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"Above the entrance of a high school in Renningen, Germany, a promise is
written in large letters:
School without Racism – School with Courage.
Inside, that promise is tested. On a cold day in January, 10th- and 11th-grade
students spend hours moving through workshops on racism, bystander intervention
and sexualized violence. The event, known as a “Day of Courage,” is not a
one-off awareness campaign. It is part of a broader effort to embed
anti-discrimination into everyday school life.
The program is structured into three modules. In one, students teach each other
about concepts like “microaggressions” and “othering,” using real-life examples
to show how racism operates in subtle ways. In another, actors from a theater
group stage tense, realistic scenarios — a racist remark on a bus, a
confrontation in public — and ask students to step in and respond. After each
scene, the group pauses to analyze what happened: What was effective? What was
risky? What would they do differently?
The lesson is clear: Intervening is difficult, but it can be practiced."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
