I think that this post calls attention to a for-real problem that is getting by us. Please give it a good read, and please practice the responses you see there.
The post begins with the following:
Bullying against Muslim students is happening all across this country. It is real, it is ugly, and it is happening way more often than you might think. According to a 2020 survey by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, 51 percent of Muslim families reported that their child had been bullied because of their faith. And 56 percent of Muslim students feel unsafe, unwelcome, or uncomfortable in school. If we learned anything in teacher college, it’s that students who don’t feel safe at school can’t learn. And we know from long experience the negative effects of bullying on mental health and overall well-being.
Let's not forget about the teachers, either. Elsewhere on the website there is an interesting article on why "Teachers don't need to be resilient." The teachers are part of the solution to bullying and intimidation and discrimination, but if the community isn't hands-on supporting the teachers and staff and their unions, and if the unions aren't building cooperation with he community, them things will fall apart. My disagreements with the article on teacher resiliency are that the article doesn't go far enough and I bristle at people being considered "professional capital." Readers might be interested in this article and this one also.
