Title: Creating an Inclusive Classroom | Edutopia
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Creating an Inclusive Classroom
Being open to talking about race helps foster safety and unity in a multicultural classroom. Here are nine tips to help you prepare.
By Homa Tavangar
November 8, 2017
Building Safety and Inclusion in Multicultural School Settings

Content: Spend time learning and listening to the conversation before opining on it. 3. Build your social justice vocabulary. Learn the meaning as well as application of terms like false equivalency, microaggression, Jim Crow, culturally responsive, white privilege, and allyship, among other terms. Watch out for coded language and call out prejudicial talk. As Professor Howard Stevenson says, “By practicing racial literacy, we can learn to not be so fearful and learn to problem-solve together, rather than run away from conversations about race.” 4. Value stories and perspectives. Encourage your students to articulate their narratives, starting with learning the stories of individuals in their community. The Out of Eden Walk can serve as a framework for noticing the stories around us and discovering our own.