybe it was even in your own family.) Do you think these "hypocrites" think they're doing anything wrong?

Go Carolina by David Sedaris

After reading David Sedaris' short story from the novel Me Talk Pretty One Day, I would like you to discuss how Sedaris' "speech problem" relates to the assumed gender roles that his family and friends expected of him.

Racism in Poe's The Black Cat

Read Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat.  While reading, note any allusions or symbols of racial prejudice you find throughout.  Then write a paragraph to explain your findings of underlying racism in the poem.  Use specific passages in your explanation.  You can find the link to the poem below...

http://poestories.com/read/blackcat