Thanksgiving or Thanks-Taking?

Thanksgiving has become a controversial holiday due to its original origins. Should the holiday be renamed, its meaning re-vamped or should it just be stopped being practiced all together?

Race and Hair?

How do we address the way that racism affects how people are treated because their hair may be too “ethnic?”

Corporate Cultural Appropriation

Should corporations be held accountable for advertisements, commercials, and other media venues that utilize and capitalize off of marginalized communities identity, by culturally appropriating them? Why or Why not? If yes, what should that accountability look like?

Racism in Families

How do you handle racist situations with family members that display the behavior - implicitly or intentionally?

Go back to where you came from?

Is telling someone to go back to where their ancestors came from (i.e. Africa, Mexico, etc) racist? Why or why not?

Reparations?

Should the topic of Reparations be a topic discussed on the election platform?

Environmental Racism

How do we as a society combat environmental injustices? As we speak to date, the Standing Rock Reservation is fighting to stop the transfer of oil up under their main water source (i.e. Missouri Rives) and residents of Flint Michigan still does not have access to clean water; they are still in crisis.

Reverse racism?

Do you know what reverse racism is? How has this term effected you personally?

History Lesson! Independent research.

What was the Age of Exploration and what was its lasting effects on the Indigenous populations of the Americas? Do up think that this past global event affects you in some shape or form?

For Parents!

Are you having “the conversation” with your child(ren)? If so, when did you start? If not, why not?

Race, conversation and your child?

Are you having the conversation on racism with your child/ren?

Latino voice?

Why are we as a nation not inclusive and empathetic to the plight of the Latino community? When they ask for help why do we not listen and/or help?

Thanksgiving - holiday or day of mourning?

Should the true conception of Thanksgiving be taught in secondary education?

Racism and mental Illness

Do you think racism is a mental illness or an inherent part of human nature?

Racism course?

Should  a course on racism be taught in schools?

Humanity, Race and Man Made Laws

Is race a factor in the caging of the Indigenous (I.e. Latino) children on the US border states? Does man made laws trump morality and humanity's responsibility to one another?

Conversation Ready?

Are we as a nation supposed to wait until "we are ready" to talk about race? To wait until most of the nation "feels comfortable?"

Dismantling racism in school

How do we protect our children in the school system from racism? What solutions do you think will work?

Should racism be talked about and taught in schools or only in homes?

There is a common theme that surfaces during the conversation of race. That theme being that racism is taught at home. If this is true then who bears the responsibility of addressing it? Home or the educational system?

Race talk at work?

Should racism be discussed in the work environment? If not there, then where?