{"id":27001,"date":"2025-06-11T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/?p=27001"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:09:09","slug":"anti-racism-and-activist-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/anti-racism-and-activist-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-racism and Activist Education: Empowering the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Emily Chan and Crystena Parker-Shandal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWait, I know what needs to happen!\u201d exclaimed a Grade 6 student named Dalia, who jumped up to the blackboard to erase a line on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hfrcucc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/flower-power-exercise.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Power Flower<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u2014a diagram showing how various social identities (such as race, class, gender, and sexuality) intersect to create experiences of privilege or oppression. 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