Recognize racial injustice Shuang Wen 7th graders by Rachel Lee

6/10/2020 Wednesday Introduction

rachelnclee — 2020-06-09 19:00:44 UTC

No one can deny that the past 2 ½ months have been an extraordinary time in our country. When we all thought that nothing could take the focus away from the Covid-19 Pandemic, we were slammed with the harrowing killing of George Floyd by a police officer as three fellow officers looked on.
We have seen protests swell across America, in large cities and in tiny rural areas, all calling for a change from business as usual. We are going to spend the next week reading articles, watching videos and talking about racism in America, our own internal racism and how we can begin using the outrage about what happened to George Floyd into dialogue of change.

Watch the attached video. Use at least 2-3 sentences to respond to the following questions. You can draw a picture/ film yourself as well.
Click on the Pink Circle Plus Sign to create your post. Include your name.

1. What was your reaction to learning about what happened to George Floyd?
Ans: I feel ______________________________ because ______________________________.

2. What are your thoughts on the protests going on currently?
Ans: I feel ______________________________ because _____________________________.

3. What is race to you?
Ans: Race is ___________________________________________________________________.

4. What is your identity? What makes you uniquely "YOU"?
Ans: I am ______________________________________________________________________.

5. What is your first experience with race / racism?
Ans: My first experience ________________________________________________________.

6. What are your thoughts on the video?
Ans: I __________________________________________________________________________.

Ms Lee's response 6/10

rachelnclee — 2020-06-09 19:59:37 UTC

1. I feel sad and angry about what happened to George Floyd because he was killed violently while shopping at a Deli store. The workers thought that he was using a fake $20 bill, and called the police. The police didn't check whether it was true. They just felt that George was a threat, so they handcuffed him, and even pinned him down, and later killed him. I know it wouldn't happen to me. So I am angry that it happened to George.

2. I feel a little be relieved that people see the need to protest. I feel that I should join in the protest as well to show support. But I also feel that my family would not agree with my decision. So I also feel a little ashamed for not doing more.

3. Race to me is an identity that makes us who we are. Our race represents and affects our culture, language, and background, and even past experiences.

4. I am a Chinese American Teacher in NYC. I was born and raised in Hong Kong, and I moved to NYC with my family when I was 13. I think my childhood upbringing and immigrant experience make me unique.

5. My first experience with race was honestly when I moved to the US. That was my first time meeting and living with people who were not Chinese. I realized that I was now considered "Asian" when in the past, race was not a big identity for me because most people in Hong Kong were Chinese.

1.i feel mad because this has happened to many times and its not fair to black people

khadijasankara123 — 2020-06-10 12:22:12 UTC

2.i feel like the protest are good because they are standing up for whats right. i just think that the peaceful ones are the only good ones. the other ones are bad because it is destroying the town.

3. in my opinion there is only 1 race and that is the human race so everybody need to respect the human race because everyone is human
4. my identity is black i guess. what makes me me is my personality.
5. my first experience was when i was on a bus and some kid said africans like me stink
6. i think what the man was right and its kind of sad that he is right.

;-; ello ppl

liamsgaming2o — 2020-06-10 13:18:07 UTC

1. i fell like this is the police officers fault that the protest all started. but since the 4 officers that were involved in George Floyd death were charged with second degree murder
2. i think that there should be protests because some cops just judge people by their skin color.
3. i don't believe in "race" so everybody should respect everybody. that also what Barack Obama tried to do
4. my identity is Asian but i was born in america. i don't know anything that makes me unique soooooooo...
5.my first experience was when Donald trump called the virus the "Chinese virus"
6. i think the guy in the video is right.

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vincentliroblox4889 — 2020-06-10 13:23:23 UTC

1. I feel very disappointed because we still have not learned from our past selves.
2. I feel relieved that people feel that they need to protest and I feel angry knowing I can't join them.
3. A race is a group of people that come from different places or speak different languages .
4. I may not have a unique look or name but we all have different ways of thinking or different personalities.
5. I have not experienced racism yet but I know I have to eventually.
6. It is very funny but it made a lot of sense .

Rayson Lin

raysonlin45678 — 2020-06-10 13:31:15 UTC

1. I feel confused, because it gets me thinking too much. I think wether it’d matter if it had been another person who had been different, would it have happened? But for the death of George is no mistake which is also disappointing.
2. I feel like the protest are good but some people are taking the protest in the wrong direction, because some protest just aren’t friendly now causing a mess.
3. Race is our identity, it’s what make us different from others. For example what language we speak, and where we come from.
4. I don’t know my thinking, speaking, and accent?
5. I’ve never really had a negative racist experience, all the time was more jokes that I wouldn’t find offensive.
6. The speaker is sadly all correct. We say racism is over, yet we still have massive problems about racism and unfairness.
(Sorry I can’t the width longer it won’t let me)

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surizhan11707 — 2020-06-10 13:38:35 UTC

1. I feel really frustrated about what happened to George Floyd because he got accused for doing something he didn’t do!! the only reason the police didn’t even confirm whether or not he had done something bad is because of George Floyd’s skin color, people shouldn’t be identified or treated a different way because of their skin color.
2. I feel like there is a need to protest and i’m happy that people are really protesting. But i do agree that it may have some risks because that virus isn’t 100% gone yet. But i think the fact that people are protesting is important and that everyone should be treated equally.
3. To me, race means different people something that makes us different from others but not to judge others for.
4. I’m an ABC student in NYC. I don’t know anything that makes me unique.
5. my first experience is probably when the pandemic struck and people were treating asians badly because people thought they apparently “started the virus”.
6. I think the speaker is trying to teach us a lesson and i agree with him.

Victor Li 703

victorli1006 — 2020-06-10 14:10:15 UTC

1) To be honest, I wasn't surprised. So many incidents with black people and cops have happened so it doesn't faze me anymore. However, that doesn't mean it was right.
2) I think the protesters were right but there were some people who took advantage of the protests and started to loot areas. But, I also heard the protesters don't wear masks to often along with the police confronting them, which is dumb. They gather in such large groups and take no precautions to stop the virus.
3) Race is just the word people use to categorize people different and similar to them. I don't think races should exist, instead I think we should just have one race, the human race.
4) I am an Asian born in America. I think something that makes me unique is my personality.
5) I have not yet experienced racism, but because of the virus, I expect it very soon.
6) I believe what the guy says is correct.

Amy Shao 704

amyshao1024 — 2020-06-10 14:25:47 UTC

1. My reaction to what happened to George Floyd is mostly defeated and crush by what I've seen. I feel like it really is unfair to Floyd, like he might seem suspicious in your eye but you never really know what they really are trying to do. Even if someone seems a little bit off, you cant just assume that it is something bad; just like any person in general, you wouldn't like that people assume things about you, so don't do it to others.
2.I feel like the peaceful protests are really great, and people are protesting and letting their voices get heard which is really good. The peaceful protests actually got a lot done, but the protests that aren't peaceful I feel like it isn't necessary, going to people's businesses and looting really isn't helping.
3. Race is just a background of someone, though many people might judge people by a certain race, it really doesn't define who someone is. It might show your own culture and your attributes, but it doesn't make you less different than anyone else.
4. I am a asian American in NYC, everyone has something unique, and I feel like your own personality and what you like to do can make you unique. I don't know.
5. My first initial reaction is just that asians are just being treated poorly because of the pandemic. But I never really encounter racism or anything that is meant to offend me right in front of my face.
6. I think the video tells us how different people are, and it explains to us how everyone is different. The video tells us how unfair some people are, and it is really sad, because people are just scared because of what is happening around the world. it is also very inspirational.

Emma Chubb 703

2020-06-10 14:34:17 UTC

1) My reaction to what happened to George Floyd was disgust. He was not resisting, and he told the officer multiple times that he could not breath. The cop actually knew George Floyd because they used to work together, and i just find it disgusting that someone would do that to anybody, especially a friend.
2) I think that the protests should continue. And as for the rioting and not so peaceful protests, peaceful protests have been going on for years with no media coverage and no recognition. Now that the rioting, looting, and fires started, people are recognizing the problem, and it is a more widespread cause. Also, the police officers at riots are doing many illegal things, including starting the violence.
3) I agree with Khadija, there is only one race, and that is the human race.
4)I'm not unique haha
5) I personally have never experienced discrimination based off of my skin color, but i have seen it happen to other people and it is not okay.
6) I think the video was cool and it showed the truth about racism.

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radbro0618 — 2020-06-10 14:35:54 UTC

1. My reaction when I found out what happened to George Floyd was that I very frustrated because this is very unfair to him, just because they thought he used a fake 20 dollar bill doesn't mean they can kill him.
2. My thought about the protest is that I wish they can be more peaceful, because they are robbing and destroying stores. I don't think that destroying property and robbing things are necessary.
3. Race to me is just the color of their skin and the background of someone, you can't judge people by their skin is basically judging a book by its cover.
4. I am Asian America. I don't think I am unique.
5. My first experience was when I was I was playing in a park and a black kid came up to me and said 💩about me and Asian people and kept throwing my ball over the fence so he can have the court to himself, I kept coming back and he kept throwing it out, I wanted to punch him but I didn't so I just left the park.
6. I like the video because I enjoyed the way he explained racism by using himself as a example, also I like how he made it into a game and broke down each part.

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taoyuhatesgreenbeans — 2020-06-10 14:38:03 UTC

1. I feel mad and angry that he was killed by the police because of his race. Even though he didn’t want to get into the police car they didn’t have to pin him to the floor, in the video George Floyd was gasping for air and asking the officer to get off of him because he couldn’t breathe but the officer ignored him and kept kneeling on his neck which led to his death.

2. I feel that the protests were good because they were standing up about racism and how it was still happening. But I did not think the riots and looting were good because they are lead by anarchists who are using the death of George Floyd as an excuse to express their beliefs to other people, not only are they harming small businesses they are also harming other people who had nothing to do with the murder George Floyd by burning down buildings and apartments.

3. Race is the generalization of a group of people through their culture, ethnicity, and background.

4. I am a Chinese American student that was born and raised in New York, New York. What makes me unique is my love of donuts.

5. My first experience with race was when I lived in Brooklyn I was the only Asian kid in my neighbourhood but I did not experience any racism.

6. I thought the video was a great way to teach racism because he used humour to teach a very serious topic.

Chis Hernandez 704

2020-06-10 14:41:56 UTC

1. I feel like it wasn’t right for those cops to put him down for that long of a time and except it to be alright. Because lots of other African Americans have also been murdered for no reason I feel like people have gotten tired of racism that’s why people are protesting to have a say.

2. I feel like this has happened before due to following the civil rights movement, and at that time there was about institutional racism. But this time citizens are really tired of all the white privilages and the unfair for treating black people.

3. Race is your identity and where you and your past ancestors came from

4. People’s identity is there facial features and how they replace there selves

5. My first experience with racism was when another kid was just 🤬 me off and he was another race so we started bad talking about the other person’s race to each other.

6. I like how he explained how he grew up with a black mother and the things he did to prepare his self as a black man when he grows up. Also that he didn’t really lie about the harsh things he needed to do and the experience he had with racism.

LE 🤬

2020-06-10 14:46:39 UTC

1. My reaction to George Floyd was not very particular, and my first reaction was that another Black man had been the victim of police brutality, and this has been going on for so many years which makes it problem since now things like police brutality has become more common over the years.
2. I think the protests going on currently was bound to happen sooner or later. Police brutality has been going on for years, the death of George Floyd was the tipping point for all the tension from the past years.
3. Race to me doesn't mean anything other than how people look different from one another.
4. I am Chinese American living in NYC, uniqueness isn't what I'm going for i guess.
5. My first experience with racism was in third grade, shortly after I moved to South Carolina ( only stayed for 5 months) and I was riding the bus home, and this kid behind me started calling me names (I forgot what he said exactly, but it sounded a lot like cuss words), I didn't realize he was talking to me until the bus driver got up and gave the kid detention, then moved me to the back.
6. I actually watched the video before, its one of my favorite ted ed videos, and it really tells the story behind Racism, and why after 200 years of American history, we are still treating people differently based on the color of their skin.

Tyler Chea 703

2020-06-10 15:17:37 UTC

1. I feel very disgusted when i first heard that George Floyd got murdered. I also feel very bad for his family and friends and i could never imagine how much pain and tears that endured. He got MURDERED! not accidently killed.
2. I think that the protests are powerful and should keep going on until they get justice. Why would to police use teargas on unarmed peaceful protesters when they dont do anything about white protesters with guns protesting about haircuts. If that isnt racism, what is.
3. race to me is where you and your family is from. Race should not have to do with anything except culture because we are all humans and we all deserve the same rights and we all should respect each other no matter what our race is.
4. I am Tyler Chea, i am an Asian and i was born in America . I like turtles and video games
5. i dont quite remember what my first experience with racism was but i know for a fact that i have seen/ heard quite a few of racist remarks and gestures
6. In the video, the speaker says the sad truth about racism and it was very moving and i feel for all of these African American people and their families
- Tyler Chea 703

Lovinia Grandoit 704

2020-06-10 15:22:34 UTC

We all knew this day would come...I wasn’t surprised because this wasn’t the first time it had happened. I was upset and sad that it happened though. It's getting old and annoying that racism is still a thing. I wish people can just be peaceful. I think Floyd was the last straw that made people like “this is enough we have to actually do something about this”.

The rioting and protest was very necessary. Rioting is the action of the unheard. But I think they should go after big companies not small businesses. I really wanna join the protest but my parents think it's not safe so they went without me. I think its important people are really starting to wake up to this and helping the black community.

I am black / haitian. My attitude makes me unique. My first experience with racism was in pre-k because we had partners and we held hands with our partners. No one would want to touch my hand because my hands were “dirty”. Another bad one was in 6th grade. Someone told me “shut up negro”.

My thoughts on the video was that everything he said was true. Some parts were funny too.

2020-06-10 15:24:22 UTC

Scare

Chenming Fang 703

cmfang17 — 2020-06-10 15:41:10 UTC

1. I feel very surprised at the beginning because I could not believe that a police officer killed a man without a reason. In America, even serial killers do not receive the death penalty. So why should an innocent man be killed? Then, I feel anger because the victim of this incident is a black person again.
2. I believe that racism would never come to an end if we do not take any action. I definitely support the protesters because not everyone's life is equal in this "free" country. However, when a pandemic is spreading, I do not think that it is the best time to protest in large groups.
3. Race is our identity, but it does not define our quality.
4. I am a Chinese student in NYC. I was born and raised in China. I moved to the United States in 2017 when I was 11. I think my immigrant experience makes me unique.
5. I know that some people have prejudice towards Chinese people because of COVID-19. President Trump also called Coronavirus the Chinese virus.
6. I think the video is effective in bringing people's attention to racism because Baratunde Thurston talks about his personal life experiences as a black man in America and how he is scared when a police officer pulls his car over.

Angela

2020-06-10 16:16:54 UTC

1. i feel sad for George Floyd because he is a innocent, and the police didn't even go check and just kill him.
2. I feel a little bit annoy by the protest cause my house are near to the protest and most of the days i always hear the sound of protest.
3. I think race is a place where you and your past ancestors come from.
4.I think born in July, 28, 2007 and a girl, a 7th grade student make me unique.
5. i didn't experience racism yet, but i think it will be soon
6. i think the man at the video is talking about the right thing

Jinchao Lyu 703

2020-06-10 16:17:15 UTC

the video was about how the daily life of black people and all the White people’s Target are always black and the people in the video wish that we and the Community to change,this speech just like the speech I have a Dream from Martin Luther King.

Ziting Lin 703

2020-06-10 16:22:13 UTC

1. I felt disgusted when I first heard about what happened to George Floyd. It is wrong and unfair.
2. I think that protesting is very necessary, it is a way to fight for what is right. I do not support looting but it is a way for the protesters to demand justice.
3. Race in my opinion is just a way to show where you are from, and ones skin color should not determine their level in society and should not be used as a weapon towards someone.
4. I am Asian and and I came to America in a young age, I do not think I'm special.
5. I never really experienced racism that was specifically said to me but I've seen many people offending people of my race.
6. This person talking in the video said the truth about racism.

Kiki

2020-06-10 16:23:54 UTC

I feel angry and sad because George didn’t do anything and the cops just killed him for no reason. I don’t understand why the cops do this and why just handcuffed him. It just feel sad, a men got killed for no reason

2020-06-10 16:26:49 UTC

Tiffany Lam
My reaction to what happened to George surprising because I didn’t expect that to happen, the police didn’t even question him about anything and just killed him my first experience with race is when my mom told me not to talk to “black people” she thought they were bad and aggressive people :(

Jessica 703

2020-06-10 16:39:29 UTC

I feel mad because I think the police is unfair he didn’t ask what happened just kill a life a police should be professional to do the job and make the right choose to be profession.

I feel that they have the right to protect and the government should listen to some of there opinions. However I didn’t think it the rite time to do that because it can be a higher chance to get the cover 19 and die so i will suggest To protest on line so you can live longer and also convenient them.

In my opinion race is use to separate to different kind of culture. I think sometime there should not be race because not all people like you are different from them so they may treat you differently then other.

I am Chinese people. i born in America my parents are all yellow which is Chinese people. I get hear when I was 8 years old I knowtist it very different from China.

The first experience is when I was little I saw some teenagers they are white American bully a little black girl although there police over there, the white policeman just annoyed it and walk away, this make me very confuse .

Kenneth Lam 701

2020-06-10 16:42:03 UTC

1) I felt quite sad because it wasn't fair for him to die just because of the color of his skin.
2)I feel very glad that there are protest going on but also not as well. I am glad because they are standing up for themselves and I am also not because corona-virus can easily spread through the protesters.
3)Race how the person views themselves.
4) I am Asian. I don't think I have anything unique about me.
5) I never really encounter racism towards me. There were slight racism jokes about Asians that I heard but wasn't directed towards me.
6)I enjoyed watching the video because he explained racism in a way where it was fun like as in a game.

Emily 701

2020-06-10 16:44:10 UTC

1.) While finding out about the cause of George Floyd's Death, I felt a little ashamed of our country and it's racial injustice proven by the police force. Growing up nearly for my whole life in America, it is difficult to even say "I am a proud American citizen." Without any evidence of crime, how can the police force him to death? Again, is it because of skin color?

2.) The protests that are rapidly spreading throughout the country, to me, is necessary and vital to create a change in this country. Without the voice of the people, will systemic racism ever pass through the government to at least make a change?

3.) To me, race is the proof that all people in this world, all people living on the same planet are different and unique. It is a quality that makes us special, to be proud of our culture, traditions, language and background people with the same race from past generations have passed down. Therefore, even if we share common differences in these areas, we shouldn't degrade anyone for who they are. Instead, we should unite our differences and share them no matter what.

4.) I am a Asian-American student in NYC. I would like to say that my race contributes a unique role to what I do, what I celebrate, what I believe in, and, in general, who I am.

