by Family Voices, Inc. | Jan 20, 2020 | FamU - Tools - Cultural Awareness
Implicit Bias According to the Perception Institute: “Thoughts and feelings are “implicit” if we are unaware of them or mistaken about their nature. We have a bias when, rather than being neutral, we have a preference for (or aversion to) a person or group of people....
by Family Voices, Inc. | Jan 19, 2020 | FamU - Bc - Slavery In America
Life of a Slave: Cudjoe Lewis Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” is a non-fiction work by Zora Neale Hurston published in 2018. It is based on interviews that Hurston conducted in 1927 with Cudjoe Lewis, the last presumed living survivor of the...
by Family Voices, Inc. | Jan 19, 2020 | FamU - BC - From Africa to Virginia
The 1619 Project On August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold to the colonists. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has...
by Family Voices, Inc. | Jan 19, 2020 | FamU - Tools - Implementation
Cultural Implications of Screening The issue with screening: Children from racially/ethnically diverse backgrounds are less likely to: Be screened early Have follow-up evaluations when they “fail” a screen Get an early diagnosis Access early services Learn...
by Family Voices, Inc. | Jan 19, 2020 | FamU - BC - Civil Rights Era
Jim Crow Era Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Named after a Black minstrel show character, the laws—which existed for about 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until 1968—were meant to marginalize...
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