Name: Colette Leong
Social Justice Group: Race and Education
Date of Fieldwork: December 12, 2018
Name of Organization: LREI
Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Sandra Chapman
Type of Fieldwork: Class Sit-In
What I did:
Our group sat in on Sandra Chap’s third grade social justice class. She teaches children at early ages about race and gender inequity, and how our new generation can fight for social justice.
What I learned:
I learned that the location where you are determines if you are an “X” (most people) or an “O” (few people). In this situation, Chap defines “X” and “O” as white and black. If we were in a room in New York, and if “X” referred to white, and if “O” referred to black, there would definitely be more X’s in the room rather than Os. But if we were in a room in Africa and if “X” referred to black, and if “O” referred to white, there would be more X’s in the room. By this explanation, we learned that by having more X’s in the room doesn’t mean you’ve won a game.
What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:
I learned that giving lessons to kids about social justice will benefit our society. If most kids were taught about social inequality, we will have less conflict with these issues in the future.