5.) My first experience with racism (at least the time that I last remember) is at the start of the coronavirus outbreak, when President Trump called coronavirus or Covid-19 as "the Chinese virus."

6.) I think the video is a great source to learn about racism because the guy used a humorous approach.

Ethan - 704

2020-06-10 16:49:35 UTC

1) I felt that it was very unfair that he was killed. George Floyd had a family he was innocent and he was just killed like nothing.

2) I think that the people protesting are doing the right thing. Those people know what has been going on for many years and are tired of it.

3) Your race is your identity. It's your ancestors and your family.

5) My first experience with racism was in a park when these kids said I couldn't play basketball with them because they said I looked darker than them.

Scott Li

2020-06-10 17:18:38 UTC

1. I feel like the protests are necessary because police shouldn't be able to kill someone and get away with it.
2. I feel like that the peaceful protests are good, but the people taking advantage of the protests should be arrested.
3. Race is where you come from.
4. I'm not sure, I guess where i come from and my opinions on different topics make up me.
5. I never experienced it first hand, but I remember that a newspaper editor called a Chinese basketball player a "ch*nk"
6. I agree with him.

Allison 🤬 701

2020-06-10 17:22:02 UTC

1.When I learned about what had happened to George Floyd, I felt very ashamed. I felt like it was very unfair because they tend to judge George Floyd as a suspicious person, but you wouldn’t really know what their up to. They actually “thought” that he gave in a “fake” $20 check, is his life worth $20? You shouldn’t treat one race differently, we are all humans.
2.I feel like the peaceful protests are great but there can be some changes added to it. The protests that aren’t peaceful, they shouldn’t be looping stores, instead they should be doing what the peaceful group does, peacefully protesting.
3.Race is a piece of identification for you. It’s where your past family members came from, it identifies your culture and your background.
4. I am an Asian American, I feel like your traits are one piece of part that makes you unique. I’m not really sure what I’m unique in.
5.Honestly, I’m not really sure “when” ive experienced with race/racism, but I can recall when the pandemic started, most Asians were treated poorly.
6. I think the video is showing us how different people are and explains to us what racism is.

William Leung

2020-06-10 17:30:16 UTC

1. I wasn’t very surprised at this because things like this happens extremely often and a lot of police officers always take their power for granted, and kill innocent people that are not white.

2. I think the protesters are doing the right thing, but why did they react so differently from other times where a black man got murdered? I am kind of worried for the people who don’t wear masks in tightly knit crowds.

3. Race is just something that makes everyone of all ethnicities different, but we are all still human. It isn’t some kind of reason for police to kill a black man or treat him differently.

4. I am unique because there is nobody else who is exactly like me.

5. My first experience with racism was when I wanted to play basketball with a group of people and they didn’t let me play, but there was another guy who was black was allowed to play. I could play only when I told the teacher, but they never passed the ball to me and snatched the ball away from me when I got it. I decided to play on my own later.

6. I feel like that guy did a really good job convincing people that racism is bad and why people need to change.

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alinazheng0218 — 2020-06-10 17:34:32 UTC

1. When I first heard about what happened to George Floyd I was sad and angry because the police killed him for no reason. The police didn't even help him when he kept telling them that he couldn't breath, instead the police just killed him.

2. I think the protest is good because they are spreading the news so that more people could join in and tell others that this is not right.

3. I think our race is just our background and it doesn't mean you could judge people based on their skin color.

4. I'm an ABC(American Born Chinese) and I don't have anything unique about me.

5. My first experience with racism is Asians being treated very badly during this pandemic and how people keep on saying this is the “Chinese virus” from China. This made me feel very frustrated because people think that if your Asian then you have what they think of as the “Chinese virus”.

6. I think the speaker of the videos is trying to convince people to stop racism and I like how he included his own experience on racism.

Justin Guo 704

2020-06-10 17:35:29 UTC

1. I feel remorse, because that people we trust to protect our country judge by our race.
2. I feel it good for people to get out our voices, but it still might not be safe because of the pandemic that is currently going on.
3. Race, is just a cover for our inner self, so I don't think that it important, because we are all the same.
4. I not that unique, unless being useless and being crazy is unique then I'm unique.
5. Well it was when I was little and we were at a store to buy some groceries. And a guy from the Middle East was getting harassed by two white guys.
6. I feel like we should we should embrace ourselves as human being, so I feel like I agreed with the person in the video, and I like how he brought up examples.

Leo Chen 703

leochen386 — 2020-06-10 17:37:33 UTC

1. I am shock when George got kill. He just want to eat and he got kill. Like WHAT! The police didn't even care if the money is fake or not.
2. The protest will be peaceful.
3. Race is the place where you come from and the religion.
4. I am Asian, I born in the U.S.
5. My first experience is when i am little like 5 year old. I am walking down the street and i hear some guy calling me Asian. And they say you guy eat dog.
6. I ALSO agree with hiim

Shu Yu Lei

2020-06-10 17:51:25 UTC

1) My first reaction when learning about George Floyd was shocking and infuriated. I thought police were suppose to serve and protect us, so how can they just simply murdered him because of a fake $20 bill? George Floyd's life was worth more than that.

2) I believe that protesting is highly necessary to make a change, but I'm afraid that the Coronavirus will get spread very easily because of the big groups of protesters. I also think that some protests wasn't very peaceful, people shouldn't destroy other store owner's properties and rob things.
3) To me, race shows our ethnicity, backgrounds, cultures, traditions, and many more. We are all different and that's what makes us unique. But, we should never be left out or having other discriminate us because of our race.
4) I am Asian and I think things that makes me unique is about what I celebrate, my traditions and what I believe in.
5) My first experience with racism is when the president, "Donald trump" referred the Coronavirus as the China virus. To me, when being an Asian I felt very offended.
6) My thoughts on the video was that it was very cool on how it teaches us with a simple game that could change the audience's perspective.

Anna Zheng 703

2020-06-10 17:53:04 UTC

1. I feel confused and frustrated on what happened to George Floyd. The store worker called the police on George Floyd over an alleged fake $20 bill. It is very possible that George Floyd didn’t even know the bill he handed was fake. He died after being arrested by police after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.
2. I think the protest is good, but with the riots robbing and destroying stores aren’t necessary.
3. Race is means different people that make us different but not a reason to be judge by. Race is identity that makes us different.
4. I am Asian but I am born in America. I guess what makes me unique might be my culture and experiences.
5. I remember since I was young I always know that I was different from my other classmates. I remember one time when was going home with my sister I realized there were a group of teenagers following us home they didn’t did any harm but they said a lot of rude words and it really scared me. I know they chose to bully me and my sister because we are asian and different from them.
6. I think the speakers the truth about racism. The video tell us how unfair the black people are being treated. How he talk about his personal experience as a black man in American.

Mirabelle Kaihoi 704

2020-06-10 18:03:50 UTC

1. As the video of George Floyd's death started to circulate the internet I couldn't help myself but watch it, not even 20 seconds into the video I started to feel my stomach turn and ache out of disgust and sadness... I clicked off.
2. In a way I am both disappointed and proud of my country. It's heartbreaking to know so many innocent lives were taken unnoticed and that only now we as a country are starting to fight back to the scale that we are now. On the other hand I'm proud of those who have peacefully protested and I wish I could be on the streets with them, I understand why people are mad but I feel that riots and looting are not the correct response.
3. I see race as the difference between ones physical traits and ethnicity, everyone is equal and more people need to know, understand, and except that.
4. I am a white upper middle class girl , I feel like when most people think of someone with that label their mind goes straight to stereotypical dumb stuck up rich white girls that couldn't care less about anyone other them themselves. I am NOT that girl, I will NEVER be that girl, and I hate it when people think of me that way. I am aware of myself and the people around me, I am my own person and no one can tell me otherwise.
5. Since I was born my parents have made sure I grew up seeing everyone as equal, I was enrolled in a minority school where I was exposed to a healthy diversity of race and class. I've continued to make friends both of higher and lower class's, and never seen one less or greater then the other.
6. His words really impacted me in so many different ways! It amazed me how by being born with a darker skin color you are instantly born with a target on your head constantly, and if your born with a whiter skin color you have the power to decide on weather another's life should be taken or spared. It made me realize how little decisions can make the greatest difference.

Linda Zheng 701

2020-06-10 18:06:02 UTC

1. I felt angry and shocked when I learned about what happen to George Floyd as I couldn’t believe that someone today still can get killed just because of their skin color. And to think that the police officer, Derek Chauvins, the one who killed Floyd was only charged for 35 years in prison is disgusting. (There is many cases of when black men who had committed not as major crimes had been charged with more years in prison than Chauvins; Alvin Kennard for example, whom shad stolen 50 dollars and have been sentenced to life in prison.)
2. I feel like the peaceful protest are necessary as what happen to George Floyd is wrong, however the people who protest by starting up riots, looting, burning up cars etc. should be stopped as it isn’t helping in any way.
3.Race just something to identify where you’ve came from and who you are; it shouldn’t be a reason to for people to discriminate against someone just because of their race.
4. I am an Asian who was born is America; I guess I’m unique just because I am just who I am, and there’s no who else in the world like me.
5. I don’t think I’ve experienced any racism other than like example of racism that appear on the news, like what happened to George Floyd.
6. I think the video, the speaker is spreading an important message and is bringing attention to how racism and discrimination should really be stopped.

Ucheong Sou 703

2020-06-10 18:06:27 UTC

1) I felt very shocked and outraged. Police like doctors, or look as good people, people that make you feel safe and comfortable,and for someone like that to kill an innocent man because of the color of his skin, is outrageous.
2. I feel like the protests are right and wrong. I feel like they should be protesting because I believe people should fight for justice in almost every circumstance.However, as this virus is at its peak, I believe for now, people should stick with like online protests or something like that and the people should return outside fighting for justice after this pandemic is over.
3.Race to me is really simple. Humans all came from the same family tree and every 1/1000 DNA cells in every human is the same. With that said, the only race is the human race.
4.I am an ABC, an American born Chinese.What makes me unique is what makes everyone else in the world unique. It’s there personality, the talents, it can even be their DNA, it’s what makes you YOU.
5.I have only experience it in games, but I forgot the experiences because once they sound toxic, I leave.
6.I believe what the person said was accurate and true.

Cookie Stotz.

cookiehstotz — 2020-06-10 18:06:51 UTC

1. When I first learned what happened to George Floyd I started crying because I didn't want to believe something as terrible as that was still happening. I was also so angry at the policemen and the government. People like the man who killed George Floyd and the men who watched don't deserve to be the people we look ata s a figure of justice.
2. I think that the protest that are happening are very good. So far I have attended four of them with my dad. I think that what the police are doing are very bad. For example, the 75 year old man in Buffalo who was shoved to the ground for doing nothing.
3. If I am being completly honest I don't know what race is. The bare minimun you could say I think is the color of your skin and your cultural background, but I feel like race is much more than that, and you figure it out as you grow as a person. I think it is much more because every race has different problems that they are faced with. But I do know that we are all human.
4. I think that what makes me, me is my personality, what I have gone through, and my good and bad qualities. I like to think of myself as hard working and pretty nice.
5. As a white person I have never personally experienced racism towards me. Knowing that, I will try to use the privilege that I have from the color of my skin to help people that don't have it. For example, the girl who stood in front of the black man who was standing in front of the police man in D.C to help protect him if he needed it.
6. I agree with what he was saying about the system being set up in a way that helps white people and puts black people at a disadvantage. I think that we need to fix the system so that everyone has equal opportunities.

Ethan Pai 703

2020-06-10 18:32:20 UTC

1. I felt very uncomfortable and mad because that is very unnecessary for the police man to do that.
2. I feel like the people that are doing the protest are doing the right thing, but it is just not the right time since of the virus
3. Race is a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color.
4. I am an Asian boy. I am unique because of my last name
5. the first time is when someone is being mean to me and called me a yellow guy.
6. i watched the video, and i think the speaker is correct

Maisha Chowdhury 701

mtasnimc21 — 2020-06-10 18:53:51 UTC

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I sound super opinionated and tried to seem the least bit rude as possible. This is a hot topic, and gets me so riled up every time. There was no offensive attempt in this, so if anybody did feel targeted, sorry. (It's unedited.) Please don't take it to heart. It's just a 13 year old girl rambling, because she's been keeping all her thoughts inside.. If there was any real offense, I can change the text upon request, no worries.

1) I felt really shocked when I heard about George Floyd, because though I knew racism still existed, I had never seen such brutality toward another human being, the way that officer treated Floyd. I first heard about it on the news, along with the video of the crime scene. The fact that Floyd was neither armed nor violently struggling made it seem so much worse, and when he was declared dead, the initial shock wore off and made way for silent anger. The news talked about how Floyd had been in jail many times, and how the nation was in an uproar. Him being black did not justify the cruelty he faced. No matter all the things he might have done, nobody deserves to be killed over their race, something they cannot control. My dad and grandpa, with whom I watched the news with, were equally disgusted of the crime the officers committed. How could you do something so heartless yet still consider yourself a person who is supposed to maintain peace?

2) I feel as though some protests are making things worse. I do agree with the need to protest, however they are doing them without peace, because those demonstrations are not how protests should be. Using violence in an attempt to get your voice heard makes you just as bad as the criminal. What those policemen did was absolutely horrifying, and the same problem has been going on for too long. I understand that they want justice for Floyd, but there are better ways to go about making change. Trashing the streets and damaging an innocent person's property without a care is not it. Showing such an upheaval does not help the case, nor does it help Floyd. Maybe getting that quick revenge makes others feel better, but in order to make the effect last longer, you have to do it the right way. Damaging someone's shop may give them satisfaction, but after that high goes away, they have to face the reality that they have done absolutely nothing to make the situation better. All they have done is left destruction in their wake and have encouraged so many others to do the same. Instead of violence, they should actually protest, like they did at the White House. Try to get their voices heard in a way where people will actually listen to them, instead of brushing them off as criminals. Those protesters are not insane. They are fighting for a change that they have waited too long for, a change that they deserve. But that change can't come if some of them choose to take advantage of the situation and create mass destruction.

3) To me, race is nothing more than a category of classification. It can be two faced. Race can be a way to express culture, and show people how unique your race is. But it is often used as a verbal weapon, to put someone down and get up onto a high horse, one that nobody is entitled to. It's just a way to put a person into a general category. There should not be a negative use of the word 'race', because something like that should not affect a person's credibility and personality. If you judge a person based off of their race, your just racist. Nothing else.

4) I am not anything special, in my opinion. I consider myself average, and I'm completely okay with that. I have always been a bit too mature for my age, too much of a worrier. Being a first generation Bangladeshi- American in my family, our different perspectives have often clashed, and I don't back down on my beliefs no matter what another says. Having family members who were brought up very strictly makes it difficult for me to oppose them, but if I disagree, I either try to convince them or ignore their biased remarks entirely. That makes me a bit too stubborn, which also makes it difficult for me to forgive and forget. I get described as a mom or grandmother a lot, and I don't feel the need to disagree, because I like taking care of people and being in charge. Being responsible for things, as significant as sisters or as insignificant as notebooks, it gives me a sense of worth, that I am capable of taking care of something and helping out. That self confidence is what I like to feel on the outside, however sometimes contrasts on how I feel inside. Oh yes, did I mention yet how I manage to talk quite a bit? I think I inherited it from my dad. I could blabber on for hours, the same way he likes to explain everything down to the tiniest detail.

5) I don't remember being personally targeted by racism, or I chose to forget it. Growing up in a fairly well community, I was lucky enough not be be a subject to racist comments and nobody at school has picked on me for my race. But I do remember when there was a lot of talk on terrorists. I myself did not feel like a victim, but it hurt nonetheless to have Muslims associated with terrorism, those flippant jokes being thrown around. I'm not as devoted as a Muslim compared to others I know, however thinking that Muslims, as an entire category, was subject to so much hate, I tried to ignore it. It did not feel good to think of how the adults in my family, who are amazing people and have not committed crimes in their entire life, could be affected by this. This was when I was really young, and oversensitive, but I've learned to get over it. Talk of terrorism has toned down significantly and nobody has ever labeled me as a terrorist and treated me any different. I'm just glad that I've never had to face the backlash so many innocent others must have gotten for a few people doing something heinous. What also miffed me a bit was when people assumed my race. They always assume I'm Indian. For the record, I'm not. They don't have any ill intent when they think I'm Indian or not Asian, but I try to be as understanding as possible. Bangladesh used to be a part of India, but now is it's own independent country with it's own language. I literally don't know how to speak Hindu. I'm well aware that people don't all know about Bangladesh, but I find it better to ask instead of assuming who I am. No I'm not Indian. Yes I am Asian, Bangladesh is located in South Asia. My race should not make anybody think differently of me, I want to be recognized as myself, not by who people think I am.

6) I think the video was pretty interesting. I liked the man's sarcastic sense of humor, similar to my own, however rarely used. His self confidence in the topic and trying to lighten the mood made me enjoy the video, and the way he presented the information was well received. What I found interesting was when he spoke of his mother, and how he had to be prepared to face racial injustice, at such a young age. There should be no reason for him to have to be prepared for racism, yet he was. He wore his racial identity with nothing short of pride, which I found very admirable. The topic at hand was kind of taboo, but his bluntness with his points helped the audience to better understand his views. Not once did he dance around the topic or leave anything unclear. I especially felt for him when he spoke of the car scenario, with his fiancee and father in law (?). The fact that he had done nothing wrong yet was scared for his life reflected the same thoughts of so many others, and showed just how much damage the world had done to the minds of our people. His presentation was a good way to describe the issue, and his convincing manner evoked a strong response from the audience in return.

Yes I know this turned into an essay but what's done is done.
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Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

― Maisha Chowdhury 701
6.10.20

Annabelle Lin 701

2020-06-10 19:59:54 UTC

1. When knowing what had happen to George Floyd I feel irate about the death. Why do people judge others by their skin colors. I also feel disgusted for the rest of the three police who was just looking at the white police putting his knee on George Floyd neck while George Floyd was saying "I can't breath".
2. I personally think the protester are making thing worst, and people are getting injured by the police. there are two video that I watch in one video the police are pushing people really hard to the floor. Another video that I saw was about protester standing in front of the police car trying to let the police not past by but the police started to run the car luckily no one died but people did get injured.
3. Race refers to a person's physical characteristics, refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture and language however, you should judge people by there race either if they are Asian, Africans American, Hispanic etc. everyone should be treated equally.
4. I am Asian and what makes me/everyone special is their personality, everyone's personality's different.

5. I don't remember the first time but I do remember something that happened around this time. when the COVID-19 just started serval people came up to my friend and I was just next one of my friend and one person started saying "you shouldn't be here in the U.S you should be in china you started the virus the "Chinese virus" and this is a kind of racism"

6. it teach him and us how it was like being black in America and how they were being treated. I I agree what he had said in the video.

