FSF4U-1 Moving Forward by https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2021-10-18 02:41:26 UTC 2025-10-24 11:25:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Thorn https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825017273 Racism is a very difficult thing to talk about - even in english. I do not feel that I have a good enough vocabulary to participate in the difficult conversations without making broad generalization and therefore I was very uncomfortable speaking in this unit]]> 2021-10-18 18:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825017273 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825019458 Rose : Looking forward to starting the new unit. The book looks interesting

Thorn : Even though I don't really mind learning about racism and discussing it. I didn't feel like I had the ability to do so respectfully in French because of my limited vocabulary and understanding of some of the concepts we were taught in class]]> 2021-10-18 18:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825019458 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825020543 Even if the delivery of the unit was not perfect, I appreciate the effort that was put into it and that we were able to discuss these subjects. I think it's better to try, make mistakes and learn from them, then not try at all, and I hope that, with student feedback, the unit is improved upon moving forward and continued.]]> 2021-10-18 18:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825020543 Bud https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825022875 I hope in the future that more time is spent on learning relevant vocabulary to discuss these issues. I think that main challenge was speaking about challenging subjects like racism in french, when we had a limited vocabulary to do so and wanted to be precise with our answers.]]> 2021-10-18 18:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825022875 Bud https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825023320 More resources viewed in class from POC. It hard to have meaningful discussions of racism when the leader/creator of content does not have experiences of racism]]> 2021-10-18 18:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825023320 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825024383
Thorn: During this unit I was very uncomfortable most of the time, a lot of the activities felt intrusive. I appreciate the attempt to bring awareness to these topics but the delivery needed to be different.  ]]> 2021-10-18 18:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825024383 Rose, Bud, Thorn https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825026393 Rose: We got to learn about an array of actors and people from an array of different backgrounds, who were all successful in their own ways
Thorn: As a white student, it felt really uncomfortable answersing certain questions from persectives of people of other races. I'm grateful for having never experienced racism, but I don't want to incorrectly portray the ideas or the mindset of an actor of different decent from my self, especially with my weak vocabulary.
Bud: I hope that next time this unit is done, that we can hear from more diverse perspectives in both oral and written ways, like the interview with Frederique Chau
]]> 2021-10-18 18:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825026393 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825026512 Bud: I am looking forward to starting a new unit that will hopefully be better and more inclusive. ]]> 2021-10-18 18:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825026512 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825028884 rose: Although the unit wasn't perfect we shared a lot of good ideas and explored important topics]]> 2021-10-18 18:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825028884 rose #2 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825029090 I really liked that Dr. Bayle tried her best to make it a safe space in class for us to talk about racism and discrimination because we don't have the opportunity to do so in many other classes.]]> 2021-10-18 18:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825029090 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825034307 Thorn: the vocabulary that we used was sometimes hurtful. The phrase "perceived minority" undermines the hardships that minorities face across the world. Though they may not be a minority in a specific space they still have experienced discrimination because of their identity]]> 2021-10-18 18:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825034307 Rose https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825038410 I think that the written evaluation was one of the better ways we looked at racism, because we could explain our reasoning about a certain topic, such as the movie, without having to fell obliged to lie or stress abut saying something from another actors perspective that was wrong, or not how we meant it to be. ]]> 2021-10-18 18:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825038410 Bud https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825039024 Suggestion: I'm seeing a lot of students say that they didn't feel like they had the appropriate vocabulary to use in discussion. Perhaps, next time, you can start the unit off with some vocabulary we can use in discussion (e.g. model minority, discrimination, words to describe people of color and minority groups in French, religion, sexuality, etc.)]]> 2021-10-18 18:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825039024 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825039732 Rose: The inclusion of the sensitive topic was a little surprising but it was pretty interesting, adding a little more substance to the course and provides a chance to connect what we learned with the real world. 

Thorn: The difficult subject matter in this unit made it harder to get involved, as there is so much you must be aware of and also to consider so that you don't hurt other people. I didn't mind what we did too much, but I am also quite aware that many other people felt very uncomfortable during some of the activities we had to do, which is never a good thing, especially when touching on these kinds of topics. 

Bud: Looking forward to how the rest of this course will go!]]> 2021-10-18 18:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825039732 https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825041021 One large thing that I really felt uncomfortable with was the term "people perceived as minorities". It doesn't matter if the majority of people in a room isn't white, or not, racism is ongoing and there will always be minorities. We have have the term, "People of Colour (POC)" which is widely recognized and used. 

A lot of the discussions were informative, but the sense that I get from how the information was presented was that it was something new, when its been a long-since ongoing issue that's been brought to the light for many many years now. The intention was nice but it is also a bit insulting, as many of us have lived and experienced things which we then have to read through in articles. 

The awareness of racism and the privilege is nice, but it doesn't work when not everyone is engaged or willing to share, and yet they're expected to (or there is the implication that they should), as well as this is a very heavy conversation topic and not entirely suited for us to do in French, as many of us lack the knowledge in the language to be able to say the things we want.]]> 2021-10-18 18:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825041021 Thorn https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825043413 I think I times I was uncomfortable because I felt I did not have the best french vocabulary for this unit. The activity assuming the experience or write from the perspective of a POC actor was difficult and a bit uncomfortable because I am not a POC. I don't want to speak for that community and I haven't had similar experiences therefore, I feel like my response wouldn't be as accurate and I don't want to portray certain people/communities in the wrong way. Certain questions felt wrong answering them because I didn't want to say something in french that wasn't right/my place.]]> 2021-10-18 18:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ebayle1_1/1vsvrr3mpxs1i1cn/wish/1825043413