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Empathy is critical for making progress toward racial equity because it affects whether individuals or organizations take any action and if so, what kind of action they take. There are at least four ways to respond to racism: join in and add to the injury, ignore it and mind your own business, experience sympathy and bake cookies for the victim, or experience empathic outrage and take measures to promote equal justice. The personal values of individual employees and the core values of the organization are two factors that affect which actions are undertaken.

A school’s climate is like its personality. The term “school climate” covers everything from norms and values, to the quality of relationships, celebration of diversity, physical and emotional safety and rigorous teaching practices.