Benjamin Huang 703

2020-06-10 20:04:16 UTC

3. Race is all people.
4. I can write with my left hand.
5. I have never experienced racism because I forget about things a lot.
6. The video was great because it was funny, and he was talking about a big major topic that still here today in Society.

Daniel Zheng 704

daniez604class — 2020-06-10 20:46:38 UTC

I felt mad and horrified when I received the news because the people who are enforcing the law don't follow the law and are seemingly above the law. When someone is above the law, the whole system of law fails to exist.
I feel that these protests that are going on should continue to go on until our law enforcement system officially changes to prevent police brutality and the use of excessive force. If the protests continue for around a month, then dies down again, and another person dies, and they come back again, nothing will happen. Seriously, how many more innocents need to die before things change?
To me, "race" represents identity and culture that everyone should accept and respect. Some respect needs to be earned, but respect for someone's identity and culture should be guaranteed.
My identity is that I am a Chinese American citizen, a student, and someone who wants a change in society.
My first experience with what race is is what I heard other people talk about, and how they describe other's skin color to define them as specific human beings.
I feel like more videos like these should be recommended to other children and adults, because these videos can inspire young people. Even if other adults ignore it, they would still have these messages inserted into their memory, and maybe one day, in the future, they would go through these messages again and ponder whether if they were racist or not.

Jaron Duran 704

2020-06-10 20:58:51 UTC

1. I felt mad and stressful when I checked the daily articles, posts, or news because a lot of people aren't doing the right things and how the people in this society are making things about racism which is this topic back then bringing it to now and how somebody would do such a bad thing. This action makes that person not have a real heart for somebody.

2. Some parts of the protest I do agree with but, with violence for killing someone innocent?. That's messed up and really upsetting for and nobody can make or fix that situation any better than just a protest that can not change a bit of it.

3. In my opinion, race is is a culture that many people are in, it can in a variety of language, skin, and other things about it. Just because your skin tone is different it doesn't make somebody a bad person of who they are.

4. I am a person (of course), im unique (a bit) i'm different from other people also I don't mind if im short because not a lot of people in my grade are short people.

5. I have been blamed for my race once (usually it happens at parks) sometimes I play basketball sometimes a group of dark skinned people just judged me saying I can't play basketball because of my race. They were like "your asian you can't play basketball" I'm like: "im 1/3 asian to be precise (giving them a smile making them look dumb :)." They kept talking and I just said the dumbest answers so they can stop talking to me. Eventually, I just kept practicing so they gave up. Also im 1/3 Eastern asian, 1/3 Portorekin, 1/3 spanish.

6. The video was really interesting and I liked the funny and humor of the guy it really catches the audience's attention. Also I like how he explained the scenes of what the bad acts are for racism.

Richard Lei 703

2020-06-10 21:22:12 UTC

1. I felt very surprised at first, because I thought that America was a free country that we are able to express our ideas freely and have our own religions.

2. When I think of the protests, I think of all the things going around the world, like this pandemic. We have much more things to worry about, and other things to do.

3. To me, race is just something that describes our physical attributes. We shouldn't be described by our race, and we shouldn't have more opportunities determined by different races.

4. I am an asian born in America. I am unique because no one is exactly like me.

5. My first experience with racism was when I was in the park, and there were kids not letting someone else play with them just because they were a different race

6. I thought that the video conveyed the message that we should treat each other equally and be kind to each other

Octovia 703

octoviahaskins5 — 2020-06-10 21:53:55 UTC

1. I feel disappointed because history is just repeating it's self all over again, to be honest racism never ended but at least most people don't discriminate as much as they would have back then.

2. Well I saw a protest happen outside my window at least three times and I don't personally think it's the best idea but at least at this second, but we have people that have more rights than a black person would stand up for us, black people have been miss treated the most for years so we are doing what we have to do in order to be heard. before we weren't taken seriously but this time we should.

3. To me, race isn't just the color of our skin, our religions, or how we carry ourselves. Race is not something that defines us either. Race is just something that tells us who we think we are apparently, people say being gay is a sin but we are all born the way we are. Regardless we all bleed red blood at the end of the day.

4. What I think makes me unique is that most people don't come up to me and say you sound like this person, you look like this person. But I just hate it when people say you talk very proper for a black person or for an n.i.g.g.e.r./negro. I take that to offense because any black person can talk that way but you just don't get to see it.

5. My first experience of racism was actually in kindergarten, I went to a predominately white/ caucasian school without diversity and the teachers would separate me from most of the kids and I used to get bullied because of my skin color and for my hair texture. So I became a black girl that was whitewashed until I moved back into New York. The last time I faced racism was actually in 6th grade while coming from a corner store. The police came out of their care and pushed me to the ground as I yelled of help. I was trying to go back home they said I looked dangerous just because I was wearing a black hoodie.

6. I have nothing to say but the person in the video spoke the truth.

Evan Lu 701

evanlu07 — 2020-06-10 22:30:24 UTC

1. I feel that the police who have seen George Floyd live should go to jail, not just being fired, because they should have stopped the murder. If someone says "I cant breathe", you should try to help him/her.
2. I think that the protest are going a little to far, and should calm down a little.
3. Race is a name of the origin that you come from or has been passed down to you.
4. I am from China, and my skill makes up me.
5. I first experience was that I never knew people were different, so I treated them the same.
6. I thought that the video was funny and was telling the truth.

Racial Injustice

lornalevine9 — 2020-06-10 22:53:56 UTC

1. When I initially heard what happened to George Floyd, I felt sick to my stomach. Another unarmed black man killed by the police. Then when I saw how he died first my heart broke and then I became enraged. These cops didn’t see that George Floyd was a human being, a whole person, a life that had value. I still can’t imagine how anyone could ignore the cries of a man saying he couldn’t breath and crying for his mother. Those cops should be condemned, and they should spend the rest of their lives in prison but, in the long run, that will get them off the street, but it will not change anything.

It is up to all of us to make real change. We all have to stop and reflect about our own prejudices, about our own biases because this isn’t going to resolved by just locking up police-criminals. If we do not examine ourselves and how each of us plays a role in this 500-year old nightmare, nothing will be resolved.

2. I totally support the protests. When people mention the looting, I tell them that I have chosen not to focus on this. It’s a distractor and we need to focus on the crux of the matter, systematic racism. Focusing on anything else is exactly where right-wing conservatives want to steer the conversation and that can’t be permitted. I am hopeful that this will be the turning point and real change will come out of this.

3. I am a white, Jewish woman whose roots are Russian.

4. Race should just be a descriptor of one’s ancestral background. We should embrace our differences and our similarities because we are all citizens of the human race.

5. I have never been discriminated against but when I lived upstate, I remember coming back from lunch early. I overheard my coworkers talking, saying these horrible, anti-Semitic things. When they saw me, the room went silent.

6. I thought the video was extremely powerful. I felt that the speaker really conveyed the fear and panic that black men experience when confronted by the police. I loved how he examine racism by looking at headlines. He gave this talk about a year ago. It immediately made me think of the white woman in Central Park who called the police on this black man who was birdwatching after he asked her to put her dog back on its leash. This happened right before George Floyd was killed. I am so glad she was fired from her job.

2020-06-11 01:28:07 UTC

1. I felt very sad and angry for George Floyd because he was assumed for the fake 20 dollar bill but it was real but he was still killed for no reason.
2. I support the protest but I don’t support the riot because my mom is a shop owner and I don't want her to get hurt while working.
3. Race to me is like the group or culture you are born in.
4. I think I am unique by the perspective I see in things.
5. I don’t remember any experience of racism towards me but when ever I dress up for Chinese New Year and go outside, I do sometimes get the side eye.
6. I like the video and agree with it.

Junjie Lin 701

junjielin64 — 2020-06-11 01:52:18 UTC

1) I feel like it was wrong what they did with George Floyd because he wasn't resisting that much but the cops still decided to kneel on his neck.
2) I feel like the protests can stop racial injustice but because of the protests, virus is spreading faster and i think it would be safer to protest in different ways.
3) Race is whats used by people to differentiate other people foreign people.
4) I am an Asian person who is defined by my personality.
5)My first experience with racism is in elementary school when other students made fun of me for being Asian.
6)I feel like the video could be helpful depending on the situation.

Vivianna Chen 701

2020-06-11 04:00:50 UTC

1. My reaction to learning about what happened to George Floyd was that, I felt very ashamed, and guilty. I felt like it was very injustice, and unfair, for the cops to just accuse George Floyd, because the cops assumed, and thought, that George Floyd had used, and replaced a “fake” 20 dollar bill. The cops didn’t have proof, but yet decided to arrest him, and I thought this was wrong, because they just handcuffed someone for NO REASON. They just FORCED him onto the ground, making him uncomfortable, suffocated, and NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE. George Floyd even told them, to stop, and that he couldn’t breathe, but they just wouldn’t listen. And, even if he did use a fake 20 dollar bill, why would you arrest him, without evidence that he did so? Or rather so, it’s ONLY a 20 dollar bill, that doesn’t pay off the price of someone’s death, life is priceless, you would NEVER be able to pay it off. 20 dollars, is so little, compared to the price of death. George Floyd is a human being, just like us, but just because he had darker skin, doesn’t mean that he should be treated differently, like how that officer had treated him. What the officer had done, and committed, was just disgusting, and violent. Like, just because of someone’s race, whether they have lighter, or darker skin, doesn’t mean that, you can, or have the rights to MISTREAT them. We are all people, and humans, we should all be treated equally, NO MATTER WHAT.

2. My thoughts on the protest going on currently, are that, I feel uncertain, if we should have protests. Although, I feel like we should have protests, however, I feel like the protests cause even more drama, and violence, than there already are. There needs to be changes, if we want to have peaceful protests. People are beating up others, polices are beating up people, people are fighting, arguing. And it is terrible terrifying, and horribly horrifying. A protest does not include, this much violence. We don’t need to have protests, in order, to cause so much destruction, or damage. These protests are absolutely getting out of hand, and no one seems to know how to stop them. Fighting people, and causing harm, and injury, doesn’t help solve our problems, it only makes things worse. People protesting aren’t doing it for a bad cause, they do it, so they can make all lives equal, they want to have a voice. A voice of speech, that can change the world. If we want to do things right, we must stop all this nonsense of hurting innocent people, and not gain satisfaction, of being capable of ruling over, or cause trouble. We work as a team, and we should take advantage of it, we must show who we truly are, TOGETHER. We must show the true side, the real side, of everyone, working together. To make our world a better, and happier place, and environment. This situation will only end, if WE do something about it.

3. Race to me, is, a way to show representation, identification and classification. It’s shows your background information, such as, where you are from, or your family members, and your culture, extera. It is also a way to express who you are, as a person, yourself. Everyone has different races, they should be loved for who they are, and they should not be judged, because of their race. Or else, that is nothing, but just straight up, racist. All races should be treated FAIRLY.

4. My identity is, an Asian American, or ABC (American Born Chinese). I am mixed, in between. What makes me uniquely “me”, is that, I am in many different cultures, I have many talents, I enjoy caring, and loving for my family, and closest friends, I love spending time with family members, and close friends, I love being responsible, leading, and taking charge, but I also love listening to others, I love taking care of younger family members, I love doing chores, to make people happy, I love being, and staying organized, I also have many hobbies, and most importantly, I am Vivianna. I love myself, for who I am, no matter what anyone says about me. I don’t care if someone tries to bring me down, I will stand up for myself, and be proud. I am special, and no one can stop me from being me. I enjoy making people happy, excited, joyful, cheerful, and I also enjoy brightening people’s days. I like to make others proud of who they are. In fact, I like treating other people, like family members, closest best friends, friends, classmates, teachers, adults, and more, with respect, so that they can feel happier.

5. My first experience with race / racism was when, Asians were being treated poorly. For example, the time where, Donald Trump, the president, was being racist, by calling the Corona Virus, the “China Virus”, I’m guessing that, a few of the Asian people, or Asians, like me, felt a bit offended. That’s because, he was stating that, the virus was, specifically from China, and basically he’s laying it, on the “China People”, but, it wasn’t their fault, they didn’t start it. Also, there was another time, where once, it was in a place (not going to specify, or state where), when I was with my friends, and we were just hanging out, and some of us had masks on (this situation happened, before the virus, became a serious issue), but then, a girl with darker skin (not going to state the name of that person), came up to us, and said, “This is the reason why we have the virus, because of you guys.” (Or something like that), and immediately, we felt uncomfortable. I felt a bit offended, because it wasn’t us, or our fault, that caused the caos. We all thought that, she was very rude. I didn’t like how she blamed us, and was being disrespectful. We just walked away, pretended she didn’t say anything. After that, I didn’t want to experience anything else, or any other things like that. Now, this situation has became, and changed into a worsened issue. I really hope not to face that, again.

6. My thoughts on the video were that, I felt inspired, to act more kind, and to treat people with more respect. I thought the guy was very detailed, and precise. He was very sarcastic, and a bit funny, which, I enjoyed watching. He was very persistent, and confident, which, was another thing, that I liked. I found the video very interesting, because the man really tried hard to make us, or the audience, enjoy his speech. He made the video fun, and gave a great response, which, I thought was very cool of him, to do that, and do so. I also liked how he tried to brighten, and lighten up the mood. The way he presented, was very well done. He included more than enough, and lots of information, for us to learn about, and acknowledge. He also provided, and brought up, his personal life, and experience, which, I think adds so much more, to his speech. He gave us information about, his family, and when he had to face injustice, and unfair issues. He also talked about things he had to face, at a young age. I liked how he made his points clear, so that, his audience would be able to understand his perspective, side, and views, better. He kind of put us, in his situation, so we would be able to see, and feel, how his life was, and what he had to go through, and what he had gone through. He made his speech, so that, we could relate to his life. He not only proved what bad things, that was in his life, but, he also, showed us, what was right, and what was wrong. His presentation was amazing, and he had persuaded, and convinced, his audience, to do what’s right, and not what’s wrong.

Who we are story:

rachelnclee — 2020-06-11 05:47:18 UTC

1. Use at least 2-3 sentences to answer each question. It can be longer if you want. Include back stories / details / images so we can understand your story.

2. You can type / draw / film / record your response. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR RESPONSE.

3. My example is in Purple.

Questions
A. Could you tell me a little about your Mom and Dad and where they were from? (Even if they are from NYC. Tell us more)

B. What did the house you grew up in sound and look like?

C. What did you see/hear when you stepped out of your front door?

Ms Lee's story 6/11

rachelnclee — 2020-06-11 05:48:47 UTC

1. My mom and dad are from Hong Kong (same as myself). My parents were born and raised in HK around 1950s and 1960s. That was around 10-20 years after World War 2. Most of the families were not rich. When my parents were little, they lived in very tiny 1 bedroom apartments with their entire family. They both went to school and worked in HK for most of their lives. My dad used to work in an office for a delivery company. My mom used to be a principal at an elementary school.

2. If you Google Hong Kong, you will see a picture with a lot of tall and apartments! It is a small city (size of Brooklyn and Queens?) with 8 million people. There wasn't enough space for people to each have houses like we see in the US. So most people lived in apartments. Some apartments are 30 floors high!!

I lived on the 23rd floor growing up! When you look out the window, the people and the cars look like ants. I think that's also why I am not super afraid of heights. My parents liked watching the news. So I remember the sound of the radio and the news.

3. When I stepped out the front door, it is the common area in front of the elevator. haha. Remember I lived on the 23rd floor. So we took the elevator every day. (When the elevator was out, it was AWFUL). So when I stepped out of the front door, it is a small common area where people would wait for the elevator. There are 8 apartments on each floor. Each apartment had the same metal gate in front of the front door. We didn't really see our the neighbors. So it was always mysterious to imagine who lived behind each apartment.

Who we are

khadijasankara123 — 2020-06-11 12:54:20 UTC

1. my mom is from senegal and my dad is from burkina faso. then they both came to america.
2. i used to live in pennsylvania but i was like -2 years old so i don't remember that but i do remember when we lived in new jersey. it was a big house and i had a tv in my moms room so I was there A LOT. we had to move because the neighborhood was bad.
3.i would hear police sirens. i would also hear people talking. and i would hear the same people everyday because they always sit on the steps. i dont know why

emmachubb3 — 2020-06-11 13:18:43 UTC

2) I think that the protests should continue. And as for the rioting and not so peaceful protests, peaceful protests have been going on for years with no media coverage and no recognition. Now that the rioting, looting, and fires started, people are recognizing the problem, and it is a more widespread cause. Also, the police officers at riots are doing many illegal things, including starting the violence.

2020-06-11 13:21:58 UTC

Owen
Question 1 I felt like this was wrong and need to be change because if this keeps going on we won't stop the corona virus because everyone will go back and go outside for riot
Question 2 I think the riot is dumb because corona virus is out there still and might get you killed
Question 3 Race is your background. However people shouldn't judge people of there back ground
Question 4 i don't think think i had experience it

Aiden Choy 701

hiitzmiiaiden — 2020-06-11 13:27:15 UTC

1. I feel a lot of emotions for George Floyd. I fell sad, angry and confused. When George Floyd was on the ground with the cop's knee on his neck, even though he was already handcuffed. He was begging for air because he could not breathe, but still the cop's kept their knee on him and eventually he died.
2. My thoughts on the pretests, riots and looting's going on right now is i think they are wrong. I dont know why people would be doing these horrible, especially now. You could get corona virus. Also, the killing of George Floyd happened in Minneapolis, Minnesota and not in New York, so why are people protesting, rioting, and looting in NEW YORK.
3. To me, a race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society. The term was first used to refer to speakers of a common language and then to denote national affiliations. It is how people classify you.
4. I am an Asian American. I am Aiden Choy, some people may make fun of me and call me bok choy , but I dont care what people think of me and I only care of what I think about myself. I have talents and hobbies. Some of my talents are playing piano, swimming, cooking, etc. Some hobbies are gaming, fishing, eating, etc.
5. My first experience with racism is when i got bullied by a bunch of jerks. They called me many names which hurt my feelings and i was confused because it has never happened to me before.
6. The guy in the video was very detailed and put a lot of meaning into what he said. I felt inspired.

Who I Am

emmachubb3 — 2020-06-11 13:28:21 UTC

1) My mom was born and grew up in A Coruna province, in Galicia, Spain.My dad was born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. My dad moved to the U.S. when he was 2 years old. He moved a lot because of his fathers job, but he lived in Florida, Michigan,New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Paris, and then New York again. My parents met at a mutual friends wedding in Germany.
2) It is a VERY small and old apartment, and we are moving soon, but it is on a 5th floor walkup with no elevator. We have a brick wall and the oldest oven that you can imagine (It doesn't really work, so i have to bake in the microwaves oven setting). I have something REALLY cool though. I have a pinball machine(which is why we haven't moved yet). Our landlady is SO nice, and we are good friends with her. We know everybody in our building, and we always have holiday dinners at our landlady's apartment with the rest of our neighbors. She always makes us rice pudding for no reason, but it is a nice sweet surprise to come home to.
3) Whenever I step out my front door I see people walking their dogs, and it always smells like ground coffee beans(There's a store across the street that sells coffee grounds). There isn't really much else, my neighborhood is kind of quiet in the mornings, which is when I leave the house.

