Learning in Public
Courtney Martin challenges readers to rethink this “American ideal” that often hides inequality.
What is meritocracy?
The collection was created by Tarana Burke, a popular author and researcher.
Who is Brené Brown?
What is belonging?
Being accepted as your full self.
What is the term for barriers caused by the way systems are built?
Systemic Barriers
What do we call rules that seem fair but harm certain groups more — the same term you will match to examples in a race task?
Bias
This idea explains why some parents worry more about how things look than what their kids need.
What is parenting for show or performing for others?
The book's central theme is moving from shame to this.
What is healing?
What increases belonging?
Representation
What is the main reason the “opportunity gap” exists?
Unequal access to resources
What term describes assumptions made about someone’s identity — the same definition used in a vocabulary matching station?
Stereotype
In Learning in Public, Courtney enrolls her daughter Maya in this elementary school.
What is Emerson Elementary?
What is the main theme across YAYBT essays?
Healing from shame by telling the truth about your story.
What is a stereotype?
An assumption about a group of people.
What does “code switching” mean?
Changing how you speak or act to fit in
What concept explains how race, class, and gender overlap — the same term that appears as a fill-in-the-blank clue in the race?
Intersectionality
Courtney struggles with the realization that she benefits from this unfair social advantage based on race.
What is white privilege?
What is the opposite of shame, according to the book?
Connection
What is a systemic barrier?
A problem caused by the structure, not the person.
What does “representation” mean in class discussions?
Seeing people who look like you in spaces you occupy
Which two things did we say belonging requires — the same two you must choose between on a “belonging vs. fitting in” station card?
Support and Accountability
This character in the book represents the long-standing fight for public school equity in Oakland.
Who is Jasmyn?
Who wrote “The Magic of Black Joy” in You Are Your Best Thing?
Imani Perry
Which social advantage did Courtney Martin realize she benefited from?
White Privilege
What feeling did we identify when someone is the only one of their group in a room?
Isolation
What is the one skill that matters most in the Amazing Race final — the skill all clues are designed to test?
Applying course knowledge from memory!