The Tough Topics by Aris Winger https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd Why is it so hard to talk about Race, Gender, Identity, and Difference? en-us 2022-08-15 12:16:41 UTC 2022-08-15 21:06:51 UTC hello@padlet.com I feel guilty https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572633 2022-08-15 20:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572633 these are deep and important issues, and most of us don't have a disciplinary background in them https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572732 2022-08-15 20:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572732 No one wants to think they are participating in racism https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572751 2022-08-15 20:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572751 feeling confident that I still belong in my position when I should be making space for others https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572814 2022-08-15 20:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572814 Most of us are white https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572844 2022-08-15 20:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572844 unconsciously favoring white/male students https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572865 2022-08-15 20:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261572865 REALLY being inclusive and open to students of all backgrounds https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573040 2022-08-15 20:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573040 I don't have good perspective on what people who are different than me feel https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573068 2022-08-15 20:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573068 We don't want to offend anyone https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573070 2022-08-15 20:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573070 I’m afraid that people who are okay with the status quo will be angry with me for bringing up issues regarding race. Partly because this has happened to me in the past. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573214 2022-08-15 20:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573214 It seems complex and I don't understand how to talk about it gillg8 https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573217 2022-08-15 20:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573217 i'm disproportionately turning away / failing minoritized students https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573238 2022-08-15 20:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573238 I have family members that are pretty racist https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573276 2022-08-15 20:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573276 constantly thinking about avoiding alienating language but knowing that language is also evolving https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573289 2022-08-15 20:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573289 saying the wrong thing and not having the opportunity to fix it https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573318 2022-08-15 20:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573318 I turn off a able student by not making them feel included https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573359 2022-08-15 20:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573359 hard to feel how others feel when not in their shoes https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573690 2022-08-15 20:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573690 Because inequality is so imbedded in our society that it seems impossible that equality can be achieved https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573787 2022-08-15 20:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573787 I get mentally exhausted from daily microaggressions. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573796 2022-08-15 20:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573796 Balance- https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573819 sometimes we think that something has to be this or that, but in reality it is on a spectrum, trying to navigate in between and connect two sides can be a challenge]]> 2022-08-15 20:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573819 I say/do the thing that makes a non-White student turn away from STEM https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573875 2022-08-15 20:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573875 Dealing with students that express harmful opinions https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573881 2022-08-15 20:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573881 Not knowing what people want or need https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573917 2022-08-15 20:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261573917 having students think that I have pre-judged them in any way https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574001 2022-08-15 20:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574001 not understanding and identifying the underlying issues (and so unable to correct) gillg8 https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574021 2022-08-15 20:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574021 understanding a perspective that I can't live...I can never truly answer what it means to be LatinX at SSU https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574078 2022-08-15 20:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574078 Pissing off white people with power and facing retribution. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574146 2022-08-15 20:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574146 https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574152 Because there isn’t one answer that can solve everything ]]> 2022-08-15 20:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574152 saying the wrong thing https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574166 2022-08-15 20:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574166 I have learned that STEM is a culture https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574179 and people do not feel like it's a culture that they can participate in. I don't want people to view STEM as competing with their other identities.]]> 2022-08-15 20:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574179 Unintentionally alienating a student https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574198 2022-08-15 20:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574198 offending people when that was not my intention, and not even being aware that I offended someone https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574294 2022-08-15 20:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574294 Actually being inclusive and not just thinking you are being inclusive https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574388 2022-08-15 20:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574388 Getting fired for trying to change the status quo. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574405 2022-08-15 20:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574405 Time. Exhaustion. This is going to take effort! (In a good way) https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574435 2022-08-15 20:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574435 inadvertently offending someone while trying to be inclusive https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574769 2022-08-15 20:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574769 people could be easily offended even if I did not mean so https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574986 2022-08-15 20:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261574986 Many people are a mixture of races https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575043 2022-08-15 20:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575043 Overcoming the implicit bias of students when engaged in instruction. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575061 2022-08-15 20:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575061 Not reaching the students who are too scared to communicate https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575360 2022-08-15 21:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575360 Turning a student away from our science by not including them https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575395 2022-08-15 21:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575395 Experiencing inequality but recognizing other people experience so much more inequality than I do, and I do not feel like I can improve the situation https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575588 2022-08-15 21:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261575588 Offending someone and not understanding how I offended them https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261576334 2022-08-15 21:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/53lqjmgao5q6axsd/wish/2261576334