Book Study: Chapter 1 by Olivia Briggs https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3 Give a brief summary of Chapter 1. en-us 2021-10-15 11:12:04 UTC 2025-12-19 14:03:35 UTC hello@padlet.com About race, not class. How to determine if something is about race (3 main things). Everyone has different lived experiences - this shapes our beliefs. Sidewalk/punching example https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825110411 2021-10-18 19:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825110411 Chapter 1 is all about understanding if a situation really is about race, and it gives guiding questions for consideration. https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825110862 2021-10-18 19:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825110862 hendersonm16 https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825113222 We are all products of a racialized society and it affects everything we bring to our interactions. Everything can be about race, but nothing is only about race. You have to allow people to have the space to voice their experiences as their own truth.]]> 2021-10-18 19:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825113222 "Is it about race?" is a trivial question, because if the person says it is about race, it is. Cannot invalidate another's lived experience. It may not ONLY be race, but race affects all interactions. Also talked about the cumulative effect of the pattern of those racial incidences compounded. https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825114691 2021-10-18 19:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825114691 She broke things down into the arguments about the economic system or class and how they are intertwined. She mentions the disadvantages for the Black community and how it creates systemic racism. She gave three ways to know if the situation is about race. https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825118194 2021-10-18 19:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825118194 Chapter 1 Pride 7 https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825119740 She talks about the fact it is about race but also other dynamics. She discusses how each thing intertwines with another. There is not a solution for one thing. She talks about having to consider all the factors that are involved prior to a solution. She discusses how challenging any approach will be but will get easier with continual conversation and change. But most importantly, race needs to be included regardless of topic. ]]> 2021-10-18 19:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825119740 Pride <3 https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825122244 3 main points**
We all have experiences and class and race are not interchangable. Our world is based on white society. "You exist to get more because they exist to get less."]]> 2021-10-18 19:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/briggso1/lhnf2c58788efsn3/wish/1825122244