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Resources to Fight Racism

It's never been more important to combat the damaging effects of racism. There are many ways for all of us to educate ourselves to ensure that we increase our awareness about structural racism and implicit biases. Books: White Fragility: Why White People Find it So Difficult to Talk About Racism by Robin D’Angelo Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in U.S. History and Life by David Billings The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander Between the ...

Juneteenth—Celebrate Freedom

Grace Oshin2023-06-20T11:37:45-04:00June 15th, 2021|Categories: General|Tags: WJCS, juneteenth, Racism, Equality, Black History, Westchester|

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is an American holiday honoring and celebrating African-American ancestry, history, achievements, and struggles. In particular, this celebration honors the day in 1865 when enslaved peoples in Texas and Louisiana finally heard they’d been freed, more than two and a half years after the date of January 1, 1863 when the Emancipation Proclamation had become official. Juneteenth is now recognized as a state holiday or state holiday observance in various U.S. states, with New York officially declaring it a state holiday in 2020. However, Juneteenth celebrations and events having been taking ...