Ethan Pai 703

2020-06-11 13:40:37 UTC

1. My mom is from Vietnam and my dad is from Taiwan. They ima grated to America for new lives and met each other at college.
2. I was born in a queens Apartment. When we went out side, it was very quiet since we lived in a nice neighborhood and there was no bad people there. It was so peaceful that we can hear the birds chirping and singing.
3. I saw a nice garden when I went outside because it is a nice neighborhood and I heard birds chirping.

Alexander Xu 701

2020-06-11 13:46:54 UTC

1.) The death of George Floyd is a horrific loss that has shined a spotlight on the systemic racism present not just in our nation’s police departments, but in our day-to-day lives, in our schools, offices, court systems, and etc. this has highlighted the pressure between white people and non-white people in America. It has offered us a moment to pause and listen to the unheard voices of America like the voices of indigenous women missing and murdered on their own land, indigenous tribes fighting for their water rights, Hispanics facing the challenges of maintaining their identity and making a living through low-paid jobs, African Americans asking for equality and justice while seeing black boys and girls getting killed by merciless cops. I can't stop thinking " why has racism haven't ended yet" and putting more insult to the injury, rascal discrimination had long lasted for a few centuries!.
2.) the death of George Floyd has caused many out rages between racial discrimination and police brutality. this has caused peaceful protester became violent by the police brutality. governments, even the president making unnecessary calms of " putting the national guards if needed" adding on, that the constitution mentions " abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble" explaining that protest are legal to perform if peaceful and this is true towards the huge protest we have now.
3) my race is asian. born in 2007 in America.
4.) I am not unique in such a way I describe myself, I am basically a middle schooler that attends in debate club. But one thing that puts me apart from the crowd is that I love to play Roblox too much as in "much" like A LOT.
5. I didn't have many encounters of racism than the others but I can see that racism happens to the day to day lives for many human beings.
6. the video was very fun the watch not just his humorous jokes but how he explained what black people have to go through like racism. racism is a common act of people disliking their color of their skin and this happens not just only black people but other races too.
my brain is in pain ( > _ < )
but this was fun :DDDDDD

Eric Ma 704

radbro0618 — 2020-06-11 13:49:37 UTC

1. My parents are both from Fuzhou" Chang Le". They were both from the same town but didn't know each other yet. But, when my mom and dad came to US a friend introduced my dad to my mom and that's how they met.
2. I grew up in a pretty big apartment, I only remember that it had 2 bedrooms and 1 kitchen and 1 bathroom because I moved when I was only 4 years old.
3. When I stepped out the front door I saw was a security guard sitting at the desk.

Rayson Lin Who I Am

raysonlin45678 — 2020-06-11 14:18:24 UTC

1. Both my mom and my dad was raised in Fujian China, but they both didn’t know each other then. It was at America when they met each other at work.
2. Well I lived in an apartment where I grew up I think on the 4th floor. We were limited to one room as the other’s were already taken. Although it was small my roommate next door was a kid about 1 year younger than me, we kinda just played board games, and some legos.
3. I would practically never say peaceful at times at my old house, when I walk out from my front door I just see and hear cars as well as some people. As for right now I’d say no difference in sound and looks besides from some different buildings.

Leo Chen 703

leochen386 — 2020-06-11 14:26:28 UTC

leochen386 — 2020-06-11 14:26:37 UTC

A) My mom and dad were from Fu Zhou, China. They moved to New York City because they wanted to have a better life.
B) I used to live on Madison Street, Manhattan. I lived next to a Deli. My life there used to be good. I saw people, streets, and cars. So, it was a bit loud. However, my life was happy UNTIL I moved to live with my aunt. But then I moved again because my mom and my aunt fought a lot. I already moved 3 times. Finally, I HAVE REALLY PEACE.
C) I heard cars honking and saw people walking and shouting when I stepped out of my front door. Also, I smelled the sense of the air in the sky. When it rained, I smelled the sense of the water in the rain. :D

Brian Lu 701

2020-06-11 14:35:07 UTC

1. What was your reaction to learning about what happened to George Floyd?
Ans: I feel terrible because usually you don't die when a police tries to arrest you.

2. What are your thoughts on the protests going on currently?
Ans: I don't mind the protest at all, and I actually respect the protests. But not the looting though.

3. What is race to you?
Ans: Race refers to the physical characteristics that make people different from one other.

4. What is your identity? What makes you uniquely "YOU"?
Ans: Obviously my DNA, because everyone's DNA is different. My looks, everyone looks different.

5. What is your first experience with race / racism?
Ans: I honestly don't remember at all.

6. What are your thoughts on the video?
Ans: I agreed with it.

How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston

by TED

YouTube

Natalia Naidich 701

nsnaidich — 2020-06-11 14:49:51 UTC

1. When I learned what happened to George Floyd I was angry and disgusted. I don't believe it is right that a cop can just kill a man with the only evidence of crime was that the man was black. I can't believe that a man could kill another man based on an assumption. This is all so sad. Why do we have to kill/ harm other people because they either look different or believe in different things? Why can't we just admit we are all the same? Why does racial injustice have to lead to so much violence?

2. I believe that the peaceful protests are necessary and should continue to change people's minds. But I don't believe that the riots are necessary and are just causing more chaos than good. I also believe that destroying stores and people businesses is not the solution to the problem.

3. Race to me is the way we see each other, if it is by the color of our skin, our religious beliefs, or anything that makes me different from someone else.

4. I am a JEWISH white female, and what makes me unique is that I am me and no one else will ever be me.

5. My first experience with racism was in third grade and a kid told me he wished 🤬 was alive so he could kill me because I am Jewish. That kid got in a lot of trouble but it was really rude because I know people who were in the Holocaust.

6. I thought the video was really good and it was really truthful which I liked.

Haocheng Huang

haochenghuang07 — 2020-06-11 14:54:09 UTC

1. I feel bad for George Floyd because he kept telling the truth to the police officers, that he couldn't breathe, but the officers didn't listen to him and accidentally killed him.
2. I don't really care about the protests because it doesn't really affect my daily life. They think that they are protesting about what is right, but what they are really doing is breaking into stores.
3. I think that race is just the ways that people talk to each other, and their appearance.
4. What makes me unique is my appearance and my race.
5. I don't remember any experiences with this.
6. I agree with the man in the video.

hi ppl :P

liamsgaming2o — 2020-06-11 14:55:30 UTC

1.my dad and mom were born in china and moved here because the currency was worth more and easier to earn.
2.the first house we grew up in was kind of small but cozy.
3.when i stepped out my front door there were car honks bird chirping

nI haO

sevendeadlysingowther — 2020-06-11 14:56:08 UTC

1. What was your reaction to learning about what happened to George Floyd?

2. What are your thoughts on the protests going on currently?
Ans: I feel like the protest are good because not only black people are protesting but a variety of race(s).

3. What is race to you?
Ans: Race is who you are looked at as.

4. What is your identity? What makes you uniquely "YOU"?
Ans: I am unique because i am a boy who like anime and asian food and other stuff like video games.

5. What is your first experience with race / racism?
Ans: i don't remember, and that's if it even ever happened.

6. What are your thoughts on the video?
Ans: I __________________________________________________________________________

Sharif O

2020-06-11 14:57:15 UTC

1. When I saw/heard what happened to George Floyd, I did not even want to talk about it. The police are suppose to protect and serve us, not to kill people just because of their color.

2. I think that the protest is good because they are trying to make a change. They understand that this is not right.

3. I think race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities.

4. I am Japanese and American (Blasian). What makes me unique is that I am kind of from two parts of the world. The opposite parts of the world.

5. I do not remember

6. The guy in the video was very detailed and specific and I agree with him.

sevendeadlysingowther — 2020-06-11 14:57:28 UTC

1. What was your reaction to learning about what happened to George Floyd? Ans: I feel ______________________________ because ______________________________. 2. What are your thoughts on the protests going on currently? Ans: I feel ______________________________ because _____________________________. 3. What is race to you? Ans: Race is ___________________________________________________________________. 4. What is your identity? What makes you uniquely "YOU"? Ans: I am ______________________________________________________________________. 5. What is your first experience with race / racism? Ans: My first experience ________________________________________________________. 6. What are your thoughts on the video? Ans: I __________________________________________________________________________.

Meiling Zhang

2020-06-11 15:07:15 UTC

1. What was your reaction to learning about what happened to George Floyd?
Ans: I feel awful, because he does not deserve to be killed. Polices are not suppose to kill someone, but to protect people from danger.

2. What are your thoughts on the protests going on currently?
Ans: I hope the protest can be pleasant and no more bad things will happen, because sometimes people get way to angry and start to do something they are not meant to do.

3. What is race to you?
Ans: Race to me is something that is not right, and we should stop it, all people in this are equal.
4. What is your identity? What makes you uniquely "YOU"?
Ans: I am a Asian girl, i am unique, because I am who I am, no one can replace me.

5. What is your first experience with race / racism?
Ans: My first experience is when people laugh at Chinese culture and think it is weird and when people use different kind of attitude towards Chinese people.

6. What are your thoughts on the video?
Ans: I people should consider what he said and think that what he said was correct.

Who I Am

taoyuhatesgreenbeans — 2020-06-11 15:24:11 UTC

1. My mom and dad were both born and raised in mainland China. They both lived in apartments and moved to America before they had me.

2. I grew up in Brooklyn, New York and I lived in a pretty big apartment and it was usually very quiet.

3. Iwould hear people talking to each other on the stoops of the apartment but it was usually very quiet. One of my neighbors had a small white dog and I would always try to avoid him at all cost even though he was really nice.

Iris Zhu 701

irisz1107 — 2020-06-11 15:30:49 UTC

1. In Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, George Floyd experienced police brutality to the most extreme level, sadly resulting in him passing away. What happened to George Floyd was disgusting and unforgivable. My first thought was when will police brutality stop, when will the cops take responsibility for what they have done? Will the cop that knelt on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, and the cops that witnessed the process for 8 minutes and 46 seconds get charged? I honestly wasn’t sure, because all those times when there was police brutality against black people the police were not charged, there was no justice. But this time was different because people are tired and they want change.

2. The peaceful protests that are happening at this very moment are necessary, and to those that think otherwise well, I don’t know what to say. I have mixed feelings as for the riots that are taking place because I see the tired and angry faces among us and I want to understand. But at the same time, they are destroying our city. Some even form riots just because they want to, and they use police brutality as an excuse(not saying all riots are like that though). Violence will not help us find a solution to any problem, it just causes chaos.

3. Race means nothing to me, it is just a way for us to see the “difference” in each other. Race is basically how we categorize(group) people based on physical or social qualities. But, it is just unnecessary.

4. I'm ABC(American-born Chinese). It is such a cliche when people say everyone is special/unique because there is only one you. Well, I'm not special I am just another 13 year old Chinese-American.

5. Racism is happening everywhere, but I honestly don’t remember my first experience with racism. However one thing is for sure, I have come to hear a lot of racist slurs and remarks being said towards me and my friends.

6. The video was inspiring and Baratunde Thurston(the speaker) has a great point. He states facts throughout the whole video and I think more people have to watch this, more people need to be educated in what is happening right now.

Lucas Chubb

bobthebuilderimpress — 2020-06-11 15:32:09 UTC

1: My reaction upon hearing about George Floyd being murdered was that all 4 cops should be charged with murder. The cop who actually did it is guilty, and the other 3 cops are accomplices, who are also guilty.

2: I feel that protesting is what they should do, but rioting and forcing stores to close their doors during these hard times is unfair to the stores, however i completely understand how mad and enraged they are. I also think they have the right to be enraged, frankly they should be.

3: Race is what someone looks like and nothing more. Culture is your background, your roots and what you believe in. You are no different from anyone else if you are black, you are no different from anyone else if you have a different color of skin.

4: What makes me me is my personality and not my looks. I am NOT better than anyone else in the class, and most definitely NOT because I am white. (i'm not better, the second part of the sentence makes it sound like i'm implying that.)

5: I'm not very good on the memory side of things, so i'm not sure, but one thing I can say for sure is that lately people have been saying that if your asian you have the virus, which is far from the truth.

6: The video was very true in what he said, and he said it perfectly.

Who is Natalia Naidich

nsnaidich — 2020-06-11 15:43:22 UTC

My parents both grew up in the country. My mom grew up in a town in upstate New York. My dad grew up in many places because my grandpa used to switch jobs a lot but where he lived was mostly in New England. But the better question is where my family came from because that is way more interesting. As I said in the other sets of questions I am Jewish, and my ancestors came from very Jewish places in Europe. For example my ancestors came from Germany, Russia, , and Austria other Eastern European countries. But they came to america a pretty long time ago. So my family Grew up Jewish and my Grandparents actually grew up learning Yiddish but they did not care it on to my parents.
The house I grew up/ still growing up in is actually more of an apartment. But it sounds pretty loud because I live in a loud family.
I see like 5 other apartments when I step out my front door.

2020-06-11 15:51:12 UTC

Avatar of Tovia Tovia 17h Honestly right now I have all respect for you because you didn't punch the black kid in the face, and honestly you could've but you stood your ground. Me coming from a black perspective I would've never said that because I just don't think that way unless I've been provoked or someone started with me, which isn't the best case either but it is what it is.

Chenming Fang-Who I am

cmfang17 — 2020-06-11 15:53:37 UTC

1. Both of my parents were born and raised in Zhoushan -- a small city in Zhejiang province. My dad was born into a very poor family. His parents were farmers and barely had enough food to feed the family. My mom had more resources and had the opportunity to move to the US.
2. I grew up in a two-bedroom apartment on the 10th floor. At the time, it was one of the few buildings in my city with a functioning elevator. I was also lucky enough to have access to a huge TV in the living room, a balcony, and a piano.
3. When I was little, the street outside of my apartment was not busy at all. However, I remember that I was fascinated by huge dump trucks passing by.

Emily - Who I Am?

2020-06-11 15:54:06 UTC

A. Both my mom and dad are Chinese, born in Fuzhou, Chang Le. They immigrated from China to America to give me and my sister a better education and to let us start a new beginning in a new country.
B. In order for my parents to earn money in America, I was born in America but I got sent back to China at a very young age. Therefore, the place that I grew up in was in my Grandmother's and Grandfather's house for most of my childhood. I remember that my Grandfather's and Grandmother's house was very big; there was much space for me to roam around and even a front yard.
C. When I stepped out of my front door, I remembered I always saw my cousins playing in the front yard. I guess we weren't in a good relationship because I would always hear them crying after I took away their toys.

Amy S- Who I Am

amyshao1024 — 2020-06-11 15:55:22 UTC

a. Both my mother and father are from Fuzhou , China. They both immigrated to the US, then I was born. After being born in the US I went back to China to you know live with grandparents.I think my parents probably went to the US for a better life.
b. I don't really remember how the house I grew up in sounds like, I lived in china for like 6 years, and its a good environment. I also remember having a really big tree, so probably I would hear birds chirping 24/7. I don't know, we had grown watermelon, so probably so I probably heard bees?
(or silence )
c. When I stepped out of the front door when I was little, I just hear peace and quiet. I also hear nature stuff in some way. Now If I step out there would probably be silence, and normal things people would hear.

Kenneth Lam 701 Who I am

kennethlam321 — 2020-06-11 15:56:01 UTC

1) My mother and father are both Asian. They came from China.
2)The place where I grew up looked very Asian because my entire family is Asian and they followed the traditions. It sounded very like a lot of the Chinese traditional music when the traditions were going on.
3) When I step outside of my door I see other people that are like me. They are also mostly or all Asian. I am pretty sure none of them smoke. At least, my entire life I haven't seen them smoke outside at least.

irisz1107 — 2020-06-11 15:56:53 UTC

Iris Zhu 701 1. In Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, George Floyd expe

Shu Yu Lei - Who Am I

2020-06-11 15:59:03 UTC

1) My mom and dad are both from Tai Shan. They both can speak Taishanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Ever since I was 6, my mom and I moved to New York to take care of my grandma and grandpa. It was also so I can have a better education.
2) My mom and dad owned 2 houses in China, one in Guangdong and the other in Tai Shan. During the weekends I would usually go to the house in Guangdong, where it was very modern like houses nowadays. But, I had to go back to the house in Tai Shan during the week days because the location of my school was closer there. The house in Tai Shan wasn't as modern as the house in Guangdong because it was built a long time ago. It was still a good shelter to stay in, there were just some small cracks on the walls and the paints on the walls looks a bit old.
3) When I stepped out of the house in Guangdong, you can hear and see a lot of beeping from cars and roads. But when I went out from the house located in Tai Shan, there were lots of plants, ponds/river, dogs, and rocks. Now in new work, when I stepped out of the apartment; it is very similar to when I went out in Guangdong. (Lots of traffic, cars and etc.)

Ucheong Sou-Who Am I

2020-06-11 16:08:04 UTC

1. Both my dad and my mom are from Guangzhou. My mom moved here to New York for a better education during college. My dad moved here to America to have a better life.
2. The house I grew up in was average sized. We lived on the top floor and the was very packed with noise as my brother and sister were basically newborns.
3. I saw a high school as I walk out and also my favorite place was there. When my grandpa visited us, I use to play with the ants or like pick them up on sticks with my grandpa.

2020-06-11 16:17:56 UTC

We must show the true side, the real side

Chris Hernandez-who I am

2020-06-11 16:18:20 UTC

1. My mother and father are both African American and came from America.
2. The house I grew up was average size with two rooms, a kitchen, bathroom, and a living room.
3. I saw a elementary school when I walked out the building with a park in front and in the back of the building.

Iris Zhu-Who I am

irisz1107 — 2020-06-11 16:27:35 UTC

1. Both my parents were born in China, they lived in totally different environments. My dad grew up in a village in the Guangdong province, it is a 2-hour drive from the city Guangzhou. My dad has 2 siblings, an older sister, and a younger brother. They moved to America when he was at the age of 8, before moving he did not get an education because my grandparents didn’t have the money to and they lived in the countryside. If he were to go to school he would have to walk a long distance by himself. His job was to take care of his brother and help with the farm. My mother, on the other hand, lived in the city of Guangzhou, she had to move a lot because of her father’s job. My grandfather is a teacher, he teaches high schools, so as a result, he had high expectations for my mom and her younger brother. My mom went to school since she was little, and she had to take care of her brother. Her parents weren’t always there for her because they had work. They had a chance to move to America, but they stayed.
2. I grew up in a house, but since then I moved several times. I lived in Brooklyn throughout most of my childhood. It was a two-story house with a basement. My neighborhood was great! I lived amongst a white neighborhood but our neighbors were always so great and happy to see us. There was this older couple on our street that adored me, every time I headed to the park they would go inside to get me cookies.
3. When I stepped out of the front door it was just my front yard. Until I had to move to a two-family house and we rented the top floor. That was when my parents went in search of a new house in Staten Island. I was excited. Now when I go out it is still a front yard, with a lawn and stairs, there are even a few huge parks near me, that I can walk to.

