https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd We will use this padlet to discuss what we are thinking, feeling and curious about while reading. We will also use it to guide some discussions. Make sure to sign your name on th post! en-us 2020-06-30 11:34:55 UTC 2020-07-06 18:10:09 UTC hello@padlet.com bpaikowsky https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/645968511 "But it's important to remember that racist ideas are ideas. Anyone can produce or consume them, as this book shows." 

This quote, and the next two chapters I read, really stood out to me and made me think about what it means to have a racist idea. Racist ideas come in all shapes and sizes- they can be quick statements, chapters of textbooks or entire presidencies. A lot of people I know have said to me "I'm not racist." Something I am learning about (through this book) is that you can still have racist ideas, even if you are working to be antiracist. I wish that a text like this existed when I was younger so that I (and to be honest, most of the other white kids at my school, like me) were learning about how racism is more than just one thing you say or do, but is really a system of ideas and decisions that impact lives.

I'm eager to keep reading with you- thanks for letting me take part- Mr. Pie. ]]> 2020-07-02 13:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/645968511 brandona6 https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646028524 Reading the chapters made me feel embbaresed that people like me thought that people where bad just because of the color of there skin.]]> 2020-07-02 14:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646028524 mknipes https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646033214 "Segregationists. Assimilationists. Antiracists.
There are serious definitions to these things, but... I’m going to give you mine.
Segregationists are haters. Like, real haters. People who hate you for not being like them. Assimilationists are people who like you, but only with quotation marks. Like...“like” you. Meaning, they “like” you because you’re like them. And then there are antiracists. They love you because you’re like you."]]> 2020-07-02 14:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646033214 mknipes https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646034489 I felt discouraged. I was reminded that racism is not just a feeling people have but a set of ideas to justify their feelings.
I was also encouraged because being able to see that the ideas started somewhere means they can end. We can help other ideas grow.]]> 2020-07-02 14:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646034489 mknipes https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646040373 "Well, Zurara was the first person to write about and defend Black human ownership, and this single document began the recorded history of anti- Black racist ideas."]]> 2020-07-02 14:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646040373 mknipes https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646052800 When the police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd he said it was because George tried to use a fake $20 bill and resisted being arrested for it. The officer was trying to justify murdering George by saying he was a bad person.]]> 2020-07-02 14:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646052800 mknipes https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646055875 Meaning, who justifies get wealth and power with racist ideas?]]> 2020-07-02 14:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/646055875 https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/648531270 this made me feel uneasy by just thinking about the fact that slaves couldnt stand out for their self or for any one and thinking that no one is there to help out or understand how it feels other than their own race make me mad and sad for them.]]> 2020-07-06 18:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bpaikowsky/11j2uu93uqfgh4xd/wish/648531270