Do I have the full picture?

I agree with the point that there is a teacher education gap. For this reason it is even more important that as teachers we should be knowledgeable about our history in order to prevent ourselves from being dysconsciously racist in our classrooms. Being dysconsciously racist means believing that racial injustices and white privilege's are justified and okay. Something else we need to look out for as future teachers is not to be micro aggressive, especially towards marginalized students. If teachers were to make sly comments about marginalized students and treat them differently than the rest of the students than that racism would become institutionalized leading it to become accepted knowledge in the classroom. Instead, we need to be inclusive, set an example for our students to be accepting of everybody, and encourage our students to learn about one another. 

A quote that stood out to me from the modules was "How can you love something you know so little about" by Bettina Love. This stood out to me because it emphasized how as teachers we should take the time and effort to get to know each of our students individually, for how else would we be able to support each others diversity if we know nothing about it. 

Moving forward, the TikTok titled "I didn't learn this in school" made me very aware that schools don't prioritize learning about our history as it pertains to racism. In the video "White hands in the dirt" I learned that not learning about racism or learning the bare minimum isn't okay. We need to be able to talk about our history in order to get justice moving forward. It's important that our students learn about our history so they can understand how we came to be, and respect each and every race/ethnicity for how they came up.