Victor Li - Who I Am

2020-06-11 16:36:38 UTC

A) My mom was born in Guang Zhou and my dad was born in Taishan. My mom and dad both went to the same elementary school. They were a year apart, my dad being born in 1983 and my mom in 1984. I believe they met when my mom moved to America, and her friends had told her an old schoolmate was here.
B) The apartment I lived and grew up in is the same apartment I live in today. It's a small apartment, full of noise but the neighbors didn't really care because they knew us for a long time. The door to our apartment is red, along with the walls and ceiling of the hallways. There is also this mysterious red stain on the wall of my room. My grandma told me it was paint, however I believe it was blood.
C) Because there was construction of a new apartment building across from mine, you would hear a lot of drills and beeping from the construction workers. Now, I see my dogs and neighbors hanging out on the fence surrounding the apartment.

Sheng Jun Chen 701

doestudent231 — 2020-06-11 16:47:16 UTC

1. I feel confused and angry about what happened because I did not know why the cop continued to put his knee on his back instead of checking for vitals and such after he was unconscious. It's just common sense by now, you know the right thing to do but you just don't do it. George Floyd shouldn't have died like that.

2. I feel confused and furious, not because of the peaceful protesters but the violent protesters that are rioting and taking advantage of the protest and the number of people to their own use by looting stores and smashing people's shops. Also, the coronavirus isn't over yet in the United States and people are treating it as a joke. By gathering in large groups like that and protesting, you are creating a potential for everyone in that group to contract the virus and spread it to their families. Also, the violent protestors that are taking advantage of this and smashing people's stores isn't ok at all. The store owners have already been hurt financially because of the coronavirus and them being forced to shut their business. By looting and smashing their stores, you have just ruined their entire business and set them up for bankruptcy. Also, by rioting, you are worsening the situation instead of improving it. You are also being selfish by looting and taking advantage of this situation.

3. Race is just many different groups of humans and they differentiate by being both physically and genetically different. I believe everyone is the same, functions the same, and can do what anyone can do without being limited to anything because of their race.

4. My identity is an Asian American in which the gender is male. What makes me uniquely "YOU" is my personality, my talents, and my physical attributes. However, I am still a human being and therefore I can do things that other humans do.

5. My first experience with racism is when in elementary school in which most of the population was Hispanic, white, or black. I was mocked because of my race and how they looked and stood out from other races in many ways such as what they do, eat, and the language they speak, etc.

6. My thoughts on the video are that I think this was very inspirational for many people and that he literally just spoke the truth and what the wrong was happening and what we can do to improve the situation.

who I am: william leung

2020-06-11 17:01:28 UTC

My parents are both Asians and came to the US when they grew up. My mom was from GuangZhou and my dad was from Hong Kong. My dad later immigrated to San Francisco, and my mom went to New York a couple of years after. My dad was a chef and electrician, and when he came to New York he owned a driving school in Chinatown or San Francisco (I forgot). My mom came to New York to find a better job.

the apartment I live in is usually quiet, sometimes people outside have barbecues blaring with music. There are basically no sounds besides kids in the playground across the street screaming, and the sound of cars driving by.

c. What did you see/hear when you stepped out of your front door? (For your childhood home and now)

Nothing much, sometimes the neighbors kids laughter when they are playing in the hallway outside, other than that, there's nothing.

Austin Sze 701

2020-06-11 17:11:05 UTC

1. What was your reaction to learning about what happened to George Floyd?
Ans: I feel pretty disappointed because this mans was literally kneeling on his neck, and that couldn't make him breathe, and when he was having a heart attack, the police wasn't seeking medical help but instead gave him more harm. Also the other cops were just standing there and not doing anything.

2. What are your thoughts on the protests going on currently?
Ans: I feel like the protest are kind of useless but kind of not, like I agree that you need to stand up tp racism but if u go on the street and start yelling, that doesn't even help, like that just gives more reasons for the police to be more bad
3. What is race to you?
Ans: Race is nothing to me, because it doesn't matter what color you are either way you are still a human

4. What is your identity? What makes you uniquely "YOU"?
Ans: I am different from other people which make me different

5. What is your first experience with race / racism?
Ans: My first experience was when I went on a cruise and then I was going to my stateroom, and then some 4 year old came up to me and said, 'look, a Chinese kid'

6. What are your thoughts on the video?
Ans: I think the vide is very inspiring and can inspire a lot of people because the speech was very true and could change some racism people

Austin Sze 701

2020-06-11 17:20:47 UTC

A. Could you tell me a little about your Mom and Dad and where they were from? (Even if they are from NYC. Tell us more)
My dad is from Fuzhou, China in Asia. He had 2 siblings.
B. What did the house you grew up in sound and look like?
It was an average household and wasn't toward the wealthy or the poor, but like right in the middle
C. What did you see/hear when you stepped out of your front door?
I saw a bird in a nest with bees and I ran back in

Justin Guo 704- "Who am I"

2020-06-11 17:26:22 UTC

1. Well, my mother and dad originated from mainland China. My parents migrated to America in search of a better future for our descendants.
2. The house I grew up in was always quiet, unless there was partying and the fourth of July. It was calming and it was just a house in the middle of the woods.
3. I can either hear the birds or the quiet but always light breeze. Also, when I go outside I can either see our cars and a lot of trees and flowers.

Jessica 703 “who I am”

2020-06-11 17:30:15 UTC

A.My parents which is my mom and dad are born in china. My dad is born fu zhou in 1975 and my mom is also born in fu zhou in 1979. I remember my parents told me that my dad get kid nape a long time ago, the kidnaper call my grandparents to give twenty thousandth to release him and tell them not to call the police if they call they will kill my dad. So my grandparents didn’t call the police, but that time my grandparents didn’t have enough of money to pay for it so my aunt sell her house and give us the “彩礼钱” that left over (if you know what that mean) and add some there own money. Finally it enough and lastly they give the money to the kidnaper, so they released my dad.
B. The first few mouth of my life, I was in America I didn’t remember what is the place look like. however, my parents say that time we are live in New Jersey in a pretty big house and it pretty peace not very noisy and I went to China to live after 3 mouth. In China I live in a 40 floor apartment i live in the 7 floor because from I was young I start to afraid of height in this place it very different from New Jersey, fu zhou are very noisy especially In close to my apartment , next to the apartment there a big park I remember I can alway can hear little kid yelling around.
C. The first thing I saw when I step out my apartment is not the park is some other high buildings and the next thing I saw is the park, there always a lot of people around in morning there people running and play around and at night there old people dancing and other it alway very fun to want to the park .

Anna Zheng 703 “Who I am”

2020-06-11 17:34:23 UTC

A. Both of my parents were from Fujian , China. They were actually neighbors but don’t know each other that well. They both went to America by themselves to have more opportunities in America.
B. When I was very young I actually lived in China with my grandparents but I kind of forget what the house I lived in look like. Later on when I was like 5 or 6 I went to America to live with my parents. We lived in a apartment on the fifth floor. The apartment I lived in is usually pretty quiet but my neighbors is very loud at night time and day time people would like sing and talk, wasn’t very quiet and it wasn’t very safe during night time.
C. When I step out out of my front door I will see a lot of trees , plants and people sitting on benches talking. Also kids playing games.

Ziting Lin 703- Who I Am

2020-06-11 17:36:24 UTC

1. Both of my parents are born in GuangZhou, China and they moved here nearly one year after I was born.
2. I moved a lot I don't exactly know the reason why. I've always lived in a quiet neighborhood so it has always been calming and peaceful to sit outside whenever I'm stressed.
3. I still remember when I was really young, I would sit at our front porch and hear the ice cream truck pass. But right now, it is just pretty quiet and sort of dull.

trybetter133 — 2020-06-11 17:40:15 UTC

Who I am

lindazheng024 — 2020-06-11 17:52:29 UTC

1. Both of my parents came from Fuzhou, a city in China; my dad has three siblings and my mom has two. When I was growing up I always heard stories about their childhood and how they always played in field, had picnics up in the mountains, and caught little animals/insects. They were introduced to one another by a mutual friend and was married later on.
2. For the first four years of my life growing up, I’ve lived with my uncle, aunt, grandparents and my three older cousins, so it was a pretty big family; although I had such a big family, I don’t remember it being very noisy, it was always pretty peaceful as a matter of fact.
3. In front of the apartment I’ve lived when I was young was a mango tree. I remember when the mangos were ripe, my grandma and I would go pick some and eat them. As for the home I’m living in now however, whenever I step outside, all I see are busy cars and other houses.

Maisha Chowdhury, 701: Who I am

mtasnimc21 — 2020-06-11 17:59:37 UTC

1) Both my mother and father are from a small country in South Asia called Bangladesh. My mother grew up in the capital, Dhaka, and my father grew up in the Noakhali District. Both had a strict childhood, due to the fact that Bangladesh is a country with high poverty rates. My father has two little sisters and a little brother, while my mother has one big sister and three older brothers. Their schools required them to learn a lot at a young age, and permitted beating the students. Since Bangladeshis are mostly either Hindi or Muslim, my parents and family members were heavily devoted Muslims. They had to learn to read Arabic when they were young, so they could read the Qur’an, the sacred book of Islam. Their upbringing reflected a bit on the way they raised me and my sisters, hoping to keep up tradition. Because of their religion and beliefs, it made them close minded to things that I found perfectly fine. Bangladesh used to be part of India, before it became independent. Both had traveled to America, and got married.

2) I grew up in the same apartment that I live in today. I was born in America, however have visited Bangladesh a few times. A three bedroom apartment, occasionally with baby scribbles on the walls. Especially in my bedroom, where there are markers and paint and glitter scribbles all over the walls. I live on the 19th floor of my building, so through all of the windows, you can see the roads and people from down below. My room is constantly in between clutter and clean. I make a lot of mess when I work on anything, but my mother is a clean freak, so she ends up cleaning whatever she finds unacceptable. There is always some loud noise from a different room or the living room, due to my sister playing YouTube videos too loud or the T.V blaring. You can constantly hear my grandmother complaining about something or gossiping to her old lady friend on the phone. My mother is always cooking something on the stove, just yesterday she made a spicy type of chicken. You could also hear me taking deep breaths and chugging my milk from the spice, and the rest of my family laughing in the background. Usually a very noisy and lively place.

3) When I stepped out of my home, I was usually met with silence. My family knew a few of our neighbors on the floor, so there would sometimes be a polite greeting while waiting for the elevator. Where I live is a decent place, but I remember a family who used to fight a lot. They were all adults, but sometimes there would be yelling from within the door or the son standing outside his door, yelling to be let in. I remember being scared out of my wits when they would yell. They have toned down significantly since I was little, though. The neighbors didn't really interact with anyone, we all mostly kept to ourselves. I remember that there was an old lady who lived right next to us, and our whole family really loved her. Me and my sisters called her Grandma, since she was like our grandma, and cared for us. We called our actual grandma what grandmothers are called in Bengali, দাদি . Grandma used to always give us hugs and me and my sisters used to run to her, excited and happy. Sadly, she died last year. Now, again, the halls are always silent and gives me a strange sense of security.

― Maisha Chowdhury, 701
6.11.20

Junjie Lin 701 who I am

junjielin64 — 2020-06-11 18:42:23 UTC

A)My mom and dad were from Fujian, a Chinese province known for its mountain and costal cities. My mom was born on 1973 and my dad was born on 1971 and both of them were born in Fuzhou.
B)The house I grew in to what i can remember had a lot of rooms and was clean. I don't remember much else.
C)I see a street, a parking lot, and shops when i step out my front door, I hear some honking and a lot cars. From my childhood opening the front door i would see a walkway with a road beside it with cars parked in front.

I

octoviahaskins5 — 2020-06-11 18:46:12 UTC

I am Octovia Haskins

octoviahaskins5 — 2020-06-11 18:46:47 UTC

A. My mother was born in The Bronx,New York. She was raised in Brooklyn, Queens and Florida. My father is unknown so there is nothing much I can tell you about him.

B. Well I never really grew up in one house because I've been in the system ( A.C.S a foster care system) So most of the houses I've lived in were usually quiet and were clean.

C.When I stepped out of my front door I saw trees people smoking(it depends) people walking their dogs, people arguing, and cars driving up and down the streets. I usually saw kids in the park and I would join them cause they were my friends. People in the corner stores, and the gang of my block just doing them. (but this was when I was in Brooklyn)

Ashley Li 703

poofycarpet — 2020-06-11 19:02:22 UTC

My first encounter with what happened to George Floyd was a very shadowed one. I didn’t understand what was happening, I didn’t understand what was wrong, and I didn’t understand who was the criminal in the situation. When I dug deeper, I managed to grasp the hold that Floyd did not deserve what had happened to him, under any circumstance. It was unfair, unjustified, and disgusting that the perpetrator had not been arrested.

I can say for sure that protesting isn’t a fair game. People can say they have good intentions, and that they’re doing it for a good cause. I know that some of them genuinely believe that what they’re doing is helping, and there have been ways that protesting has helped. I’m not going to say that we shouldn’t protest or that we should, there are benefits and losses from doing either. But the way people have been using protesting to their advantage to loot from other businesses is outrageous, There’s absolutely no reason to cause innocent people to suffer more because of a so-called “good cause! ” Another problem, peaceful protesting. Police brutality is increasing, even the people who are peacefully walking down the streets are being arrested and hurt. The justice system in this country is quaking, and so is my faith that innocent people aren’t going to be hurt in horrifying ways. Protesting may be needed, but it’s definitely not passing without people getting hurt.

Race is an ideology society made, and it’s used so people can feel superior to others. People are discriminating towards other “races” to fill their egos with pride, but we always forget that we’re all technically part of the same “race. ” We’re all humans, we all breathe, we all function the same, we’re no different from each other, whether it be our skin or culture we came from.

If you took away my physical being, soul, and mind, you still wouldn’t be able to completely replicate who I am, because what makes up a person is the person themselves. You cannot replicate my memories, my feelings, my thoughts, or my abilities, because they are all what makes me, me. I am human, and I am myself.

Thankfully, I never had any major experiences that revolved around discrimation with my culture, since I attended a school that had lots of diversity. But I’ve always been aware of things that happened on the news because of racism, and I was always against it.

The video had a lot of good points in it, Thurston did a good job in presenting his ideas using comedy and different perspectives. I especially liked that he incorporated the idea of a “game” when speaking about how to change the system of racial justice.

Evan Lu 701

evanlu07 — 2020-06-11 19:52:17 UTC

1.My mother was born in Beijing, the current capital of China. My father was born in Fuzhou, which is also in China.
2. I grew up in a apartment, My house had a normal amount of furniture, and had chairs, beds, tables, and computers.
3. When I stepped out of my house, I can see the subway, and 2 delis.

2020-06-11 19:58:37 UTC

Alina Zheng 704-Who I Am

alinazheng0218 — 2020-06-11 20:25:09 UTC

1. Both my mom and dad are from Fuzhou, China and they immigrated here to the US. After 1 year I was born.
2. I lived in a apartment when I was growing up usually I would just see trees and hear traffic. When I was 6 I went to Indiana in the summer to visit my grandparents. The house in Indiana was pretty big. Everyday I would just hear silence and see cars and trees everywhere(Kind of like the bayside)Then for some reason my parents decide that we would stay in Indiana and not go back to New York, So I went to school over there for 1 year. After school was over my parents thought that the school wasn't very good so we came back here in New York.
3.When I step out of my apartment I would see trees and building and hear traffic.

Cookie Stotz 704- I am who I am

cookiehstotz — 2020-06-11 20:37:58 UTC

a) Both of my parents grew up in New York. My grandma immigrated here during World War two from Italy. First her house was bombed in Italy while she was at a puppet show with her little sister. They couldn't find Nona (their grandma), Nona is grandma in Italian, so they ran home and found their house in ruins. While they were running to the church, they found her. For a few months my grandma and her family had to live in a tunnel with little to no food. Then Nona put them in an orphanage for a few months, because the orphanage had a good supply of food. Once Nona had a ticket on a boat to New York, she went back to the orphanage to get my grandma and her sister. Once they got to America it wasn't any easier. They were discriminated against for not speaking English and my grandma and her sister got put in Kindergarten when they should've been in 5th and 7th grade.

My dad's grandpa, Opa (grandpa in German), immigrated to New York right before World War Two. He was a minister, and didn't agree with the rise of the Nazi in Germany, so he moved to the East Village(at that time it was very dangerous) with my grandpa and his mom, and became a minister here.

b) The house I grew up in sounds very different depending on the season. If it is December, March or June, my grandma is here and it is very loud. When my grandpa comes with her you hear a mix of English, Italian, and a dialect of Italian spoken in Trieste, Italy. When they are not here, you hear Chinese and English. Everyone in my family speaks English, but my sister and I also speak Chinese. So we will speak in Chinese so our parents don't understand what we are saying.

c) I hear English, Spanish, and cars. The Deli that is built into my building is run by three men from Mexico. They are very nice and I always say hi to them in the morning.

Tyler Chea 703(Who I Am)

2020-06-11 20:40:11 UTC

A. My mom is from a very small town in China, she lived in Yinping. She moved here to find a better life. My dad is from Cambodia, he moved here because the government there was extremely bad and the government took everything from my dad;s family, their houses, their money, and much more. He had to escape Cambodia and get to Thailand but the guards there caught him many times, but the one time that the guards didn't catch them, they got into a refugee camp in Thailand. It was there where their godmother and godfather took them to america. My mom and dad met through a mutual friend.

B. the house that I remember growing up in was my cousin's house, we lived on the top floor of their house and we would play with each other everyday. It had an open kitchen connected to the living room and two bedrooms. when i was 5, we moved out of there and we moved 2 blocks away from them, we still play with each other everyday to this day. Our house now has 3 floors, we live on the top floor, my uncle lives on the second floor, and the basement is for storage.

C. My childhood home is very close to my home now so i basically hear the same thing but in my childhood home (my cousins house), the people in front of us use to litter all over our property, in the driveway, in the steps, they would throw wrappers, chip bags. tissues and just trash in general. Now we only get like 1 or two litters a month.

Ashley Li 703 - Who I am

poofycarpet — 2020-06-11 20:48:30 UTC

1. My parents are both from China, and they did have to overcome some language barriers when emigrating to America. My dad is actually a social worker, he works in a company that provides assistance to those who aren’t able to properly communicate to organize specific matters such as SNAP cards and health insurance.

2. The house I grew up in is still the one I’m staying in right now, it’s a fairly small apartment, on the fourteenth floor. Sometimes I would feel cramped, but I’ve gotten quite used to the look of my apartment so its not really a bother. I would usually smell my father’s cooking on weekday nights, and the sound of my sibling playing music in his room.

