One Teacher’s Quest To Fight White Nationalism In CPS

By Meha Ahmad
Nora Flanagan, a teacher at Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago, has developed a toolkit to help school communities recognize and confront white nationalism among students. Flanagan says the issue has become more pressing in recent years, as students have been targeted for recruitment into the movement online.
Nora Flanagan, a teacher at Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago, has developed a toolkit to help school communities recognize and confront white nationalism among students. Flanagan says the issue has become more pressing in recent years, as students have been targeted for recruitment into the movement online. Odette Yousef/WBEZ
Nora Flanagan, a teacher at Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago, has developed a toolkit to help school communities recognize and confront white nationalism among students. Flanagan says the issue has become more pressing in recent years, as students have been targeted for recruitment into the movement online.
Nora Flanagan, a teacher at Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago, has developed a toolkit to help school communities recognize and confront white nationalism among students. Flanagan says the issue has become more pressing in recent years, as students have been targeted for recruitment into the movement online. Odette Yousef/WBEZ

One Teacher’s Quest To Fight White Nationalism In CPS

By Meha Ahmad
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Earlier this year, the Southern Poverty Law Center released its findings that the number of hate groups in the U.S. had hit a 20-year high, and that the most significant growth was in the number of white nationalist organizations, up from 100 in 2017 to 148 in 2018.

But how is this rise in white nationalism playing out in schools — filled with impressionable students?

A new toolkit developed by an English teacher in Chicago aims to help students and adults figure out how to deal with white nationalism in student settings.

Morning Shift explores the new toolkit. 

GUESTS: Odette Yousef, reporter on WBEZ’s Race, Class and Communities desk

Nora Flanagan, teacher at Chicago’s Northside College Preparatory High School.

LEARN MORE: CPS Teacher Develops Toolkit To Fight White Nationalism (WBEZ 6/19/19)