LOOK DEEPER:
SCHOOLKIT
How will you explore race and equity with your students?
Avoiding these difficult topics are impossible, and we know you and your students wouldn’t want to anyway! Still, these conversations can be hard to get started, so we’ve got you covered with our Look Deeper SchoolKit. This free online resource features videos, discussion questions, interviews, facilitation tips and tools, and lesson plans. Are you ready? Let’s get started.
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PRACTICING DIFFICULT DIALOGUE
In this bonus video from the making of I’m Not Racist… Am I?, the students from the film got a chance to practice having real-life conversations about race and racism with the incredible group Border Crossers. Use this video and the accompanying lesson plan to help your students figure out how and when to speak up themselves.
Practicing Difficult Dialogue
Discussion Guide
How might we better prepare people to engage in purposeful discussions about race? This guide can help!
These kinds of discussions can get uncomfortable, but they can still be productive.
TRY FOLLOWING OUR FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ENGAGING IN DIFFICULT DIALOGUE.
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RACE AND RACISM
THROUGH A TEEN LENS
Want to know more about the students from our film I’m Not Racist… Am I? Here are short videos and discussion questions that will not only help you get to know them a little better, but will also provide insight and opportunities for plenty of discussion for you and your students. Click on the photo of each student to play their short video.
Race and Racism
Through a Teen Lens
Discussion Guide
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THE N WORD
The national conversation about the “N Word” remains stuck in an endless cycle of who can/who can’t say the word and far too many people still consider it as some kind of litmus test for who’s a racist and who isn’t. But we think the way that author-educator-activist Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., dives into the topic provides a much-needed complexity and nuance that pushes us past the same old conversations. Watch this clip from our film I’m Not Racist… Am I? and download the discussion guide.
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RACISM & BIAS
The term “Implicit Bias” gets mentioned a lot these days. We think it’s great that more people are talking about it and trying to understand it. We also think the conversation should be more honest about where our bias comes from and the real impact it has.
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STEREOTYPES & BELONGING
Our feature documentary, The Prep School Negro, from director André Robert Lee, explores how race, class, and education can impact what we call “home.” Using bonus footage from the film, the four clips below explore issues of stereotypes and belonging, told through the stories of black students attending elite, predominantly white schools. Use these clips and the discussion questions we’ve provided to get your students talking.
I Had Never Felt So Alone
Discussion Questions:- What differences matter to you? Which differences don’t matter to you?
- How is race an issue in your school?
- Why do you think Kim felt so alone?
- What situations make you feel alone?
What is Real Black?
Discussion Questions:- Is your culture defined by where you live? If so, why?
- What characteristics do we assign specifically to black people? Why?
- How does it feel to be black and not share any of these characteristics?
They Wanted To Touch My Hair
Discussion Questions:- What does it mean to be an almanac (i.e. Wikipedia page) for people?
- Why do we ask an individual to answer on behalf of an entire race?
- How does it feel when you are a different race than everyone else in the room?
Talking White
Discussion Questions:- What is “talking white”?
- What is code switching? How do you code switch? Why do you code switch?
- What’s wrong with “talking white”?
- Why is speaking grammatically correct English considered a white behavior?
Interview with W Kamau Bell
PROGRAMMING & RESOURCES
Point Made Learning plants seeds for social change and cultivates a more compassionate society through online courses, film screenings, workshops, and speaking engagements. Learn more about our programming and how we can help bring the conversation to your community.
Look Deeper: Race Course
If you haven’t already, purchase the Look Deeper: Race online course and teaching resource for anyone interested in open conversations about race and racism in the United States.
Look Deeper: Race Resources
Talking about race and racism often works better with a framework. Download these resources to support your Look Deeper: Race virtual discussions.
The American Dream Experience
“The American Dream” – What does that really mean? More importantly, can anyone achieve it? We explore these questions and more in the American Dream board game where participants get to become someone else for a little while, and see how everyday life and long-term opportunity can play out differently for everyone.
The Prep School Negro Educational
The Prep School Negro Extended
Screenings & Workshops
We use stories as our starting point – they create a shared experience for everyone in the room and help us exercise our empathy. From there, we facilitate discussions, lead interactive exercises, and push participants to work toward gaining a deeper understanding of complex issues. We can bring the film to you in one of 3 ways – we bring it to you, you get trained to host the screening yourself, or you watch the online course.
Speaking Engagements
The filmmakers are available for speaking engagements and have led the following discussions at corporations, schools, and community events: “How to Engage Effectively in Conversations about Racism” and “The Messy Living Room or Racism: It’s Time for All of Us To Clean Up”.