3. When I looked outside, I would see the bright sun and the leaves rustling in the trees. There would be a church across from where I live and people lining up there, possibly for prayer. There would be cars trailing off into the distance, and tall street lights not illuminated. There would be a breeze amidst the atmosphere, some people dancing or someone selling shaved ice around the corner. But now, all I see is a barren street, road unpaved, and only every now and then would I be able to witness a car pass by.

Who I Am..

2020-06-11 21:43:04 UTC

A. My mom was born in NYC at beth israel hospital. My mom lived in lower manhattan, she moved to brooklyn, and she moved back and forth a lot. My dad was born in the brooklyn hospital.
B. I grew up in an apartment near sewer park. Then I moved to an apartment near the school so it is easier to get to it.
C. The 1st thing I saw was kids in the playground in sewer park and birds chirping peacefully like a good day. (until now a days...)

-Jaron Duran 704

Richard Lei 703

2020-06-11 21:44:44 UTC

1. My mom and dad are both from China. My mom, had a different childhood, and she went to learn in honduras, and learned spanish there.

2. I still live in the same house that I was born in. We live in a 2 floor house, not too big, not too small.

3. When I was little, when I stepped out of the house, there used to be a lot of chatter and commotion. Now, everyone is stuck at home, so I rarely see anyone come out.

Daniel Zheng 704 (Who I Am)

daniez604class — 2020-06-11 22:11:47 UTC

A. My parents were both born in the same city of Fuzhou, China. My mom was a teacher and my Dad was a government worker before they immigrated to the United States.
B. The apartment I grew up in was a small one, with just one bedroom and one living room. It sounded like a regular apartment, but because I lived right next to a public park, I occasionally heard people talking or playing outside.
C. Before, when I stepped out of my apartment, I saw and heard a lot of other students, because right in front of my apartment was another school, and I had to walk pass that school to get to Shuang Wen. Now, after I moved to Brooklyn, I also hear students because one building next to me, there's also a school. I also have to walk past that school to get to the train station.

Amy Dong 701 Who we are

amydong184 — 2020-06-11 23:54:24 UTC

Both my mom and dad were born in mainland China, in Fuzhou, Fujian. My mom had 2 siblings, an older sister and a younger brother. My dad had 3 siblings, an older sister and two older brothers. My parents came to America in search of a job.

I lived in Manhattan, New York my whole life. I grew up in a three-bedroom apartment. It was always noisy for me because my family talked a lot.

Once I step out of my home it is pretty noisy since there are schools, delis and parks nearby. I see cars passing by and people walking around.

2020-06-12 01:26:47 UTC

Instinct 🤬

1. I think it was really sad and infuriating that George had to die because he was protesting and cause he was black
2. I don't think it’s bad to protest since people are standing up to what they think is right and they have a voice in society
3. I think race is is what separates us from other peopel and what make us unique and stand out since we all have different race, traditions, and beliefs
4. I think my identity is what makes me who i am it makes me unique because there is only one me in the entire universe because there isn’t someone who is exactly the same as me

1.I felt disgusted and shocked. A black man was killed by the police when he did nothing wrong. Nobody should be treated differently because of their skin color. 2.I support the peaceful protest but I do not support the violent protest and lootings. I peaceful protesting is need to change the system in our country. 3.Race to me means an identity group of people and their physical characteristics, culture, ethnicity, and background. 4. I am asian born in America. 5.I don’t recall my first experience with race/racism. But something that offended me was when Trump called the coronavirus, the chinese virus. 6.My thoughts on the video were when Baratunde said “I pull over slowly under the brightest streetlight I can find in case I need witnesses or dashcam footage. We get out my identification, the car registration, lay it out in the open, roll down the windows, my hands are placed on the steering wheel, all before the officer exits the vehicle. This is how to stay alive.” it really broke my heart when he says this is how to stay alive.

amydong184 — 2020-06-12 01:51:55 UTC

6/12 - Implicit Bias

rachelnclee — 2020-06-12 04:39:41 UTC

Watch the TWO VIDEOS on Google Classroom FIRST.

***You can DRAW out these responses using the SKETCH Function ON PADLET.

•What is implicit bias?

•How does implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism?

•What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?

•What’s an example of implicit bias that you have experienced, witnessed or heard about?

Please share your story with us.

Ms Lee's Implicit Bias

rachelnclee — 2020-06-12 04:44:39 UTC

I wish I wasn't biased. But I would be lying if I said that I am a completely fair and unbiased person.

As an Asian American person, my understanding of race and culture is based on what I learned throughout my entire life. I realized that as a teacher, my implicit bias ultimately hurt my students (you guys!).

For example, I always need to check whether I have been harsher to students who don't share the same cultural background / language as me.

As an adult, I was fortunate to have learned about the ways implicit bias creeps into my mind. So I constantly ask myself: "Would I react this way if they were a different race / spoke a different language / look differently?"

or "Would I treat this person / think of them differently if they were a different race / spoke a different language / look differently."

When the answer is Yes :( I have to be very careful to examine my ideas, and change my actions and perceptions.

Even though it is a long and confusing journey to call out our own implicit bias, I know it will help me learn to love everyone else around me just a little bit better.

implicit Bias

khadijasankara123 — 2020-06-12 12:20:44 UTC

1. implicit bias is your thought process that happen without us knowing about it.
2. it could lead to discrimination because your bias can lead to actions if you don't try to change it. then you could do something that you didn't mean to do (hopefully didn't mean)
3. it has to do with peanut butter and jelly because you always put peanut butter and jelly together and sometimes when someone says a work like family I think kids because kids are the best and im getting of track so anyway i think kids. so i pair them together. and you pair peanut butter and jelly together.
4. i honestly don't remember the time i experienced implicit bias but i do have the memory of a goldfish so don't take my word.

Implicit Bias

radbro0618 — 2020-06-12 14:32:22 UTC

1. Implicit Bias is like a stereotype or attitude that affect your understanding of someone.
2. Implicit Bias leads to discrimination like racism because if will affect how people think of another race, like their is a stereotype that black males and violent crimes being together.
3. It has to do with peanut butter and jelly because you always out these two things together so if you say peanut butter someone going to say jelly.
4. This has happen to me once before, when I went to this park a black kid said Asian's don't play basketball to me.

Implicit Bias

amyshao1024 — 2020-06-12 14:51:38 UTC

1.Implicit bias is what comes from normal functioning, you just have a thought process that just comes out without you really knowing it.
2.Implicit bias can lead to discrimination like racism because some people just holds a certain type of "grudge" to others, they probably don't realize it, but the stereotype just affect our ways of thinking and how we are taught. It sort of influences us to not like something with really know why. Often times this makes people think either a positive or negative way of viewing a certain persons race or identity.
3. Implicit bias has to do with pent butter and jelly, because when you say peanut butter it is known that jelly would be paired with it. Just like how you have thoughts without you really knowing it.
4. I have experience implicit bias, people just discriminate and I just hear their conversations sometimes. If you're asian you probably grew up like this id not know, but you often times would just hear many other asians just having bias against blacks, because the stereotype that many of us are brought up with.

Implicit Bias

cmfang17 — 2020-06-12 15:00:09 UTC

1. Implicit bias is the unconscious association of two things caused by the news we see and the things we hear.
2. According to the example provided in the video, because black men and violent crimes often appear together in news, we are likely to associate these two terms when one of them is introduced.
3. Implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly because we automatically pair peanut butter and jelly together without thinking. Implicit bias also works in this way.
4.I don't think implicit bias has to be bad stereotypes. Most NBA players are African American. Therefore, when I see an African American student playing basketball against an Asian student, I would think that the African American student has a greater chance of winning.

implicit bias is a human nature for a example when i say school you will think teachrer or homwork 2, implicit bias some time is good it is good for team work becuse when you makeing a lego house when you say the opposite of coler of black and your team made will konw is white and some time is bad becuse when a cop is cach a bad guy and they will kill them by accident .3, it is happent is becuse when a lot of peaple is do the same thing so you will start to cope them so that is why where is implicit bias.

jinchaolyu639 — 2020-06-12 15:06:26 UTC

Implicit Bias

victorli1006 — 2020-06-12 15:19:47 UTC

1) Implicit biases are thought processes that occur without you being aware of it.
2) It leads to racism because when you hear stereotypes of black people paired with crime, it becomes an implicit bias where you always think blacks are criminals.
3) People usually pair peanut butter and jelly with each other without giving a second thought. This way of not thinking and automatically associating things with one another is what implicit bias is.
4) An implicit bias I've heard about is Asians eating dogs. I've never had it said directly towards me to offend me, but if I do, I'd probably lose my cool and blow up.

IMPLICIT biASs

leochen386 — 2020-06-12 15:22:02 UTC

Implicit bias is a thought process that happens WITHOUT you even knowing it.
It is just like judging race without you knowing it.
It has to do with peanut butter and jelly because peanut butter and jelly are supposed to be together. Like how races are supposed to be together too. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
I saw someone go crazy in the park. I thought he was high and crazy, but when I got to know him more he was actually a peaceful and kind guy.

Suri Zhan - Who i am

surizhan11707 — 2020-06-12 15:30:11 UTC

A) My parents are both from Fuzhou (Chang Le) and they met by being introduced by a friend. My dad came to America at age 27 and my mom came to America at age 24.
B) I grew up in a house in Manhattan and every morning i would hear my grandma watching the news and birds chirping. My apartment was made out of brick with two red doors. I remember running home from afterschool every evening.
C) When i stepped outside of my apartment main door, i would hear people talking, cars driving, traffic and street guards’ blowing their whistles. I would also hear kids racing down the street into the corner deli. I would often see my friends and classmates because many people live on that street. Now that i moved to Queens, once i walk out of the door, i barely hear anything because i leave my house at 7 in the morning and people aren’t going to work yet. But i would see a lot of cars parked on the streets.

Implicit Bias

octoviahaskins5 — 2020-06-12 15:51:00 UTC

1. Implicit bias

Lovinia Grandoit - Who i am

2020-06-12 16:24:08 UTC

A. Could you tell me a little about your Mom and Dad and where they were from? (Even if they are from NYC. Tell us more)

My mom and dad both grew up in Haiti's capital port au prince. But my dad moved to New York at 8 and for my mom she moved at 12. They both lived near each other and became friends.

B. What did the house you grew up in sound and look like?

The apartment I grew up sounded like a school cafeteria. I lived with 12 people! It looked like an unfinished building with a playground in the back. Inside my apartment looked normal and decent. My neighbors are chillll.

c. What did you see/hear when you stepped out of your front door? (For your childhood home and now)

My childhood home had a whole glow up. The building has stronger security and looks nice. But for outside its the same. There is always some drama going on outside. People yelling for no reason. I like that about it though. It gives my home area some spice.

lornalevine9 — 2020-06-12 17:15:18 UTC

Who are we? A. My parents were both born in NYC. My father grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn. My mom was raised in the Bronx near Mosholu Parkway. Three of my grandparents were born in Russia and emigrated to the United States because of the oppression of Jewish people in Russia. My grandfather came to NY all by himself when he was 17. He thought his father was going with him but when they got to the boat, his father said goodbye. That was the last time my grandfather ever saw his family. They were all killed by the Nazis during WW II. My grandmother (nana) was born on Mott street (in her parents’ apartment) and grew up there. I never met my other set of grandparents. They died before I was born. B. Believe it or not, I’m living in the same building that I grew up in, only now I’m living in my grandparent’s former apartment (5D) and not my parent’s (5C). Yes, I grew up right next door to my grandparents which was great because my mom couldn’t cook to save her life and my nana was an amazing cook. Because my grandparents adopted a child who was 25 years younger than my mom, I was always running back and forth between apartments with my older sister to play with my aunt, hang out with my grandfather or cook and bake with my grandmother. C. The apartment’s in Queens and when I look out of my window, I see other apartment buildings that look just like mine. They are all six floors. Since I’m on the 5th. floor, I am able to see the sky. It’s a pretty quiet area but since I’m only ½ block from Queens Blvd., I do hear the din of cars and trucks. I moved back to Queens when my mom died, right before I started teaching at Shuang Wen. One thing that has really changed in my building is that when I was little, pretty much everyone who lived here was Jewish of Eastern European decent. Now the building is more like a salad bowl with people of all races, religions and nationalities. I consider this real progress.

loviniagrandoit — 2020-06-12 17:42:44 UTC

•What is implicit bias?
attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

•How does implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism?
Implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism because it can affect people options on different races and treat them unequal. Call them mean names and commit hate crimes.

•What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?
Implicit bias has to do with pb&j because pb&j is a good pair and you can pair things like people. Not true but an example is black people is always violent. This is pb&j because i'm pairing black people with being violent.

•What’s an example of implicit bias that you have experienced, witnessed or heard about? Share your story with us.
That has never happened to me and I never heard about it going on to someone I know.

Implicit Bias

gulnasmosh — 2020-06-12 17:53:32 UTC

1. Implicit bias is when one has thoughts about member(s) of a certain social group that they don't even know about. Implicit bias can happen due to experience and based on learned associations between particular qualities and social categories, including race and/or gender.
2.Implicit bias can lead to discrimination because some people just don't know that what they think/believe is wrong. Some might say that they are delusional.
3.Implicit bias and racism are like peanut butter and jelly and duos. They're pairs that are in a way, are meant to be. Implicit bias can brew up racism, and together it makes racism. Similar to how peanut butter and jelly makes the classic duo PB&J.
4.I never experienced those things. My parents definitely experienced because they both came from different countries.

Justin Guo 704- Implicit Bias

2020-06-12 18:11:48 UTC

1. It is a stereotype that you think about a certain type of race group. This does included but not limited to gender and race.
2. It leads to discrimination because once you keep your bias it will slowing turn into to full on hate for that type(s) of race or gender.
3. They are similar because when they are heard and paired together, just like in the video they say black new often paired with violence.
4. One that I had always heard, is the one that included in the video

lornalevine9 — 2020-06-12 18:56:21 UTC

Implicit bias is the unconscious go-to mechanism in our mind that we often listen to instead of our conscious values. It is what propels us to make judgements about people we don’t even know without even realizing we are doing it. Sadly, this implicit bias button is in all of us and as a result we all play a role in perpetuating racial stereotypes. This is difficult to say aloud because many of us (me) don’t like to see ourselves as complicit in this. We don’t want to look within ourselves because we are ashamed and uncomfortable with what we see. It is because of our denials and our silence that inequity runs rampant in our country and stereotypes perpetuate. Only when we face our own implicit biases can things begin to change. Only when we examine our own biases can we begin to rewire that implicit bias button in our brains. with new information. As a teacher, I cannot allow implicit bias to effect on how I treat my students

Implicit Bias

vincentliroblox4889 — 2020-06-12 19:37:04 UTC

Implicit Bias is the unconscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group.

They can affect people and change their perspective for either the better or for the worst.

When heard they think of some thing related to a scenario like Black and Violence.

It was in the video

Who Am I

gulnasmosh — 2020-06-12 20:34:43 UTC

My parents are both immigrants. My mom came from a small part of Fuzhou (Minhou 閩侯) in China. Her parents weren't home much. My grandfather would be off in different cities as a contractor, and my grandma would be cooking for the workers. So my mom pretty much raised herself and her brother. When she turned 18 she moved to America.My dad came from the poorest country in Europe, Moldova. Born in Chișinău, my dad lived in the USSR (Soviet Union). Growing up my dad grew up with a lot of poverty. My dads family all moved to America and started a new life. At one point my dad even went to military school. Every summer him and his sister would go back to Kazan, a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, and place in Russia, where my grandma on my dads side was from. Right after high school decided to travel the world, and during his time in China, he met my mom. Both my parents came from different religions. My moms side believed in Buddhism, and very religious. However, on my dads side, his parents weren't religious, but his grandparents were. His mom was muslim, and his dad was jewish. My parents never chose one religion, so we just celebrate and practice some things from each religion.
2. Growing up I lived in many places. When I was born for a few months I lived with my dads parents because my parents weren't fully prepared with raising a kid. Later we moved to an apartment in Manhattan. Lived theres for another few months. Then lived in a home in Queens for about 3 years until I moved to another house in Queens. just before my mom got pregnant with my brother. Then after living there for 3 years I moved to my current home an apartment in Uptown Manhattan. Since I was born, we always had family and friends over, so we'd have a lot of people. People speaking all kinds of languages. Russian, Tatar, Fuzhounese, Mandarin, Romanian, Shanghainese, Cantonese, Yiddish, Hebrew, and many more that I don't really know whats its name. It was really rare to have peace and quiet, and honestly has never changed.
3. Right now where I live, it's mostly a Dominican neighborhood. Theres loud music on 24/7, right in front of my building is my old school. Lots of small business, but still never sleeps.

Ella Chen - Who I Am

2020-06-13 02:31:02 UTC

My mom and dad were both from China. They both came to America hopping to get a better job and to start a family, also to settled down.
I have never moved before so I have lived in a small apartment my whole life. In my apartment it’s mostly quiet and it look like a apartment.
When I step out of my apartment I see stairs to go down and it’s mostly quiet.

Gulnas Moshkovich 704

gulnasmosh — 2020-06-13 07:58:35 UTC

1. I felt disgusted and sick to my stomach. He was saying "I can't breathe," multiple times, and officers did nothing. The one with his knee on his neck, I just don't understand the purpose of that. Then the others officers who did nothing to stop him. It almost like watching someone get bullied but not doing anything about it, but just 1000*worse. There's no words to describe how disgusting this entire story is.
2. I am pro for the protests. It's important peoples voices to be heard. My problems are one, the government militarizing the police. Second, why, why, why, why shoot rubber bullets, and fire tear gas at innocent protester. Lastly, I noticed a lot of protestors weren't wearing face masks. People don't forget, the coronavirus is still a thing. Its just so the safety of others and yourself.
3.Race to me is ones way of identifying their families ancestry.
4.For me I call myself is "ABCR" American born Chinese Russian. Honestly my DNA's probably all over the place. My dad has family in Germany, France, Romania, England, Spain, Siberia, Moldova, Ukraine, and even more that I don't even know about. I think what makes me special is the fact that I'm from all over the place, have family members that married for love, going against their religion, and their parents.

5.My first experience with race/racism was probably when I was in Pre-K. I don't have a clear memory of it. I do remember a girl from a rich white family wouldn't be friends with someone who had Asian eyes like me. Then she did the thing with her eyes. I was mostly confused but the eye thing hurt. The most memorable one for me was in 3rd grade. We were learning about China, and I was the only Chinese person in the entire so. When the teacher asked background question, I knew all the answers, so I answered them. Then this one kid in my class had the audacity to stand up on his chair and in a very inaccurate Asian accent, and did the stereotypical Asian eye thing. I confronted him in front the entire class then he went to the principals office and got a months worth of detention.
6.I thought the video was spot one.

Benjamin Huang 703 (Who am I)

2020-06-13 16:29:17 UTC

My parents are both from China.
My parents were both born in the south of china filled with big cities like NY.

