The Talk, Vermont: Black, Brown, and Marginalized Students in Predominantly White School Settings

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From Rev. Arnold Thomas:

In our first program of 2025, we will meet Black, Latina, Bi-Racial, and Transgender students at Randolph Union High School who will share their daily experiences in and out the classroom as an example of what students like them encounter across the and country. The Randolf Union High School students are Savior Bass, Connor Deyette, Marissa Therrien, and Kenneth Brons Jr. 

When African Americans mention “The Talk,” they refer to important conversations their parents or elders had with them concerning how to survive in a racist, hostile, environment, specifically when confronted by the police. I imagine similar conversations occur between parents and children among all People of Color and marginalized communities. However, in a nation that will soon be dominated by people of color, it is crucial that such conversations occur among White families as well concerning how to live peacefully and productively in a multiracial and multicultural country where all prosper. The Talk, Vermont is about the concerns and interests of Black Vermonters, Vermonters of Color, and other marginalized communities that can be shared with all Vermonters and those who wish to live in one of the whitest state in the nation, in the hope that we can truly learn and grow from our interactions with one other, and make Vermont a truly hospitable state in which all may learn and grow.

This program was produced in part with facilities provided by Onion River Community Access Media (ORCA Media) in Montpelier, Vermont. www.orcamedia.net. This program was pre-recorded on December 9, 2024, to premier on January 7, 2025.

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