We can never accomplish this until the unaffected or those who benefit from the system are outraged too.
Number 6 was ” I Can Complain About Racism”
When I point out that black people are incarcerated at alarming rates, or largely forced to send their children to underperforming schools, or face systemic discrimination when searching for jobs and housing, no one accuses me of “playing the race card.”
Imagine you have a talkative but otherwise good child who gets disciplined often in the classroom for talking too much, to the point as soon as she walks into the classroom or opens her mouth, she is presumed to be prepped to disrupt the class with her talking and gets sent to detention.
Eventually, she is thrown out of school, altogether for being too talkative. As a parent, you take your case to the School Board. You gladly welcome parents of other talkative kids unjustly and routinely disciplined who have expressed similar frustration with the school’s disciplinary procedures and anti-talkative kid bias. As they speak up on your behalf at the school board meeting, or to send in letters of support, you would never think to say they were complaining too much or didn’t deserve answers for the discriminatory policy against kids like your own.
If you could relate to that scenario re-read it again but replace the words “loquacious” or “talkative” with “black” and “talk” with “being black.”
Gather supplies– A day or two before Thanksgiving, gather up all of the necessary supplies and tools and put them in a box. That way they’ll be ready to set out for the kids to work with when the time comes. You’ll need:
Various sizes of pine cones
Feathers
Brown pipe cleaners
Glue
Googly eyes
Orange felt
Safety scissors
Paper (optional)
Create the tail- The children can create a colorful turkey tail for their pinecone by using different colored feathers. If they want, they can dip the quill end of the feathers into some glue before poking them into the wide end of the pine cone. The glue is optional because the feathers should stay in place if pushed all the way into the pine cone layers. Continue to fill in the tail with feathers to make it as full as desired.
Make the head- Take the brown pipe cleaner and bend one end over to create a hook, then pinch the hook closed so that it’s shaped like a head. Set the pipe cleaner aside. Cut a very small triangle out of the orange felt for a beak. For young children, you may wish to do this step ahead of time. Glue the googly eyes and beak onto the shaped brown pipe cleaner and allow it to dry for a few minutes.
Attaching the head– Once the head is dry wrap the opposite end of the pipe cleaner around the pine cone until the head and neck are sticking up from the front. If the pipe cleaner is too long, cut it with the scissors or break it off by bending it back and forth at the same spot.
Adding feet– If you’d like to add feet to your turkey, you can freehand cut some feet and legs from the orange felt. Glue the legs to the underside of the pine cone with the feet sticking out in front.
Place card holders– Have the kids make enough turkeys so that each place setting has one. Using cardstock, construction paper or any other paper you have on hand, write the names of everyone that will be attending your Thanksgiving dinner. Lean the place cards against each turkey or stick it between the middle layers of the pine cone. Now you have seasonal place card holders that can be used from year to year. Or you can send the turkey pine cones home with the kids as a little party favor.
Tips:
Several of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums rocked the red carpet to the 2014 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Here’s what they wore:
Jennifer Lopez showed off her svelte and hot mama bod in a satin Reem Acra dress with sparking nude Christian Louboutin pumps and Norman Silverman diamonds.
Garcelle Beauvais worked the carpet in a crimson Michael Costello figure hugging halter t-neck dress, with a gold clutch and gold and black gladiator heels with a black cuff.
Heidi Klum went quirky with a criss cross pink and black Versace dress with Versace pink and blue platform heels.
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