The house i grew was loud filled with cities. It wasn't that great tho due to many blocks that you have to walk to. I then moved somewhere better.

I see trees, big massive trees. I also see stores, construction, etc.

Jessica 703 Implicit bias

2020-06-13 17:00:45 UTC

Implicit bias is attitudes or a thought process in your mind that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions to different kind of peoples/ a group of people sometimes we didn’t even know it, this is made up by your life experience and people around you, and news in tv and things we hear form every where, which is human nature.

Implicit bias Connect to races because we may treat peoples differently from the fact that different people have different cultures and our mind will choose the people that similar to us .

Implicit bias have to do with peanut butter jelly because they are good pair this humor understanding is make up by what we hear and see from other, when there lot of people saying they are pair or lot of people put it together your brain will think it a basic thing so you didn’t need to think and will get the answer which is Implicit bias.

I have a experience once, a long time ago in elementary school when I was playing in the park I see one of my classmate/friend she got push and I just what to be nice and take my hand out but because I’m different from her when her other friend (which same culture as her) put her hand out too, she didn’t think and grab her hand and stand up and just walk away. :(

Implicit Bias - Jaron.D

2020-06-13 17:03:38 UTC

Implicit Bias is something related to actions a person makes usually when someone is unconscious. For example, some people have negative thoughts about each other each of them knowing in each of their perspectives/point of view. Its not similar to race or judging someone's gender but is in a group of race.

It can lead to discrimination like racism because its transitioning your mind becoming into a person who has a hate to someone for a certain reason thinking constantly about it which can lead to making yourself as a silent unconscious person.

An example of implicit bias that I experienced was when a friend of mine in summer camp was all nice and stuff. But, when I told the teacher on him because he did something bad breaking the worst rule. He gave me the worst attitude like laughing when nothing is funny like hes about to kill me but he didn't even know what happened because he was unconscious to what he just did.

-Jaron Duran 704

Implicit bias- Chris 704

2020-06-13 17:39:51 UTC

Implicit Bias

raysonlin45678 — 2020-06-13 18:46:40 UTC

1. Implicit Bias is a decision or action done unconciously, usually influenced through your life experience and many other stuff.
2. Implicit bias can lead to racism as people during their lives taught how other people may be different maybe even bad even bad which will affect their thoughts of those people. Having to have biasness agaisnt those people, having a racist tone against them.
3. I don't know I can't recall any experiences, but I've seen something over social media. Which had a lot of racism and biasness. From someones other ears you'd just think the person was insane, but the person speaking life may have changed because of the virus. She probably thought asians like the person filming the video were the source and wanted them gone and everything will return back to normal.

Implicit bias Anna Zheng 703

2020-06-13 21:39:51 UTC

1. Implicit bias is through process that happen without you even knowing it. The attitude that affect our understanding to decisions and actions toward someone.
2. Implicit bias can lead to discrimination like racism because we may have an action toward someone because they are different form us and from what we are taught or learned when we were young from our parents, social media, and news. Our mind can become to act different towards someone or a group without even noticing it.
3. What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?
What do implicit bias have to do with peanut butter and jelly is that when we think of peanut we automatically connects it to jelly. Just like in the video when people think of black people they connect it to violence.
4. I think I have experience implicit bias but just don’t remember it. An example of implicit bias would be like I have been taught or heard of things that is negative toward this person. I will think that this person is bad without even actually knowing this person.

Implicit Bias- Ziting Lin 703

2020-06-13 21:45:34 UTC

1. Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understandings or decisions in a unconscious.
2. Implicit bias can lead to racism because we may have more negative thoughts towards a specific races' culture or will spread more hate towards a specific type of person.
3. Implicit bias has to do with peanut butter and jelly because they are often paired with each other just how they pair up black people with violence.
4. I never experienced implicit bias before.

Implicit bias Tracy lu 703

lutracy2007 — 2020-06-13 23:41:06 UTC

1.Implicit bias is the decision/ choices/ actions that you made towards a group of people based on your opinions, attitudes, thoughts, and stereotypes.

2. Implicit bias leads to discrimination because we might have some negative thoughts or feelings towards a certain group of people or certain kind of religion/culture without even knowing who or what they are. That ends up putting a lot of hate on them.

3. Whenever you hear peanut butter and jelly you think it's bad, these two things are just paired together. Even if you only hear peanut butter cookies, you will think it's bad because it makes you think of peanut butter and jelly And its bad!

4. An example of implicit bias would be the most annoying person in class, he is loud, annoying, mean and disrespectful. Even though he wasn’t in my class, but after listening to all those negative things about him, I thought he was bad too. But until one day where I actually had a chance to be his classmate and be friends with him, then I found out that he’s actually not that bad like how others said he was. He was a nice friend who would share snacks with you, a person who would make you happy all the time, a person who is helpful, nice and friendly!

Ethan Pai 703

2020-06-14 01:10:12 UTC

1. Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.
2. Implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism because we can have negative feelings or thought to a certain culture or religion
3. when we think about jelly, we think about peanut butter. same goes for other things. when some people think about Asians, they think about people that are good at math
4. i never experienced it before, and hope not to

Tyler Chea 703 - Implicit Bias

2020-06-14 01:51:35 UTC

1. Implicit biases are thought processes that happen without you knowing it, it might be about race.

2. implicit bias can lead to racism and discrimination because we can think about it but not even realize that we are being racist because of what and how we were taught.

3. peanut butter and jelly have to do with racism because when we hear peanut butter, we automatically think jelly. This can also apply with race, for example, when people hear "African American men", some people automatically think violence or crime. That is racism

4. What I have heard about implicit bias is when the words "Asians" come up, many people think about COVID-19, chopsticks or eating dogs. THAT IS RACIST

Implicit bias - Alina Zheng 704

alinazheng0218 — 2020-06-14 02:21:42 UTC

1. Implicit biases are thought and choices that you make without even noticing towards a group of people.

2. Implicit bias can lead to racism and discrimination because we can have some negative thoughts or feelings to a certain group of people.

3. Peanut butter and jelly has to do with racism because when you hear peanut butter you would think about jelly. Peanut butter & jelly are paired together just like when some people think of Asians people think about COVID-19.

4. I have never experienced implicit bias before.

Implicit bias

taoyuhatesgreenbeans — 2020-06-14 02:22:40 UTC

1. Implicit bias is the act of unconsciously stereotyping a group of people usually through the influences of people around you.

2. Implicit bias can affect your actions and understanding of a group of people which leads to discrimination.

3. Implicit bias can be better understood through peanut butter and jelly, for example when someone says peanut butter you automatically think of jelly just like how implicit bias causes you to think of a stereotype associated with a group of people.

4. I have not personally experienced implicit bias before.

Implicit Bias-Ucheong Sou 703

2020-06-14 14:11:16 UTC

1.Implicit bias is unconscious part of someone's brain that can make judgement's towards a certain group of people.
2.Implicit bias can lead to racism because the unconscious part of us might take action.
3.After many people hear peanut butter, they almost immediately relate it to jelly. This is like implicit bias because when you think of a race, you automatically think of something prejudice about that race even if you don't believe in it.
4.I have not experienced implicit bias before.

Implicit Bias Cookie Stotz 704

cookiehstotz — 2020-06-14 14:13:08 UTC

What is implicit bias?

Implicit Bias is a subconscious bias that everyone has. It could be making judgments about someone because of their race, but it is not being racist. Having implicit bias means that you subconsciously think something that you may not actually think. Implicit bias is developed by the people, culture and things you see around you.

2. How does implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism?

I think implicit bias can lead to things like racism because for example, the experiment they conducted in the video, you could subconsciously help white people, more specifically what they said in the video, white men more than other people. This could lead to discrimination because people will only ascociate people in power as white people, developing more implicit biases, and continuing the cycle.

3. What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?

When you think of peanut butter, you think of jelly. This is like implicit bias because your brain may automatically think of stereotypes for a race, even if you know that's not what you actually think. So peanut butter and jelly is an analogy for thinking of something and your brain goes to something racist, because of what you may hear in social media and the news or movies.

4. What’s an example of implicit bias that you have experienced, witnessed or heard about? Share your story with us.

Last year in sixth grade, I heard a kid talking about going to college. He was saying that he thinks POC, especially black people are lazy, so they should take the easy classes. I told him that being lazy doesn't depend on your race, it's your character, and what he said was racist. Then he said that's just what I have heard from other people. So, I think this was implicit racism, but I think it's hard to tell the difference when you haven't experienced it happening to you.

Richard Lei 703

2020-06-14 14:32:02 UTC

Implicit bias is a part of our brain that makes us think differently towards others

Implicit bias can lead to discrimination because we would think differently of others, and sometimes, we're not aware and we can think others are better/worse than us. However, in reality, we are all equal, and we should all be treated fairly.

Peanut butter and jelly are like implicit bias because they are usually both together. It relates to racism because sometimes, when people think of African Americans, they think of violence

I have never experienced implicit bias before, I always thought that implicit bias was just racism.

Le 🤬 704 who i am.

2020-06-14 18:56:44 UTC

1. both of my parents are from china. My dad met my mom in china and he immigrated here first, and after giving to me in china, my mom also came here a few years later when I was 4.
2. I grew up in a House on the first floor in Shanghai. I lived with my grandpa, and my mom until the age of 4, it was a cozy happy childhood. I don't remember what It sounded like though.
3. When I stepped out the front door, I saw a concrete road that led to the local square, and it was like any other neighborhood.

poofycarpet — 2020-06-14 19:06:37 UTC

Implicit bias is a type of bias that you just get used to. It’s more or so subconscious so you wouldn’t really realize it's delved into your daily life until you observe the patterns in the decisions you make.

Because implicit bias is so hard to identify, it can easily implement beliefs that society has taught you into your mind, causing people to go along with the ideologies and lead to discrimination, such as racism. Such an example can be something like peanut butter and jelly. When someone mentions peanut butter, another person might mention jelly, since society has taught us about how peanut butter and jelly go together in many different ways, shapes, and forms. Another example can be how someone will mention ketchup, and another will mention mustard. It’s all about comparing things that seem to go together.

I think I definitely have encountered implicit bias in the past, but I currently cannot remember it off the top of my head.

Implicit Bias Le 🤬

2020-06-14 19:10:09 UTC

implicit bias is how we think and see everyday things, it shapes our understanding of the world and everyone has it.
since we were little, we see signs and newspapers, and little clips of how people want us to see things, these small clips shape our biases and why we have biases.
we commonly associate violent crimes with black people, and this is like peanut butter and jelly, but its really because these things are what the newspaper report.
Implicit bias can be seen from peoples reactions to you, there body language and everything they do, When I was a kid, I met this person who said they were from Hong Kong, I said that I was from shanghai, after that I felt them glaring at me and as if they were pitying me for who I am.

Owen|

2020-06-14 21:16:35 UTC

1. implicit bias is a type of bias that you get because you heard or seen about it. It judging one kind just because you you saw it once however it isn't racist. You have implicit bias from your subconscious.
2. Implicit bias lead to racism by making them think a certain kind is good and some kinds are bad. This will lead to a group of people helping one group and not help other kinds of groups
3. Implicit bias is related to peanut butter and jelly because it in your subconscious to think peanut butter go with jelly. Just like how in your subconscious you might have a bias again a race.

Daniel Zheng 704

daniez604class — 2020-06-15 02:16:08 UTC

1. Implicit bias is a network of ideas and biases you have inside of you that are caused by what people around you express and think about a certain topic. Your brain would automatically connect one thing to the other based on implicit bias. Everyone has implicit bias.
2. Implicit bias leads to racism and racial discrimination because what we are taught and how others think about race leads some to think that one race is "not human." For example, stats show that even though black people only stand for 13% of the American population, 37% of the American male prison population is black. Thus, some might have an automatic connection of implicit bias that black men are violent. This leads to racism and racial discrimination. However, this is not the full truth. These numbers are not representing the rest of the black population. This is also an example of correlation not causation, which means that there are other multiple factors that lead to these numbers being somewhat "inflated." For example, in 2016, the average white family net worth would be around $171,000, while the average black family net worth would be approximately $17,150. Many black families commit crimes out of desperation; and them being poor is not their fault, considering systemic racism and income inequality usually targets them.
3. Implicit bias and racism has to do with peanut bitter and jelly, because we often associate peanut butter with jelly, while other associations like black people and criminals are also automatic for some people.
4. I have not experienced implicit bias, or that I can recall of.

Chris 704 implicit bias

2020-06-15 03:02:31 UTC

1. An implicit bias/unconscious bias, or implicit stereotype, is the unconscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group. Implicit stereotypes are shaped by experience and based on learned associations between particular qualities and social categories, including race and/or gender.

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Suri Zhan 704

surizhan11707 — 2020-06-15 13:49:54 UTC

1. Implicit bias is when you think of a person or a group of people differently than others, you may mostly think of when you like or unlike someone(specifically).
2. Implicit bias can lead to discrimination like racism because a certain person or group may only respect one race or be biased about a certain culture, which causes conflicts
3. Implicit Bias has something to do with peanut butter and jelly because when you think of peanut butter you think of jelly. And when people think of black people, they become stereotypical and just think of crimes, attacks, etc.
3. I’ve never really heard of implicit bias or experienced it before.

My mom and dad both work at a restaurant they live in Kentucky I grew up in an apartment, there wasn't much space there and there was a lot of trash and littering I hear trucks and cars passing by when I step out of the front door

2020-06-15 14:34:26 UTC

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Jinchao Lyu 703

2020-06-15 15:46:04 UTC

I felt sad when George Floyd died because he was a person. When someone dies, their parent will feel sad.

I feel that the protest is too much, because there is a pandemic happening in the world. People think that when a person dies, they can go out to protest.

When more people go out, they will accidentally get the virus, and then more people would die.

Racism is a way you look down on people based on their skin, their Religion, and how they speak.

I am a Chinese person who speaks English, Cantonese, and a Little bit of Taiwanese. The special thing is that I have never been to Taiwan, but I still understand Taiwanese. I learned Taiwanese from the Google translator. I like to put down random words and translate it to different languages from different countries. I even learned some words from Japanese.

The first time I faced racism was with a teacher. I kicked a girl by accident and I apologized to her. She still told the teacher, and the teacher called my mom on purpose. He knew I was the only Chinese student in the whole school with all Spanish students. That's why he gave my mom a phone call on purpose. When others students do something wrong, the teacher would ask them what is the purpose of their action. However, when I did something wrong, he didn’t ask me about the situation. He only asked the girl, and not me.

The person in the Ted Talk video is trying to tell us how we are hurting Black people, and how we are looking down on black people. The purpose of his video is that we have to stay together despite how we sound like and how we look.

who I am

jinchaolyu639 — 2020-06-15 15:52:22 UTC

I grew up in a rural area ,so that mean I am a 乡巴佬but by the way my grandfather is the village head or the leader of the village so i was so rich before becuse frist my grandather is the leader of the village and second my grandather's grandather Build a house that is 4 floor.before i move to USA i live in another palce and there that is apartments with two floor and 8 room and a balcony

my mom and my dad is guandon
and i don't born in here the reson why i cane here is to learn more thing that is not in china.

Ella Chen

2020-06-15 16:01:31 UTC

Implicit bias is like you like a certain someone.

Implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism because if your type of bias is white then you will most likely have more trust in white people but sometimes it might lead to racism by treating someone bad just by bias.

Implicit bias and racism is kind of like peanut butter and jelly because implicit by as kind of like a instinct and racism is like a instinct but you take it too far. Peanut butter and jelly is like that because when someone say peanut butter, you get a instinct and say jelly just like implicit bias.

For me I grew up thinking black people are criminals and dangerous but I never saw any black people doing any thing wrong. Me and my family grew up learn if your skin color is dark then we automatically think they are dangerous but I now feel more comfortable with them.

Allison 701 - who I am

2020-06-15 16:07:27 UTC

1. Both of my parents are from Fuzhou, China. They met in America a few years after my mom came to America. I'm not really sure how to explain the story.
2. I lived in an apartment until I was 7. Then, my dad bought a house and we lived in a pretty average house. The house that I lived in sounded like a disaster because I have little siblings.
3. Back when I used to live in an apartment, when I stepped outside the door, I would see other apartments. Now, when I step out the front door, I would see houses across from me and a tree.

Kenneth Lam 701 Implicit bias

kennethlam321 — 2020-06-15 18:29:56 UTC

1.Implicit bias is pretty much when your brain normally thinks about a certain subject and makes something that you have been taught your whole life related to that. When they say black people and violence. That's showing that those people have been taught their whole lives that black people are violent. In other words, Implicit bias is the assumption of a object or person with another thing that describes the person or object.
2.Implicit bias has something to do with peanut butter and jelly because people their whole lives have been taught that peanut butter and jelly go together to make a good delicious sandwich. But the concept is the same thing showing that your brain assumes something with another thing that describes it.
3. I don't think that I have had any implicit bias and if I did I do not remember at this time of writing this. Also, if I did it wouldn't affect anyone because it was probably just in my thought of me thinking about it. No physical or verbal action was taken it was probably just all in my brain.

William Leung implicit b

2020-06-15 18:53:59 UTC

Implicit Bias -Emily 701

2020-06-15 19:04:13 UTC

1. Implicit bias is a type of bias you get about a certain group of people throughout the things that you were taught; the news, your parents, experiences, school, etc. We may do this in our daily lives without even noticing because we do it subconsciously.

2. Implicit bias can lead to discrimination because we allow beliefs from society to imply into our minds, causing these belief(s) to take over what we actually think of others.
3. Implicit bias is similar to peanut butter and jelly because society has taught us to imply peanut butter and jelly together. Therefore when someone mentions about peanut butter, someone else may mention about jelly.
4. This lesson about racism is very important to me because society has taught me to think that all Black people are related to violence, theft, and crimes. I am completely guilty that I used to think that way because I allowed society’s ideologies to take over my own opinions and arguments. I will no longer have beliefs about what society taught me. Instead, I shall generate my own opinions through my own experiences.

william leung implicit bias

2020-06-15 19:18:05 UTC

implicit bias is having thoughts without knowing through things you learned.

implicit bias leads to discrimination because you learned about, say, black people, you would also learn about negative things and stereotypes that leads to discrimination

it is like peanut butter and jelly because you know that they both go together, just like how people think black people go "very well " with violence

I dont know if I ever experienced any

Implicit bias

lindazheng024 — 2020-06-15 19:33:46 UTC

1.Implicit bias is basically a thought process that comes to your mind subconsciously. It is something that will affect or influence one’s actions, feelings or opinion towards someone they barely know.
2.Implicit bias may lead to discrimination and/or racism as it can cause one to subconsciously think negatively about another race or culture. If this thought process keeps up I think that that person would eventually start to believe their thought process and hate on that race of people.
3.Implicit bias is related to peanut butter and jelly. This is because just like how peanut nut butter and jelly are so often put together that people basically always connect them two with each other; people also often also relates black men with violence.
4. I mean about almost everyone, including myself, had at least one small thought here and there judging someone one else just based off of what they wear, look like etc. However, I think everyone should know that it really shouldn't be something that should affect your attitude or actions towards someone and that you should really consider knowing that someone first.

mtasnimc21 — 2020-06-15 19:44:32 UTC

PADLET. •What is implicit bias? •How does implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism? •What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?

