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DesertRat

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2. There are professionals in ece providing bias trainings for educators

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 26, 2017, 05:34 PM

Jul 2017

One such organization is called Border Crossers. It started for K-12, but they now do preschool as well. And NAEYC is really pushing for bias training now too. So it will take time, $ and training, but implicit bias isn't inevitable!

Border Crossers – Training Educators To Be Leaders Of Racial Justice
http://www.bordercrossers.org/

Teaching Tolerance (a project of the SPLC)
http://www.tolerance.org/

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Black Girls Are Perceived As Less Innocent Than White Girls Starting at Age 5 [View all] DesertRat Jul 2017 OP

'This is not inevitable - we need to grapple with implicit bias' but we won't. elleng Jul 2017 #1

There are professionals in ece providing bias trainings for educators DesertRat Jul 2017 #2

Good to hear but it will take time, $ and training elleng Jul 2017 #3

Border Crossers is a good start DesertRat Jul 2017 #4