Racism can be a difficult topic to explain to kids but the St. Michael’s College Civil Rights Alliance did it when they hosted the Talking to Kids About Racism workshop with the Peace & Justice Center in Burlington last month. Educating students about the importance of tackling difficult topics is critical to the mission of CRA as the group works to build the conversation of social and racial issues on and off campus.
In the fall of 2016, hate speech that was increasing across the country was no stranger to St. Michael’s, with incidents such as students of color being called the “n word” being reported.
