Essential Question
- How can we celebrate what we have in common while also honoring our differences?
- How does privilege shape the lives of individuals and groups?
- What effect does injustice have on people and groups?
- What is the difference between being treated unfairly by another person and receiving unequal treatment under the law?
- How do bias and prejudice undermine equal rights?
- What do we gain when we learn about the lived experiences of other people?
- What did Martin Luther King mean when he said, “A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere?” What does it mean today?
- Why is it important to judge people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin, as Dr. King said?
- How do our similarities and differences impact the relationships we have with people inside and outside our own identity groups?
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