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do you ever just have

that one class

that one freaking class

that just depresses you when you think about it because

For all your “no really, mom/siblings/friend, carnivores can’t eat a vegan diet safely” conversational needs, here’s our newest guest article from Holland Dougherty of @animalsustainability! 

Thanksgiving Conversations About Race | Showing Up for Racial Justice

This Thanksgiving, SURJ is offering two ways to help support white folks in having tough conversations with other white folks – conversations that are necessary if we want to break silence about race in this country:

Thanksgiving Discussion Guide: These conversations are tricky, and often get “in the weeds” fast. We’ve put together a discussion guide that gives some more substantial talking points for those tough conversations, as well as some questions you can ask to elicit feedback and avoid conversational shut-downs. Click here for the discussion guide!

SURJ Holiday Hotline: When you get stuck during Thanksgiving conversations, SURJ has you covered. Simply text SOS (with no quotation marks!) to 82623, and we’ll send you some key talking points that tend to come up in these tough conversations. If you get *really* stuck, we’ll even hop on the phone with you for a short 1:1 coaching call. 

WTF?!

One parent, Timika Anderson, said her 17-year-old daughter brought the form home two weeks ago. Anderson said her daughter was upset that the form was passed out only to black students. A similar form was sent home for their parents to sign, but the words “African American” were left out, making the form appear to be more general.

“She felt like they were being singled out,” said Anderson. “They’re not the only ones at school struggling.”