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I would like to have a partner in this, because it's scarier to go alone

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I would like to have a partner in this, because it's scarier to go alone

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An explicit discussion about what trust means, what our boundaries are, etc

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It would have to be a space with comfortable furniture

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Allow self selected groups or allow/encourage teachers to form trusted groups to tackle this issue

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Remind students that their experiences and identity are valid before we begin

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Remind students that their experiences and identity are valid before we begin

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To design a space, play a lot of student friendly music to transition from one activity to another.

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To design a space, play a lot of student friendly music to transition from one activity to another.

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A video/documentary of integration in sports such as Jackie Robinson 42 movie

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I would want a plan.

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To create a safe and trusting community.

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To create a safe and trusting community.

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Support students in becoming leaders in these conversations.

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I need more than just texts to read but experiences of engagement one-on-one with those who are willing to be authentic and vulnerable within the context of human respect.

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-Allow students to make their own groups so they can find people who they are comfortable with to talk about these topics
-Write out guidelines and reminders on the whiteboard
-Remind students all of their experiences, identity, and thoughts are valid before we start our discussion

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I would need a space for healing. One thing about talking anti-racist is there will be people reliving traumatic experiences, and I think before we try to tackle the topic, we should be able to heal too. Can't help someone else if I'm hurt, right?

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I love being able to see everyone who is participating in the discussion.

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I love being able to see everyone who is participating in the discussion.

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lots of visuals that show the plurality/diversity of the communities to which we belong: classroom, school, neighborhood, city, state, country, continent, globe

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lots of visuals that show the plurality/diversity of the communities to which we belong: classroom, school, neighborhood, city, state, country, continent, globe

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We have to create an academic discussion about the oppression history and how to understand it and reorganize it to plant a seed in new generations.

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It would be a space where we can sit in a circle. 

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It would be a space where we can sit in a circle. 

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Clarify what exactly do we understand as white supremacy and have a diverse group of people share  their ideas and opinions.

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Clarify what exactly do we understand as white supremacy and have a diverse group of people share  their ideas and opinions.

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Every time we engage in this type of training, it feels condescending, undermining, divisive, and fostering victim mentality.

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There needs to be a safe space that they can talk and listen. To be able to feel safer, no judgement is being made. Some strategies can be practiced to respond appropriately.

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Courageous + Inclusive Learning Space Ideas

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Courageous + Inclusive Learning Space Ideas

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-flexible, comfortable seating
-visual aid/examples of social change-makers from around the globe posted around the room
-mindfulness corner, where students can engage in self-reflection and breath work, have access to sensory tools, and recollect their focus for the class
-Student facilitators (after you demonstrate for the class + unpack as a group what "facilitating" entails)
-Regular practice of Group Expectation Building, Socratic Dialogues, and Self Reflection
-Courageous question corner, where students can share anonymous questions relating to oppression/prejudice/systematic practices that they wish for the class to engage with via Socratic dialogue

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diversity is not in the color of our skins, but in the variety of our thoughts.

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I’d personally feel like I could not do the conversation justice because I am white and may not have as deep of an understanding as someone with darker skin. I confess that I often feel blamed (reptilian reaction) for being white during these discussions…. White people can be traumatised too. I can’t change the color of my skin either.

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Shift the framing so it is broader (about how to create a more just classroom, city, state, country, world for all people who are marginalized in some way - including class, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, gender, age, gender expression, language, etc.). Simultaneously, make it more specific - so we can talk about how oppression/implicit bias/prejudice manifest more precisely (for example as racism or discriminatory treatment/disciplins of AA children in schools, particularly in terms of referrals and suspensions) and how we can build awareness (data - both qualitative and quantitative) that leads to meaningful action.

Look at/acknowledge how our implicit bias manifests even when we are seeking to disrupt inequity (e.g., during this important presentation that is helping us think more critically about race, the gender binary was reinforced several times). This can be done in so many ways, but modeling our learning and acknowledging our mistakes/ignorance is a starting place. There is a lot to learn. Most of us will get something wrong or inadvertently reify (reproduce) oppression and marginalization on a fairly regular basis. How can we both create the space for us to be learners in all our glorious imperfection and build our capacity to disrupt unconscious bias that reproduces harmful constructs?

