Matias Reading Reflection by https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7 How can teachers be emotionally committed to being culturally responsive even if it means experiencing the discomfort of learning about race and whiteness? How does repressing understandings of race and whiteness interfere with providing the authentic care and love needed to teach students of color? en-us 2020-07-13 18:20:09 UTC 2026-02-23 16:58:58 UTC hello@padlet.com accept discomfort, your students of color probably feel it every day. https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123190 2020-07-16 15:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123190 recognize that the discomfort is crucial to being a good teacher https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123348 2020-07-16 15:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123348 acknowledge anti-racism as an ongoing process/practice https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123432 2020-07-16 15:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123432 Engage in conversation with a learning community that is exploring whiteness chloebehar https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123579 2020-07-16 15:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123579 Realize that discomfort is necessary in order to learn about race and whiteness. https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123649 2020-07-16 15:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123649 bryanna_c_leyen https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123663 By ignoring race, you are ignoring the rich history and experiences (which influence funds of knowledge) that students bring into the classroom. They can bring new in new information and perspectives that can use in your teaching]]> 2020-07-16 15:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123663 Explore your whiteness https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123761 Confront]]> 2020-07-16 15:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123761 *know your audience* https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123800 2020-07-16 15:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123800 https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123966 by repressing understandings of race and whiteness, we fail to see the larger context of what is affecting and hurting marginalized students in their everyday lives, and in doing so we fail to understand them]]> 2020-07-16 15:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656123966 https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124173 teach, don't save]]> 2020-07-16 15:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124173 realize that your discomfort is probably you recognizing your privilege. naomimcquiller https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124242 2020-07-16 15:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124242 https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124270 "culturally responsive teachers cannot distance themselves from this anger of injustice and when White teachers realize they are as much a part of race as people of color, they cannot help but get angry. This is not to be confused with anger that stems from spite – it is instead a deep anger for human pain, a swift refusal to let it continue to happen. Only then does culturally responsive teaching turn into a project of the self and one’s relationship to society instead of a project to merely identify effective practices of the 'Other.'" (p. 78)]]> 2020-07-16 15:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124270 https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124618 repressing understanding is dishonesty with yourself - it is hard to create authentic relationships with others if you are not fully acknowledging your own experiences]]> 2020-07-16 15:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124618 https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124771 Repressing understanding of race and whiteness interfere with providing care b/c you are ignoring the student's identity]]> 2020-07-16 15:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656124771 knowing that while getting educated on racism can feel hard and painful, it's a privilege to be learning about racism rather than to be experiencing it https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656125008 2020-07-16 15:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656125008 Go somewhere where you are not the majority to experience the discomfort personally chloebehar https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656155150 2020-07-16 16:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chloebehar/3mq7yp5ronhmfjn7/wish/656155150