| USING WHAT YOU KNOW
After graduating college, you obtain a job in a medium-sized city in the Midwest and rent an apartment in a house in a nearby town. A family with an African American father and white mother has recently moved into a house down the street. You think nothing of it, but you begin to hear some of the neighbors expressing concern that the neighborhood “has begun to change.” Then one night a brick is thrown through the window of the new family’s home, and around the brick is wrapped the message, “Go back to where you came from!” Since you’re new to the neighborhood yourself, you don’t want to make waves, but you are also shocked by this act of racial hatred. You can speak up somehow or you can stay quiet. What do you decide to do? Why?
WHAT YOU CAN DO
To help reduce racial and ethnic inequality, you may wish to do any of the following:
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Contribute money to a local, state, or national organization that tries to help youths of color at their schools, homes, or other venues.
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Volunteer for an organization that focuses on policy issues related to race and ethnicity.
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Volunteer for any programs at your campus that aim at enhancing the educational success of new students of color; if no such programs exist, start one.
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