Remake of Black Brown & Bruised - Chapter 3 Reflection by Erik McDonald https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw Made with ♥ en-us 2022-01-25 22:40:08 UTC 2022-01-29 01:48:40 UTC hello@padlet.com "Where did you find the answer" https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018742908 2022-01-28 22:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018742908 The frequency with which URM students are told they're being too sensitive. eriktou https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743302 2022-01-28 22:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743302 "faculty compete fiercely for recognition, grant money.." https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743368 2022-01-28 22:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743368 emcdonal1 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743822 “Asking URM students to continually be resilient and rise above racist policies, practices, and actions over and over again without appropriate supports is in actuality a form of oppression,…”  (pg.60)
What supports might we provide at UWT?]]> 2022-01-28 22:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743822 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743978 working through exhaustion..... ]]> 2022-01-28 22:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018743978 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744112 Does raising awareness in URM people exacerbate the stress?]]> 2022-01-28 22:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744112 Repeated themes https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744150 "Several themes emerged with haunting regularity from interviews with these students... self-blame and self-questioning (imposter syndrome), overworking in the hope of having their competence recognized, goingin into survival mode, experiencing racial battle fatigue, and being underemployed [by white or asian PIs]"]]> 2022-01-28 22:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744150 "First in their family"... even their family doesn't believe that they can aim that high https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744172 2022-01-28 22:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744172 In Chapter 3, I'm often struggling to link "interpersonal experiences/trauma" with "structural reform" — e.g., hard to have confidence that a particular structural reform will reduce interpersonal trauma. (Looking forward to Chapter 6!) eriktou https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744512 2022-01-28 22:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744512 "Resilience" might be a number of different things, some of which (all of which?) are actually traumatic paselkin https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744545 2022-01-28 22:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744545 caution to readers jaguirre50 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744791 "these two narratives...that ultimately lessened the blunt force of racism, must not be perceived as a way of 'fixing' the URM students."]]> 2022-01-28 22:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744791 Smiling as a coping response to uncomfortable situations https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744903 2022-01-28 22:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744903 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744925 study participants were often unable to identify the radicalized structural barriers embodied in cultural norms and institutional practices]]> 2022-01-28 22:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018744925 How do you create a truly welcoming space for the first BIPoC faculty member you hire, when they are the only one at the start? https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745072 2022-01-28 22:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745072 Feeling that one has to excel 2x as much as others to prove that one belongs paselkin https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745124 2022-01-28 22:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745124 Role of Resilience https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745160 In all honesty, I thought resilience was the key before reading this textbook. Obviously, everyone needs some level of "resilience" to stay with a challenge, but pointing out that asking those with a greater burden to just be "even more resilient" is a good point. ]]> 2022-01-28 22:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745160 We have understood well, that "selecting the best" doesn't serve the great way to get the best ideas. When we teach we strive to teach every student..to create and equitable space for learning. But when we assess faculty excellence why are now using "select the best" mechanism? https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745271 2022-01-28 22:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745271 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745495 Maybe calling students scientists will increase imposter sense rather than increase science identity. Focus on values rather than role and expertise?]]> 2022-01-28 22:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018745495 Calling your struggles "resilience" instead of recognizing that an unfair system has been created to benefit some. Sounds like our current promotion meritocracy. https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746131 2022-01-28 22:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746131 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746214 From "Managing Stereotypes" ... not wearing clothes associated with being a threat. ]]> 2022-01-28 22:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746214 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746500 Hiding queer experience to avoid “representing “ entire class of people]]> 2022-01-28 22:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746500 How do we balance attention? https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746544 The author notes a math student felt singled out that the professor kept looking at them for understanding. Looking at one individual more often or for longer is obviously singling them out, but what methods can we use to make sure we are giving equal attention? Surely we don't want to ignore someone either?]]> 2022-01-28 22:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746544 How can we teach our students healthy way of developing protective identities when most often our experiences were based on unhealthy coping mechanisms? https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746915 2022-01-28 22:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018746915 Identities jaguirre50 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018747607 It was important to me that the two case studies showed an evolution of math identities. They are not a bootstrap narrative. They must be taken in relation to the racist systems and interactions. Those systems and interactions can be stopped with an anti-racist and anti-sexist work.]]> 2022-01-28 22:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018747607 jaguirre50 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018748392 Being told I have "individual issues" rather than addressing the racism and sexism in the spaces of graduate school.]]> 2022-01-28 22:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018748392 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018748579 I have always used many of the coping mechanisms described in the book. Being a pragmatist, I just wanted to make sure I would succeed - regardless of the circumstances applied to me. I explicitly avoided dealing with things outside my control, including fighting structural racism. Is this pragmatic behavior damaging in thee fight against racism? How can we point out racism when we see it, without being labeled as "non-competent"? ]]> 2022-01-28 22:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018748579 Julia's "Are we even reading the same book?" from last meeting echoed the warning at the end of chp 3 not to mistake promoting individual grit for a "solution" https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018749696 2022-01-28 22:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018749696 admiration would disappear with one bad grade https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018749793 2022-01-28 22:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018749793 Identity paselkin https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018750631  One's identity in STEM is not separate from one's whole identity, so any experiences from outside may influence how someone experiences the lab/classroom. This can cause pretty significant harm, like when incidents in the lab pile on top of experiences from outside. Are there ways to turn this around and build on positive experiences? ]]> 2022-01-28 23:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018750631 Counterspaces jaguirre50 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018751193 It is important for BIPOC faculty and students to have counterspaces to engage and thrive in PWI. ]]> 2022-01-28 23:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018751193 More on "anti-racist teaching" https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018751278 I want to learn more about what this looks like/can look like. In the past year, I have heard a lot about why anti-racist teaching is important and I am fully convinced. But I still have no idea what that looks like]]> 2022-01-28 23:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018751278 https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018756877 Sudden realization that my "friendly black male" friends are probably having to spend effort to "front" *all the time*]]> 2022-01-28 23:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdonal1/io1c7kik7oz3y8nw/wish/2018756877