LibGuides: Finding Your Voice: I am Alfonso Jones

Essential Questions

How do you encourage others to join in your fight?
What wisdom can we find from crowds?
What is the downside to crowds?
How can we use insights from the book to address issues of race at school or in our community?

Resources for I am Alfonso Jones Discussion

Traffic Stop from StoryCorps
Information about the video from above, a StoryCorps animation. It is about a black man, who was adopted by a white family, and was beat up by cops during a traffic stop. Graphic content.
Glossary for Understanding the Dismantling Structural Racism
Glossary of terms related to the promotion of racial equality.
What is Systemic Racism (Videos)
An 8 part video series about institutional and structural racism in relation to the wealth gap, employment, housing, surveillance, drug arrests, immigration, and infant mortality.
What White Kids Learn About Race in School
"Sixty-five years after Brown v. Board of Education, U.S. schools remain largely segregated. This matters not only because white and black students experience very different educational outcomes, but also because school is where children form many of their ideas about race and privilege."