n we constantly engage to un? derstand how our positionality biases our epistemology, we greet the world with respect, interact with others to explore and cherish their differences, and live life with a fuller sense of self as part of a web of community.2
How inspiring, if you could introduce one idea to better our community, what would you do?
art of social justice means an academy where disciplinary theory reflects the positions of a maximum diversity of knowledge makers. Theo
I think this is amazing.
As a white male, for example, I never had to examine my white privilege or male privilege ? I had never even heard of these ter
I think we will begin to see more picture books come out about this to inform children on what white privilege is.
s. If you are heterosexual, you are not obliged to think about the norms and how they are shaped, because the norms work for you, and nearly every signal you receive reinforces those no
This forms a question for me when it comes to elementary education. When do you think it is appropriate to introduce what the LGBTQ+ community is, when do you think it is appropriate to introduce same-sex, sex? Today, picture books can introduce same sex parents but when it comes to Sex Education in school, I never once learned about same sex, sex. Luckily, my parents were very open to me and I understood the LGBTQ+ community and grew up in a very accepting household. But why don't we learn about that in school, we learn safe sex but not safe sex for non-heterosexuals. Are students too young? What about body dysmorphia and learning how to handle that as a young child? These aren't considered "norms" but we all deserve the education to know how to be safe.
e help them to articulate, justify, and embody values they find meaningful without imposing our values on them. In
We see how students are being introduced to different values in life yet not putting our personal values on to the students. Would you consider this being a form of a maladjusted educator? We aren't forcing values on them, which would be inappropriate with students, yet you are making them participate in projects that introduce them into different values.
scussion, their expertise more cogent. When discussing racism, for example, students of color may help white students understand relationships between the empowered and the disempowered, betwee
This is discussed a lot in the The Dis-ease of Color Blindness, pg.105 "white parents need to openly discuss race, especially whiteness, with their white children." With the BLM movement, a lot of people have been trying to educate themselves more on race and what they can do to help. Trying to become a voice for others, for our future generations, how would you educate them? How would we express this movement to educate future generations on this civil right movement?
ou come to understand how your positionality exists in relation to others; y
I think this is a good quote, this reminds me of a textbook I am reading for an English course, Writing in Transfer. The book discusses how we can all read something yet we can all view it in different ways. Depending on our pasts, we can all view our lives differently.
challenge power and change ourselves.
We as a society don't have to be cyclical, we can be linear and lead to a different life. We can create a revolution by creating a strong community which leads to structure.
as an army wife raising three kids on less than sustainable wag
I would just like to mention how being below America's poverty line is ridiculous. Also the fact that every state in America has a poverty percentage of ~15% (fact check me) or lower and then Puerto Rico is ~44% below the poverty line. It's just something to think about when you read Cristy's story about growing up in Mexico, which is sad to read.
ections between environmentalism and race, class, power, and privilege. E
Is this a form of intersectionality?
high percentage of first-generation college students from working-class backgrounds, and many of our students are older than traditional college students are. Most of our students have had to overcome significant obstacles to attend college. We serve the
I just think this is a perfect example how our society doesn't use equity for our students. We need hear the word equity more often, we need to prioritize who needs help first. If someone doesn't need useful resources, take the resources away from that person and give it to the other person who needs it more.
e narrow range of experiences we have had. We are then more willing, eager, or obliged to talk with others, as
I think this is why teachers must ask open-ended questions in a classroom, it requires sharing your life outside of school along with bringing in your cultural background. It broadens your ideas of life, that your culture isn't the only culture in this world.
or, often minority, sometimes bilingual ? as "deficits." T
Makes me think about how school districts are designed. Gentrification occurs in highly populated cities but while gentrification occurs they redraw the school districts so families below the poverty line aren't able to attend schools that were remodeled and gentrified. The cities aren't in favor for helping out the needed, this is why the middle class is disappearing because the government is even willing to give people below the poverty line a chance at education which makes young students believe college isn't important.
mmed into overcrowded classrooms, led by underpaid teachers who labor in crumbling infrastructure, many students do not get the quality education they deserve. To
I understand teachers are underpaid and it's a shame. I also believe nurses are underpaid. With that being said, does that really lead to students not getting quality education. What about the fact that what is considered a "need to know" is decided in only one state, Texas. Why are national standardized tests created in Texas. I don't mean to bring politics into a course, along with my bias but Texas is a more conservative state, California is not. Why do we have to limit every other state in the US to have it decided by Texas. Another example of this is how deaf people are supposed to take standardized tests created by people who can hear. ASL has their own form of grammar, people who are deaf are amazing in every subject except for when it comes to English tests because it was created by non-deaf learners. When will we be able to understand what GENERAL education is, for everybody. Also when will we be able to create better school districts for students so that classrooms aren't compact