Mamacita says:

After we read a story about colors, I once gave my 8th graders Pantone swatches and told them to find their skintone. Big shocker: nobody was white and nobody was black. The students were genuinely surprised and loved this. (Fancy words for simple colors abounding!) A few parents were furious, the good ol’ boy principal melted down, and this is one of many files in my personnel folder that I am very proud of. (It’s very easy to make a good ol’ boy melt down. )