Often times we get caught up in the examples of racism we see in the media and forget that we have some first-hand experiences as well. Please remember back to an instance where someone you know was a victim of racism in everyday life and share that story with me. Remember to frame it within at least three terms provided in the toolbox below. Toolbox: Revisionism: typically referring to historical record, revisionism is the “re-writing” of a text that reflects the values, customs, and overall narrative of dominant groups. This includes mischaracterizing events and misrepresenting the people involved in them. Coded Language: words or statements that have a subtext based in some ideological enterprise. These words or statements mean one thing for the general public and something entirely different for a segment of that same population. Progress: as it is used in critical race studies, progress refers to a perceived movement forward to a more advanced operation in any number of cultural, political, social, economic, legal or technological states. Disparities: a vast difference between two or more comparative measures. “Disparities” are often used in race studies to describe inequality between racial groupings across socio-economic lines. Self-fulfilling Prophecy: a predictive condition that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true by the very terms established in its definition. Dog Whistle: a type of whistle that emits sounds that can only be heard by some animals (including dogs), but not by humans. “Dog whistle” has become a metaphor used to explain how the dynamics of coded-language operates—reaching some, but not others in a message (usually political) in order to strategically defend against it in the event it is called into question as offensive. This need not be verified (esp. if it was something of a second-hand story from a friend or acquaintance).