Module 2: A Timeline of Inequality
Play the audio and read along below.
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This next activity gives you time to reflect on your own identity and history and to consider where you fit, if you do, in this timeline.
Begin by taking a moment to think about and feel where you come from. Re-reading your “I Am From…” poem may help guide you to a place of belonging or simply think about your family, friends, childhood, and life experiences. Think of places and moments that are important to you and them. What histories are you connected to through your and your family’s or community’s stories? |
Now, open the timeline using the links provided above and take five to ten minutes to examine it. This is not enough time for you to read through the whole timeline. Rather, scan the timelines and notice what catches your eye and engages your interest.
Where is your story on this timeline? Where do you see yourself reflected in this history?
Where do you see your community and its history?
The timeline demonstrates that we still live in an unequal world resulting from an extensive breadth of intentional decisions to establish and sustain inequitable systems. How might we use our growing knowledge of this history to create a more just future? What are some of the decisions you can make to move us in that direction?
Where is your story on this timeline? Where do you see yourself reflected in this history?
Where do you see your community and its history?
The timeline demonstrates that we still live in an unequal world resulting from an extensive breadth of intentional decisions to establish and sustain inequitable systems. How might we use our growing knowledge of this history to create a more just future? What are some of the decisions you can make to move us in that direction?
