Rutgers-Camden Anti-Racism Book Study: So You Want to Talk About Race

Chapter 13 - Why are our students so angry?

Youth Activism

The resources below discuss student activism -- historical and current -- in the United States.

The New York Times, "What Students Are Saying About the George Floyd Protests"
The New York Times, "‘I Need People to Hear My Voice’: Teens Protest Racism"
Forbes, "How Student Activism Shaped The Black Lives Matter Movement"
Forbes, "Five Reasons 2020 Will Be The Year Of The Student Protest"
The Atlantic, "The Renaissance of Student Activism"
Teen Vogue, "The History of Student Activism in the United States"
The New York Times, "7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism"
NPR, "'I'm Willing To Fight For America': 5 Student Activists On Protesting For Change"
The Guardian, "'People Thought I Was Too Young To Protest': The Rise of Student Activism"
Ed. Harvard Ed Magazine, "Student Activism 2.0"

The Pledge of Allegiance & The National Anthem

In this chapter, Oluo recounts a conversation with her son about the pledge of allegiance and references Colin Kaepernick, an NFL player who began a movement by choosing to kneel during the national anthem in 2016. The resources below focus on the rise of protests against the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem.

The Washington Post, "The Ugly History Of The Pledge of Allegiance — And Why It Matters"
The New York Times, "High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges"
PBS, "I Will Not Pledge Allegiance Until America Does Better"
NPR, "How Schools Are Dealing With Students' Right To Protest"
The New York Times, "This Time, Colin Kaepernick Takes a Stand by Kneeling"
The New York Times, "A Timeline of Colin Kaepernick vs. the N.F.L."
The New York Times, "Kneeling, Fiercely Debated in the N.F.L., Resonates in Protests"