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When ‘Just Joking’ Is No Joke: How to Respond When Students’ ‘Jokes’ are Biased or Offensive

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Group of high school students sitting in the hallway laughing
There are many benefits of humor. A good joke can ease tension in a stressful situation. Humor can connect people and bring them together. Jokes can bring levity to a situation that begs for lightheartedness. Being funny can signal to others who you are.  Humor can even open a conversation that previously felt closed or off-limits.  However, jokes and humor, when they target social identity groups, can do the opposite. They can make people feel unsafe, disconnected, excluded and…
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Mini-Lesson: Antisemitism

Tools and Strategies K-2 (Ages 5-7), 3-5 (Ages 8-10), 6-8 (Ages 10-13), 9-10 (Ages 14-15), 11-12 (Ages 16-17)
Educator participants in an ADL Bearing Witness training
Build skills to recognize and address antisemitism by exploring Jewish identity and unpacking the definition of antisemitism.
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Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories about Bias and Injustice

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Girl Writes Justice for Mike Brown in Chalk Ferguson Missouri
For Educators When there are national news stories that involve incidents of bias and injustice, young people want to be part of the conversation. Even at a young age, they hear adults talking about what’s happening, read about the story on social media or learn about it through television. Rather than protect children and youth from what’s going on in the world, there are age-appropriate and constructive ways to engage them in understanding the situation. Teachers…
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Litigating Against Extremism

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ADL’s new capacity to support municipalities, and others interested in using the law to deter harm and hold individuals and groups accountable for violent extremist actions. As our democracy as well as vulnerable communities are increasingly at risk of extremist violence and threats, ADL has expanded its capacity to support municipalities, community organizations and others interested in learning more about how to use the law to deter harm and hold individuals and groups responsible for…
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A Guide for Responding to School Sports-Related Bias Incidents

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Teens doing pushups, yoga
Has your school experienced a sports-related bias or hate incident? Athletic directors, coaches and school administrators play vital roles in creating a sports environment where all student-athletes can feel included and thrive. Just as schools expect staff, students and their families to uphold positive community values such as respect, inclusion and equity in the classroom and other places within the school building, as well as in digital spaces, schools sometimes fall short of…
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White Supremacist Prison Gang Patches

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The following is an inventory of known active white supremacist prison gangs, as well as which states they’re active in and examples of various “patches” associated with those prison gangs where available.
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Tips for Engaging and Disengaging on Social Media

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Social media is a hotbed of antisemitism, anti-Israel hate, Holocaust denial and distortion and other conspiracy theories. Check out our tips on how to engage and disengage in the fight against antisemitism, anti-Israel bias, and hate on social media.
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