Finally, deep empathy. And an understanding of intersectionality. We are all holding different keys to power (it’s a keychain not a single key). Being woke regarding identities or experiences that we have personally experienced first hand doesn’t make us more compassionate or intelligent or unbiased than others. It’s hard not to see marginalization when you’re steeped in it every day. So imagine yourself in other people’s shoes as we have these conversations: if you are a person of color, imagine what kind of white person you might have been. If you are gay, imagine what kind of straight person you might have been - and by this I mean, recognize that your understanding of your own marginalization might be an artifact more of your personal experiences with oppression than of your character or ability to see injustice better than others. Resist self righteousness and indignation. Resist us/them thinking. Embrace humility. Embrace both/and. Be brave and speak your truth, but do it with compassion and humility. Let connection, story, joy, and a commitment to repair harm that you have caused or that others have caused you, build a bridge that takes us to the promised land (or at least a few steps closer to it).

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Ask students what their experiences, good and bad, have been with such spaces before.

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Ask students what their experiences, good and bad, have been with such spaces before.

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Safe space is to talk with people that I know well enough to talk about anything openly.

In a bigger group: have anonymous answers, so we are not concerned with people judging us for our truth or feelings.  Some people do not know us, so could be concerned that they may not accept us as a person or our thoughts.  First impressions can last.  I am white, so I feel like I am being judged or thought of as the enemy or the person that is doing things wrong in these discussions, so I do not feel comfortable speaking my mind.  Even when I am not doing something wrong in the situation.  I listen to others strong feelings and I do not want to be the person to respond to their anger or frustration.  I am willing to listen and hear their advice on what they feel is being done wrong.  But I do not want to feel like most of the conversation is just about us white people doing things wrong.  We are not the only ones making mistakes.  None of us can choose the color of our skin, nor what gender we were born with.

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Google form for private discussion answers about teacher practices.  Anonymous padlet for society or education in general discussion.  No names or specific finger pointing.

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No names or finger pointing to embarrass someone in public.

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Continued exposure to it; more conversations!

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Continued exposure to it; more conversations!

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Include students, teachers, adult and admin as we decide together

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Include students, teachers, adult and admin as we decide together

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Talk about experiences of different kinds that made them uncomfortable.

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I would make sure they know that making mistakes is ok.

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I would make sure they know that making mistakes is ok.

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A space comfortable with soft colors. No bright light. Lots of natural lighting.

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I think that to have this conversation we must first discuss where the current discourse is, and whether we think the current discourse facilitates or impedes "real talk." There's a lot of controversy around this discourse and I'm not sure the conversation can be authentic if we assume that the discourse is inclusive and reflective of our realities and the realities for our students.

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Have multiple modes of expression in the ways that students share out: ie play a song that speaks to their sentiment, choice of writing over speaking or vice versa

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I would like to have an activity for the aftermath of sharing our feelings. To many times we share our experiences of hurt, and pain yet we don't focus on how do we heal that hurt and pain.

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I would like to have an activity for the aftermath of sharing our feelings. To many times we share our experiences of hurt, and pain yet we don't focus on how do we heal that hurt and pain.

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I would actually advocate for smaller groups and have times when this work can be done within groups we already exist within (program; grade level; PLC)

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Exchange experiences.

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I would first have to develop a safe space to hold that conversation in my classroom, including setting norms of what our conversations are and what they are not.

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I would first have to develop a safe space to hold that conversation in my classroom, including setting norms of what our conversations are and what they are not.

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I don't know... as I said before, I don't feel comfortable leading anything about race because I'm white and not brown/black. I feel the discussions are already sounding too blaming.

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I don't know... as I said before, I don't feel comfortable leading anything about race because I'm white and not brown/black. I feel the discussions are already sounding too blaming.

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It might be helpful to have colleagues self-select kind of where they're at in this process. Some have been doing this work a long time and some are looking/thinking about this for the first time.

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Create a safe space where it’s inviting. And thinking of some ice breakers/ video to start up a conversation.

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Being open and honest. I like smaller groups and that would help with staying engaged.

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I think we have more strength when we think about ourselves in regard to what we share instead of saying "you must..., because you are..."

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Training in NVC would be helpful in having compassionate conversations.