#BreakFree 

Essential Questions: How does one prepare oneself for “freedom”?

What effect does stereotyping have upon our past, present, and future?

As we study our American History, we will come to understand the consequences of human errors, biases, judgments, discrimination, and more. Within that same narrative, we will also study the amazing triumphs behind human perseverance, progressiveness, growth, and love. When we decide to move forward and change our world for the better, we are accepting the challenge of not only rebutting but also reforming those ideas that prevent our nation from living up to the founding ideal of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Stereotypes are widely accepted and fixed ideas of a particular type of person or group of individuals.  These identifying labels are one of the biggest obstacles that our community faces for they lead to oppression, inequality, and intolerance. More so, the practice of stereotyping will even give way to a phenomenon called:

Stereotype Threat refers to being at risk of confirming, as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one's group. (Steele & Aronson, 1995)   

This project is a MOVEMENT that we are naming  #BreakFree. This project is about creating something VIRAL that encourages our viewers to “BreakFree” from the misconceptions, to BreakFree from societal judgments, to BreakFree from history’s abuses, and more importantly to BreakFree from the threats of stereotyping.  Our Dream Goal is to become VIRAL in the world of the media. 

Some of our Inspirations