A New York City middle school will offer what some are describing as a controversial but optional two-day exercise for seventh and eighth-graders. They’ll have the opportunity, if they’d like, to divide into five racial groups to explore how race influences their experiences. The group that decides not to participate will discuss a question the principal writes as, “Why are we even talking about racial identity?” The principal, who’s Black, reportedly explained the details in a recent email to parents, and said she offered the option to students because she feels the school has not done a good job of addressing racial issues. Democratic strategist Bre Maxwell and social justice commentator Dr. Omékongo Dibinga join Charles Blow on “Prime” to discuss.

Young poet Giovanni Rose has won a prestigious poetry award with his piece Welcome to Tottenham. The teenager beat 6,000 other youngsters from around the world to win the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award.

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Rap Club is a charity with hubs in Croydon and Camden, helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to create their own material. It receives funding from BBC Children in Need.

Rev. Al Sharpton Debunks Myths About Black Fatherhood

Despite only making up around 6% of the global population, Indigenous people protect 80% of biodiversity left in the world. We spoke to six young Indigenous climate activists from the Ecuadorian Amazon, Chad, Alaska, Sweden, Indonesia and Australia about their people and culture – what we can learn from them about protecting our planet. Nina Gualinga, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Charitie Ropati, Sara-Elvira Kuhmunen, Emmanuela Shinta and Amelia Telford also told us about what they want to see from world leaders at the Cop26 summit and what makes them hopeful about the future.

Unreported World follows a private investigator trying to track down the indigenous women going missing without a trace in the wilderness of the United States. Thousands of indigenous women are believed to be missing or murdered, leaving families and loved ones desperately trying to find answers. But often confusion over jurisdictions between federal, state and tribal authorities can mean that many police investigations become cold cases that are never solved. Now indigenous women across the United States are stepping up to find their women.

Homeland actor David Harewood tells the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme why he has been part of the Operation Black Vote campaign. Just over half of voters from ethnic backgrounds turned out to vote at the UK general election in 2010. That compares to around 67% of white voters.

In this week’s Bye Line, Jonathan Capehart calls out the narrative of dysfunction surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris, and shares his thoughts on the leader she could be.“Harris has great instincts. If she is to ever exercise presidential power in her own right she and her staff must start following them… the sooner Harris and her staff do that, the more successful she will be,” he said.»

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