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Burlington Works Toward Inclusive Schools

The Burlington School District is the most diverse in the state.  More than 60 countries are represented in the student body, and 27 percent of the students are of color.  It’s a multiracial, multicultural environment – and one that the district works hard to make inclusive. 
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Vermont Reads: Teaching Diversity

This morning we conclude our series, Vermont Reads, To Kill a Mockingbird, VPR’s collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s statewide reading program. Today, we explore how we talk to young children about race.
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Vermont Reads: Study Examines Racial Profiling In Vermont

All this week VPR is taking a look at race in Vermont as part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s state-wide reading program, Vermont Reads, To Kill a Mockingbird. Today we look at the criminal justice system. Is racial profiling happening in Vermont’s police departments? For years no one knew, because unlike other states, police departments did not track race data. But now a pilot project aims to find out.
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Vermont Reads: Local Connections

All this week, VPR has been looking at race in Vermont, as part of our collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s statewide reading program. This year’s selection is To Kill a Mockingbird. Many events have been planned around the state to explore the novel and its themes. This month, Montpelier’s Lost Nation Theater is re-staging a local production of the play, which they originally put on three years ago.   
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Vermont Reads: Racial Profiling

All this week VPR is discussing race in Vermont. Today we look at the criminal justice system. The issue of whether or not justice is color-blind has long been debated in this country. Many people of color in Vermont say are stopped more frequently by police officers, and are targets for racial profiling. But is racial profiling happening in our police departments?
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Vermont Reads: Census Shows Increase In Multi-Racial Families

All this week, VPR is examining the role of race in Vermont as part of a series inspired by "To Killing a Mockingbird." Last year’s census showed that Vermonters who claim to be two or more races make up the largest minority population in Vermont. But when the Jones family moved to Addison County 30 years ago, they were the only multi-racial family in town.
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Vermont Reads: Families Discuss Race

All this week, VPR is examining the role of race in Vermont as part of a series inspired by "To Killing a Mockingbird." The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was chosen by the Vermont Humanities Council this year for Vermont Reads, its annual statewide reading program. Today, we look at race in families.
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Vermont Reads: VT Tribes Formally Recognized

All this week VPR is examining race as part of our 2011 collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s Vermont Reads statewide reading program. For the original Vermonters, the Abenaki, eugenics and racial prejudice led to a life lived in the shadows, where their ancestry was hidden, not celebrated. As VPR’s John Dillon reports, the Legislature has taken steps to put that history behind us.