Education
Diverse schools are taking a new approach to anti-racism: Training white parents
Gail Cornwall
Special to USA TODAY
Updated April 12, 2022, 6:34 a.m. ET
Amid the blowback over anti-racist lessons for America's schoolchildren, another effort to grapple with structural racism has gained steam: training white parents.
Lessons can be as simple as lunch.
White, affluent volunteers have been overheard commenting to kids about the nutritional value of a meal like Lunchables, said Christina Feliciana of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, in a 2020 YouTube video.