WEBVTT 00:00:00.940 --> 00:00:04.870 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> IN AFTER-SCHOOL GAME, TAKING A TROUBLING TURN AT LYLES 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:09.320 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% CROUCH, TRADITIONAL ACADEMY IN ALEXANDRIA MOM. KATHERINE KELLY 00:00:09.330 --> 00:00:13.009 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% SAYS A GROUP OF WHITE STUDENTS ALLEGEDLY TOLD HER SIDE WHO IS 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:15.220 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% HALF ASIAN. HE COULDN'T SIT WITH THEM. 00:00:15.310 --> 00:00:18.339 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> SAYING THAT A MIXED RACE, KIDS HAD TO SIT AT A TABLE THAT 00:00:18.350 --> 00:00:20.910 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% WAS AWAY FROM MY KIDS AND AFRICA MEANT AFRICAN-AMERICAN 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.699 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% AND BLACK KIDS HAD TO SAY EVEN FURTHER AWAY. AND THEY SAID 00:00:23.710 --> 00:00:26.510 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% THAT THEY WERE SEGREGATED. THEY COULDN'T PLAY AT THE WHITE 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:27.059 line:85% position:50% size:80% KIDS. 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:30.269 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> KELLY SAYS SOME STUDENTS ALSO ALLEGEDLY TEASED THE 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:31.339 line:85% position:50% size:80% STUDENTS OF COLOR. 00:00:31.469 --> 00:00:34.530 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> BASED ON RACE AND CLASS, IT'S OF COURSE VERY DIFFICULT. 00:00:34.539 --> 00:00:37.539 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% IT WAS CONFUSING. HE WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. 00:00:37.549 --> 00:00:41.170 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% ALSO TRYING TO STAND UP FOR HIS FRIENDS AND TRYING TO INTERRUPT 00:00:41.179 --> 00:00:43.450 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% THE SITUATION BUT NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO DO. 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:46.700 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> NEWS 4 OBTAINED A LETTER SENT BY THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL 00:00:46.710 --> 00:00:50.079 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% TO PARENTS LAST FRIDAY ACKNOWLEDGING IN INAPPROPRIATE 00:00:50.090 --> 00:00:54.000 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% GAME BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AS PART OF A 00:00:54.009 --> 00:00:57.350 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% ROLE PLAY OF A SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON. THE LETTER SAID 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:01.130 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% STUDENTS OFTEN WANT TO DISCUSS TROUBLING TOPICS FROM CLASS IN 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:04.859 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% A VARIETY OF WAYS, SOME OF WHICH MAY CAUSE OFFENSE. 00:01:04.870 --> 00:01:08.170 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% THIS IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE IN EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS AND 00:01:08.180 --> 00:01:11.590 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% ONE THAT WE MUST BE KEENLY AWARE OF WHEN DIFFICULT TOPICS 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:12.340 line:85% position:50% size:80% ARE PRESENTED. 00:01:12.549 --> 00:01:14.900 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> WHEN KIDS ARE LEARNING THESE THINGS LIKE ABOUT SEGREGATION, 00:01:14.909 --> 00:01:16.939 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND STATES, 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.400 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% THEY HAVE TO LEARN THAT THEY NEED TO WIN THAT. BUT IT'S NOT 00:01:19.409 --> 00:01:21.810 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% A GAME AND THEY NEED TO AND SERIOUSNESS OF THESE THINGS. 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:24.859 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> IN THE LETTER TO FAMILIES, THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL SAID SHE 00:01:24.870 --> 00:01:28.409 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% PLANS TO WORK WITH HER TEAM TO INCORPORATE LESSONS INTO THE 00:01:28.420 --> 00:01:32.359 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% CURRICULUM ON THINKING BEFORE YOU SPEAK AND ACT. THE 00:01:32.370 --> 00:01:35.829 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% PRINCIPAL ALSO SAID THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS A COLLECTIVE 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:39.239 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEEL 00:01:39.250 --> 00:01:40.790 line:85% position:50% size:80% VALUED AND RESPECTED. 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:45.000 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> I THINK WE DO IT BY PERHAPS STARTING WITH WHAT CHILDREN 00:01:45.010 --> 00:01:45.299 line:85% position:50% size:80% KNOW. 00:01:45.629 --> 00:01:49.390 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> PROFESSOR GREG CARR TEACHES AFRO AMERICAN STUDIES AT HOWARD 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.480 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% UNIVERSITY. HE SAYS LESSONS ON INCLUSION CAN BE SIMPLE, 00:01:53.489 --> 00:01:56.680 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% SUCH AS ASKING KIDS HOW THEY FEEL WHEN THEY SEE TV 00:01:56.689 --> 00:02:00.859 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% CHARACTERS WHO LOOK LIKE THEM. HE ALSO SAYS GUEST SPEAKERS CAN 00:02:00.870 --> 00:02:01.609 line:85% position:50% size:80% BE HELPFUL. 00:02:01.819 --> 00:02:05.849 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> SO A LESSON ON SEGREGATION COULD INCORPORATE BUILDERS WHO 00:02:05.859 --> 00:02:08.689 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% LIVED THROUGH THAT PERIOD. YOU KNOW, THE LOCATIONS OF IT 00:02:08.699 --> 00:02:12.219 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% NOW FROM AN ELDER WHO CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT HURT TO BE CITY 00:02:12.229 --> 00:02:12.419 line:85% position:50% size:80% IT. 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:15.430 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% >> IT'S NOT CLEAR IF ANY STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE GAME 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:18.909 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% FACE DISCIPLINE. THE PRINCIPAL TELLING PARENTS IN HER LETTER 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:22.129 align:center line:79% position:50% size:80% SHE COULDN'T SAY ANY CHO NEWS. 4