https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1 What are the components of White Supremacy Culture and how have they shown up in my life and classroom? en-us 2020-03-16 19:12:17 UTC 2025-10-01 22:40:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270a.png kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462254973 Watch 2:45-6:44]]> 2020-03-16 19:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462254973 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462256023 I am from liberation, yours, mine and ours.
I am from you and you are from me.
I am from each inhale and exhale.

_{What connections are you making to these truths? 
What does it mean to be from an inhale and an exhale? 
What are we breathing in everyday that has the capacity to change our bodies? 
What are we breathing out everyday that has the capacity to change the bodies of others?
What is liberation to you?}]]> 2020-03-16 19:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462256023 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462256704 I am not neutral, and neither are you.

_{When have you been neutral? 
Can neutrality exist in the world you are trying to create? 
Who has the capacity to be neutral and who doesn't? 
Is neutrality a privilege?}]]> 2020-03-16 19:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462256704 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462259350 Pick one of the boxes below, either "The Truth Is..." or "Neutrality" and write a comment responding to what the contents of the box mean to you. Guiding questions have been provided but feel free to respond in any way that feels right for you.]]> 2020-03-16 19:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462259350 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462261675 2020-03-16 19:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462261675 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462280690 2020-03-16 19:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462280690 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462283340 2020-03-16 19:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462283340 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462306682 2020-03-16 20:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462306682 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462307431 2020-03-16 20:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462307431 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462308514 2020-03-16 20:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462308514 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462309141 2020-03-16 20:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462309141 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462310420 2020-03-16 20:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462310420 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462310837 2020-03-16 20:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462310837 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462311385 2020-03-16 20:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462311385 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462311605 2020-03-16 20:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462311605 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462311812 2020-03-16 20:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462311812 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462312788 2020-03-16 20:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462312788 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462313402 2020-03-16 20:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462313402 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462313942 2020-03-16 20:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462313942 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462314325 2020-03-16 20:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462314325 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462329299 _{Making a mistake is confused with being a mistake.
Doing wrong is confused with being wrong. 
Failure to appreciate one's own good work; more likely to point out faults or "failures."}]]> 2020-03-16 20:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462329299 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462332001 _{When someone raises an issue that causes discomfort, the response is to blame the person for raising the issue rather than to look at the issue which is actually causing the problem.
Emphasis on being polite.}]]> 2020-03-16 20:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462332001 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462333448 _{A lot of energy is spent trying to make sure that people’s feelings aren’t getting hurt or working around defensive people.
Criticism of those with power is viewed as threatening and inappropriate.}]]> 2020-03-16 20:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462333448 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462338726 _{Little or no value attached to process; if it can’t be measured, it has no value.
Discomfort with emotion and feelings.}]]> 2020-03-16 20:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462338726 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462341662 _{There is one right way to do things and once people are introduced to the right way, they will see the light and adopt it.
When they do not adapt or change, then something is wrong with them}]]> 2020-03-16 20:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462341662 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462343453 _{Frequently results in sacrificing potential allies for quick or highly visible results. 
For example sacrificing interests of communities of color in order to win victories for white people}]]> 2020-03-16 20:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462343453 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462345072 _{The organization does not take into account or value other ways in which information gets shared.
Those with strong documentation and writing skills are more highly valued, even where ability to relate to others is key to the mission.}]]> 2020-03-16 20:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462345072 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462351247 _{Those with power often don’t think it is important or necessary to understand the viewpoint or experience of those for whom they are making decisions.
Those without power do not really know how decisions get made and who makes what decisions, and yet they are completely familiar with the impact of those decisions on them}]]> 2020-03-16 20:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462351247 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462359023 _{No sense that things can be both/and.
Results in trying to simplify complex things.}]]> 2020-03-16 21:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462359023 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462360194 _{Little experience or comfort working as part of a team.
Competition more highly valued than cooperation.
Leads to isolation.}]]> 2020-03-16 21:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462360194 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462361970 _{The belief that if something is going to get done right, ‘I’ have to do it
Little or no ability to delegate work to others.}]]> 2020-03-16 21:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462361970 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462363696 _{This characteristic is observed in how we define success 
Progress is an organization which expands (adds staff, adds projects) or develops the ability to serve more people (regardless of how well they are serving them)}]]> 2020-03-16 21:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462363696 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462365484 _{The belief that there is such a thing as being objective or ‘neutral.'
The belief that emotions are inherently destructive.}]]> 2020-03-16 21:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462365484 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462368851 _{The belief that those with power have a right to emotional and psychological comfort (another aspect of valuing ‘logic’ over emotion)}]]> 2020-03-16 21:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462368851 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462369611 _{Little, if any, value around sharing power
Power seen as limited, only so much to go around
Those with power feel threatened when anyone suggests changes in how things should be done in the organization.}]]> 2020-03-16 21:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/462369611 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/463751452 2020-03-17 21:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/463751452 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/466495009 2020-03-19 15:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/466495009 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/466495631 2020-03-19 15:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/466495631 kathyslop https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/466497639 1. Open the document and make a copy to your drive. 
2. Answer the reflection questions.
3. Be ready to share 1-2 reflections you have from this session]]> 2020-03-19 15:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kathyslop/WSCpart1/wish/466497639