https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n Think about an example in your own life when you were either impacted by one of those toxic rain clouds or when you unknowingly perpetuated one of those clouds. (at home, school, church, organization, etc.) What happened? Where? How did you feel? en-us 2021-06-11 17:40:46 UTC 2021-06-11 20:50:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2601.png https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601898414 I was carrying laundry to the laundromat when a person on the street asked, "Hey Big Guy, got a dollar?" (I'm a tall ciswoman who often gets misgenderered in public spaces.) I continued to walk past this person without turning my head, and they persisted: "Hey, do you speak English?!" I was wearing sunglasses and couldn't piece together whether or not they could tell I am Asian American. The misgendering felt "normal" at this point, but I was so thrown off by the speaking English comment.]]> 2021-06-11 20:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601898414 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601898794 At the start of the school year one of my students made the comment that they couldn't see one of the other students in the dark when the lights had been turned off as a "joke", laughing while they said it. I perpetuated colorism in this moment because as the teacher I didn't do anything to address it. It made me feel really awful when I reflected on it after that, but obviously far worse and more damaging than how I felt was how the student could have felt and also other students in the class who saw it go unaddressed.]]> 2021-06-11 20:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601898794 zoenovak https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899216 I attended a protest in response to police brutality in my hometown. I went to listen to the experiences of the black communities that had been impacted by this event. At the protest, I was standing behind a group of men (that I identified as white) who were talking over one of the speakers. Because I assumed that these men were white, I asked them to respectful of the speakers and I think I said, "We're here to listen to the experiences of non-white folks today." One of the men graciously told me that he was Dakota and had joined to protest in solidarity with the black community. I think about this event almost ever day. I made an assumption about these men that erased their identity. I had the privilege to overlook their experience. I return to this when I am considering if I am participating in events to signal my virtue or really there to learn and listen. 
 ]]> 2021-06-11 20:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899216 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899260 It was late at night at a party and I was very drunk. I said something to a friend and someone overheard and called me out for it. I didn't know until the morning what I said, and they were very crude sexual remarks about two people at the party. I still feel immense shame over those remarks. ]]> 2021-06-11 20:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899260 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899317 When I was in high school, my English teacher told me that she could not respect a man after seeing him cry. This affected how I behaved around women for years. It took several women in my life telling me it was okay to cry for me to unlearn that stigma.]]> 2021-06-11 20:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899317 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899355 after I came out to my classmates I had a religious acquaintance tape a letter on my locker about why I was going to Hell. A lot of kids at school new about it and I used humor to brush it off but I still think about it and wish I would have stood up for myself. ]]> 2021-06-11 20:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601899355 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900451 I made a comment that passed judgment on people who aren't vaccinated, but then was checked (rightfully so) about people who can't take time off work/can't travel to a clinic/live rural, etc. Also the people getting vaccines in certain communities are outsiders often taking slots from locals. ]]> 2021-06-11 20:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900451 wwangalice https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900462 Growing up, I didn't really notice the imbalance of voices heard in the classroom--but when I went college (women's college), I was suddenly shocked to realize that there was a dramatic difference in how I felt speaking up in a space of overwhelmingly women. I realized that I had been conditioned to listen to male voices, while staying silent myself. That freeing feeling was coupled with disappointment at how insidious and deeply rooted patriarchy is, even in the classroom.]]> 2021-06-11 20:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900462 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900904 My grandpa called me on my birthday this year and told me all about my hormones and why I would be wanting to settle down and have kids and pass off "discipline" to my future husband. I don't know why I felt like I could not (and in past similar experiences have not) express how much that hurt.]]> 2021-06-11 20:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900904 fjauregui12 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900933 visiting family in Mexico, it was very clear that anti-black sentiment is still prevalent in mexican culture. having darker skin in the family is subtly looked down upon with a lot of jokes about skin color ]]> 2021-06-11 20:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601900933 emily_hess2 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601901124 I unintentionally centered Whiteness and othered Blackness in teaching a current events lesson, and caused harm and trauma for my single Black student in my class.  She asked to be moved to another teacher, and I was offended and hurt (more WSC).]]> 2021-06-11 20:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601901124 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601902482 I was sitting on a bus with my legs and body spread out, and simultaneously was hearing a podcast about cismen taking up space in public. I immediately made myself small but looking around the rest of the bus realized how true/real that is...]]> 2021-06-11 20:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601902482 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601902946 I attended a school in a very rural town, other than the student population there was limited diversity. My freshman year there were actually KKK flyers spread around campus. Additionally other issues persisted throughout my time there. The experience is just very eye opening that despite the argument we have come a long way from slavery, jim crow era, civil rights, etc. Until it is addressed at it's roots it will persist. ]]> 2021-06-11 20:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601902946 https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601904447 when I was young I had a close friend with Cerebral Palsy who used a wheelchair. Her parapro at school once called me out and asked why I talked to my friend like she was much younger than me. I recognize now that I was infantilizing her because of her disability instead of seeing her as a person with similar wants and experiences as my own.]]> 2021-06-11 20:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601904447 leahmarierose https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601907316 2021-06-11 20:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601907316 zoenovak https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601909016 I use language that is exclusive almost every day. I am continuing to learn more and more about this and challenge myself to acknowledge that my communities have been predominately able. ]]> 2021-06-11 20:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/missv81/dkzfcux61fvhgp7n/wish/1601909016