ABSTRACT
This chapter develops with white students a self-identity that is antiracist. It describes educational programs and methods designed to end racism. The chapter demonstrates that the racial division began as an economic division between enslaved and free labor and continues today in economic differences between blacks and whites in income and economic opportunities. Racism refers to acts of oppression of one racial group toward another. American students that they feel embarrassment in school when slavery is discussed." She asserts that many African American students feel uncomfortable during Black History month and other occasions dealing with racial history because enslaved Africans are portrayed as helpless victims. Play equipment, art materials, and other classroom materials should be selected to enhance racial understanding and ensure diversity in gender play. By the 1980s, the community was racially split with a black working-class population living on the north side and a white working-class population living on the south side.
