May 4 marked the 60th anniversary of the start of the Freedom Rides. Here are five things to know about the movement that helped change the course of the nation
GANDHI AND RACISM
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The present arena of hatred against Gandhi is undermining a rich and complex history of anti-racial and anti-imperial struggles A High Court in Malawi, East Africa, recently stalled the construction of a statue of MK Gandhi on the ground that his statements proved he was racist and prejudiced against Black Africans Non-violent resistance was an active social force to transform the other through suffering and not retaliating transformation involved both the victim and oppressor Neither King nor Mandela wholly adopted the spiritual practices of Gandhi. But this precisely points to the creativity of the moment
On the first day of every single class I teach, I make sure my students know that I will never tell them what to think. This should come as good news to any student or their parent. No matter what you think, I doubt we agree on everything. Instead, I spend much of the first day telling my students that I will be helping them learn how to think. Not passively absorb information, not blindly share clickbait headlines, but think. By that, I mean critically evaluate what they see in the world around them. Doing so is a skill, and itâs one that canât be learned if students are never asked to form their own judgments.