Shu Yu 701 - Implicit Bias

2020-06-15 21:07:45 UTC

1. Implicit bias is an unconscious thought that you would brought up without realizing that can come from the news, articles, or any thing that you have been taught related/similar to.

2. Implicit bias can lead to discrimination because your unconscious thoughts can make you believe negatively on people without knowing the truth.

3. Implicit bias have something to do with peanut butter and jelly because when someone usually mention about peanut butter, we would also think about jelly. This is just like implicit bias where we connect one thing with another.

4. This society had made me used to think that black people are usually the ones to cause violence and committee crimes. However, I know my implicit bias is definitely not true and I'm completely ashamed of me thinking that way before.

Implicit bias - Ethan - 704

2020-06-15 22:51:35 UTC

Implicit bias is a thought process that comes to mine that can sometimes affect your, feelings, actions, or opinion towards a certain subject, group, or a person.

Implicit bias can lead to thinking negatively towards something. It can cause discrimination, racism, or maybe violence.

Implicit bias is like peanut butter and jelly because peanut and jelly are so often thought of together as with Implicit bias you can put things together like black men and violence.

2020-06-16 03:38:11 UTC

Sharif 0

2020-06-16 12:00:47 UTC

1. Implicit bias is the unconscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group.

2. A lot of people think that when there is violence or crimes, it is most likely a black person, as said sometimes in the news. Also racism is taught in the home. you are not just born racist. Most of the times when you learn about black people, you learn more of the negative thongs about them more than the positive things.

3. I don't know if I have experienced it

Sharif- who I am

2020-06-16 12:32:00 UTC

I grew up in NYC. I would of grown up in Japan if it wasn't for that tsunami that hit when I was little. In NYC, I live in a 3 bedroom apartment o the 15th floor. After the tsunami, I went back to Japan. I lived in a house until I came back here. I had a 2 floor house with 3 bedrooms and a backyard. It was so nice there. Now, every year, I go there and spent time with my family there. It is very peaceful there. There is a rice field one block away from me and my neighbor houses in front of me. My Mom is Japanese and grew up in Japan, and My dad is American and grew up in NYC.

Aiden Choy 701

hiitzmiiaiden — 2020-06-16 13:53:12 UTC

1. Thoughts and feelings are “implicit” if we are unaware of them or mistaken about their nature. We have a bias when, rather than being neutral, we have a preference for (or aversion to) a person or group of people. Thus, we use the term “implicit bias” to describe when we have attitudes towards people or associate stereotypes with them without our conscious knowledge. A fairly commonplace example of this is seen in studies that show that white people will frequently associate criminality with black people without even realizing they’re doing it.
2. implicit bias leads toward discrimination like racism because when you have an attitude toward someone, you can feel hatred and lead you and that person to be at war, and hate each other no matter what either because their color or race or other external judgments.
3. Implicate bias can relate to peanut butter and jelly because peanut butter and jelly go well together like black people do with fighting or bullying and peanut butter and jelly are always stuck together which is an analogy for having black people being stuck with a label of being criminals.

Aiden Choy 701-who i am

hiitzmiiaiden — 2020-06-16 14:00:25 UTC

My mom and my dad were both born in Hong Kong. The house I grew up in was a big apartment it was on the 5th floor(one of the biggest rooms in the apartment) when i stepped out the front door to go shopping or go to school or something i would hear cars driving and honking. There is a lot of honking and cars because my apartment is near the FDR drive.

Scott Li | Implicit Bias

2020-06-16 14:13:35 UTC

1. Implicit bias is when you unconsciously take one thing and group it with another.
2. It leads to racism because some people can lump black people with violence.
3. It has to do with peanut butter and jelly because when someone thinks of peanut butter some people might think of jelly.
4. I have saw that some people think that all Asians are good at math, good at piano, and will become a doctor when they grow up.

Lucas Chubb

2020-06-16 14:16:31 UTC

•What is implicit bias?
Implicit bias is when

•How does implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism?

•What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?

•What’s an example of implicit bias that you have experienced, witnessed or heard about?

Allison 701

2020-06-16 15:45:50 UTC

1. Implicit bias is a bias you receive when you are around certain people or about a group of people. What you were taught, news, and other's saying about a group of people, it gives you a bias about them.
2. Implicit bias can lead to discrimination because you would think negatively about a certain race, we allow what other's belief take over us.
3. It has to do with peanut butter and jelly because when you think of peanut butter, some people will think about jelly. Its where we connect one thing to another.
4. I'm not sure.

Natalia Naidich 701

nsnaidich — 2020-06-16 16:02:28 UTC

1. Implicit bias is the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, and actions towards other people.
2. Implicit bias because you are thinking poorly of other people because they don't look the same or believe in different things.
3. Implicit bias has to do with peanut butter and jelly because some people just worship one and believe one is better.
4. Everyone believes that Jews have to wear a kippah/ a yarmulke or they wear those big hat even though it is not true.

I am not anonymous I am Alexander xu 701

2020-06-16 16:42:18 UTC

1. ) implicit bias occurs often in many scenarios where we human beings predict attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner to other people.

2. ) people might like to believe that they are not susceptible to these biases and stereotypes, the reality is that a lot of people engages with these situations in day-to-day lives and some might extend to racism.

3.) my thoughts on the videos peanut butter and jelly theory of it connecting racism or implicit bias is that when putting peanut butter and jelly is similar of where a black man is the peanut butter and the stereotype is violence and when the sandwhitch is formed makes a racist sterotype.
idk I am not sure about this one I am guessing :P

the 3rd one I don't know so don't come after me I don't fully understand it :P

Iris 701

irisz1107 — 2020-06-16 16:42:45 UTC

1. Implicit bias is used to refer to an unconscious manner that is affected by the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions. 2. Implicit bias may lead to discrimination and/or racism as it would cause people to easily judge others making one subconsciously think negatively about another race or culture. With this thought process happening, people would act worse thinking it is ok. 3. Implicit bias has to do with peanut butter and jelly because when you say peanut butter is known to be great with jelly is an example of implicit bias since it is a thought you have without you really knowing, and thinking it is an opinion. 4. Like most other posts that people made on this page, there are a lot of examples. For me, I’ve never been the best at school or math so some people I know may ask me if I am actually Asian. There are so many stereotypes but like that is one that just came to my head.

Brian Lu 701

2020-06-16 16:51:38 UTC

1. Implicit bias is the stereotype that affects someone's understanding, actions, and decisions.
2. Implicit bias can lead to discrimination, because more people will think negatively about someone's race, because they think other people are doing it so they should do so too.
3. Implicit bias has to do with peanut butter and jelly, because if a lot of people like eating peanut butter and jelly then more people will think it is a good idea to eat it as well.
4. Some people think that all Asians are meant to be smart and will study like their life depends on it.

Haocheng Huang

haochenghuang07 — 2020-06-16 17:34:32 UTC

1. Implicit bias is when you unconsciously associate something with another thing.
2. It leads to racism because some people might group people with other skin tones as bad.
3. It has to do with peanut butter and jelly because our brains automatically groups peanut butter with jelly.
4. I knew that a lot of people think that Asians are very smart and good at math.

Junjie Lin 701

junjielin64 — 2020-06-16 17:36:49 UTC

1) Implicit bias are stereotypes that changes someones understanding, action, decision.
2) Implicit bias can lead to discrimination, people might think of another person poorly because of the implicit bias so they think being racist towards them is justified.
3) Implicit bias had to do with peanut butter and jelly because not ever trying peanut and jelly together and thinking based of stereotypes changes your opinion about it.
4) People in my elementary school always asked me for help so school work and stuff because i'm asian, they think that just names me extremely smart and good at everything.

Maisha Chowdhury 701 “Implicit Bias”

mtasnimc21 — 2020-06-16 17:53:44 UTC

• An implicit bias is the underlying judgement everyone has. It can apply to many scenarios, and everyone has an implicit bias based on how they were raised to view the world. Many are not aware that they are implicitly biased, because it is a subconscious reflex.

• Implicit bias leads to discrimination like racism, because people have been taught to think a certain way about someone’s race. This country was founded by white men, so the idea that whites were superior had floated around for centuries. Though there is a drastic change nowadays than before, people might be inclined to listen to a white person more than a black, or Hispanic. This can happen without ill intention, and your mind can involuntarily discriminate against another race. Because so much of this nation is wired to think a certain way, it can place the odds against another minority group.

• Implicit bias and racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly because it displays the same concept. Everybody is familiar with the sandwich pair peanut butter and jelly. They go hand in hand. And depending on how you were raised, racism and traits would go hand in hand with you. Some examples in the video were about how black people were considered like thugs, or dangerous, and how disabled people were considered weak. Racism is like one of the subheadings, because the peanut butter and jelly idea apply to all types of discrimination. It links one subject to an idea that has been familiarized in the mind of another.

• Since implicit bias can be difficult to tell apart, there are not a lot of stories about them for me, though I’m certain that I have been biased a large amount of times. One memory that I can recall was when I went to a family friends birthday party. One of their relatives [probably distant] had down syndrome. The girl was probably in her late teens, but they spoke to her like she was a baby. I don't know how down syndrome works and I’m just speaking from my point of view, but they coddled her in a patronizing way. She seemed to understand them just fine, though she didn't speak much. Any adult that spoke to her would turn on a baby voice and speak to her like she was two years old. It made me feel like they thought it was how you normally spoke to her. Like she was a weak child. And as bad as it sounds, I probably would have spoken to her in the same way. My little sister had asked me what was wrong with her, and I realized that my sister was a little scared. She had never seen a person with down syndrome before, and because the girl looked different, it confused her a bit. The implicit bias was the association of the girl’s disability to incompetence. The other implicit bias was when a person looked different, it scared others. Because of the disability, I felt as though the others treated her as less of a person. And though my sister had never been told bluntly that people with disabilities were abnormal, it becomes innuendo and taboo, so that her reaction was that of fear.

― Maisha Chowdhury, 701

6.16.20

Haocheng Huang 701

haochenghuang07 — 2020-06-16 17:55:10 UTC

My mom and dad are from China, and we moved to America. The house I grew up in was pretty loud and if you walked out of the door, you would see some stairs.

Meiling Zhang 701- Implicit Bias

2020-06-16 19:06:26 UTC

1. Implicit bias describes when we have attitudes towards people or associate stereotypes with them without our conscious knowledge.
2. Implicit bias also affects how people act with people of another race. In spite of their conscious feelings, people with high levels of implicit racial bias show less warmth and welcoming behavior toward other people. They will sit further away, and their facial expressions will be cold and withdrawn.
3. Implicit bias is similar to peanut butter and jelly, because people know that they are meant to be together, and that is the first thing that come to your mind, and you don't really have to think about it.
4. I believe I have experienced it, but I don't really remember...

Evan Lu 701

evanlu07 — 2020-06-16 20:21:19 UTC

1. Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.
2. Implicit bias has lead to discrimination like racism because you don't see everyone in the same skin, and because of stereotypes.
3. Some people think that because you are black, you are a thief or a thug. But those are the stereotypes of racism.
4. I have seen a woman get assaulted, and because the woman did not see who assaulted her, she just assumed that it was a black male.

Sheng Chen 701 - Implicit Bias

doestudent231 — 2020-06-16 20:32:46 UTC

1. Implicit Bias is described as when we have attitudes towards people or associate stereotypes with them without our conscious knowledge.
2. Implicit Bias leads to discrimination like racism because we would easily judge people differently because of our implicit bias and that we would even treat others differently without us even knowing.
3. Implicit Bias has to do with peanut butter and jelly because some might think about peanut and some might think about jelly. However, what we need to know is that they are meant to be together and others might not even realize that.
4. Not sure.

Sheng Chen 701 - Who I Am

doestudent231 — 2020-06-16 20:48:33 UTC

1. Both of my parents were from Fuzhou, China. One was raised in an urban area while the other was raised in a suburban area. Once my mom and dad got married, they gave birth to me. After that my dad went back to the United States to continue his work there. 4 years later when I turned 4, my mom and I immigrated to the United States with the help of my dad because he was already a U.S. citizen. There my dad wanted my mom and I to immigrate to the U.S. in search for a better life, school, and also reconnecting with my other family members that were living in the U.S.

2. The house I grew up with my first 4 years of life was in China. It was a big apartment. It sounded like there were lots of cars passing by, and there were birds chirping. The apartment was part of a project and so it had a big community. The house I grew up when I immigrated to the U.S. was smaller than the apartment I was in the U.S. It had 3 bedrooms and sounded much louder than China. There were more cars on the streets and it was more urban in a way.

3. What I saw at my childhood home when I walked out of my front door was a pavement that led to a little park. Then there were security that guarded the entrance to the apartment. There were 3-4 apartments in this community and they were all guarded by security guards and one gate. What I saw at the home I am in right now was that there was a school nearby.

Amy Dong 701 Implicit Bias

amydong184 — 2020-06-16 23:56:08 UTC

•What is implicit bias?

Implicit bias is the attitudes or stereotypes that affect people's understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner to a social group.

•How does implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism?

Implicit bias leads to discrimination like racism because someone could judge another person or group of people without knowing.

•What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?

Implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly because many people think of peanut butter and jelly together unconsciously. It's like how the same way many people associate black men with violence.

•What’s an example of implicit bias that you have experienced, witnessed or heard about?

I don’t recall experiencing implicit bias.

Austin Sze 701

2020-06-17 02:06:21 UTC

Implicit bias is stereotypes that pop right into your mind when you think about a certain person, race, or culture.
They could judge a person's actions based on their skin color even though they hadn't done that action
implicit bias is related to peanut butter and jelly because when people think of peanut butter on a sandwich, there is usually jelly with it so it reminds them of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when they think of peanut butter in bread.
Like probably racial stereotypes like, when asian people are bad drivers, or like black people are robbers, or those such stereotypes

Instinct 🤬

2020-06-17 02:30:48 UTC

Implicit bias is an unconsciously held set of associations about a particular group. Racism is prejudice against individuals from a specific racial group and can be either explicit or implicit. Implicit bias can lead to implicitly racist behavior, like when a teacher disciplines black children more harshly than white children, but many individuals harbor implicit biases without ever displaying overt racism.
Implicit bias occurs when someone consciously rejects stereotypes and supports anti-discrimination efforts but also holds negative associations in a persons mind unconsciously.
peanut butter and jelly is like a example of implicit bias is when you give a example of something you think of something else like peanut butter and jelly.
i haven't experienced implicit bias before but here are some examples of implicit bias

Resumes with ethnic sounding names pushed down in the selection for interviews.
Asian candidates given priority positions requiring math and science.
Women more frequently interrupted in business meetings.

my mom and dad are from china and then moved to America.
i don't exactly remember the house i lived in as a kid but i think it was somewhat loud and there were two floors i don't remember in the old house but in the one I'm currently in i see stairs and tree's

Vivianna Chen 701

2020-06-17 04:03:30 UTC

•What is implicit bias?

Implicit bias is basically, when people unconsciously hold attitudes toward others, or associate stereotypes with them. This also refers to the attitudes, or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. Implicit biases are pervasive. Everyone possesses them, even people with avowed commitments to impartiality, such as judges. We generally tend to hold implicit biases that favor our own ingroup, though research has shown that we can still hold implicit biases against our ingroup. Implicit biases are malleable. Our brains are incredibly complex, and the implicit associations that we have formed can be gradually unlearned through a variety of debiasing techniques. An example of implicit bias is, we often harbor negative stereotypes about others without consciously realizing that we do so. Another example of implicit bias is, when a person treats a black person disrespectfully, however, treats a white person with a whole lot more respect, that person had done an act of not only doing something that is an implicit bias, but also, something racist.

•How does implicit bias lead to discrimination like racism?

Implicit bias can lead to discrimination, like racism, by, accidentally saying something hurtful to another, without even knowing you did so. You can also, judge someone, or a group that causes racism, without even acknowledging it. In fact, implicit bias can occur, when someone supports discrimination, and holds negative associations. This can all be from a mind set, and you could be clueless about your choice of words, but your mind may not be controllable, or, uncontrollable, and you will be able to say words, that you don’t expect, to come out of your mouth. Generally speaking, what you say, may not be thought out throughly yet, and you can just say something, “say something, without thinking twice”.

•What do implicit bias or racism have to do with peanut butter and jelly?

What implicit bias, or racism has to do with peanut butter, and jelly is, peanut butter, and jelly is like associations together, and also like, how assumptions are made up. As a matter of fact, peanut butter, and jelly, is an example, or a way to express, and show implicit bias, or racism. Also, when people think of either, peanut butter, or jelly, they will likely think of the opposite, the other side, or each other, to put together, just like situations, of implicit bias. For example, you can think of jelly, but immediately, you will think of, and get reminded of, peanut butter, because they are a pair, and they are together. It is like the way, on how people associate black men with, or and violence.

•What’s an example of implicit bias that you have experienced, witnessed, or heard about?

An example of implicit bias, that I have experienced, witnessed, or heard about, before is, when, there was a time, once, people were treated poorly, and differently, whether they were different cultured, or different skin colored, others still mistreated them. Even though, this was in the far past, many, still tend to do this, and it’s honestly wrong, and just not okay. I have seen this happen myself plenty, variety, and several of times. This should be stopped, and the reason why our world is becoming such a terrible place, is because of this. This is one of the reasons why, our world is becoming horrible, and this act, and situation must be stopped. Or else, we may all face terrifying consequences. There are definitely more, of other examples of implicit bias, that I have experienced, witnessed, or heard about. But, they are all as bad as the ones I have explained, and told. We can’t change the past of what we have caused, of so much damage, but we can certainly change our future, into a better place, to live in.

A. Could you tell me a little about your mom and dad and where they were from? (Even if they are from NYC. Tell us more)
Both my parents, my mom, and my dad, were, and are from China. They have been to many places, before I was born, but soon after enough, they moved to America, and stayed here. Although, we do travel to places, go to places, and visit places. Also, we even go back to visit our family members, whether they are in New York City, or not. We still visit them, of course.

B. What did the house you grew up in sound and look like?
I don’t really how remember the house I grew up in, sounded like, or looked like, because I’ve been raised, by many family members, and I’ve been raised in many places, and house, and even mansions.

c. What did you see/hear when you stepped out of your front door? (For your childhood home and now)
What I saw, and heard, when I stepped out of my front door, during my childhood home was, I saw houses, trees, and many others across. Now, I can see houses, trees, and etc., too!

Carina Eng 704

2020-06-18 03:15:49 UTC

1. Implicit bias is when a stereotype of something like race affects our actions even if we don't realize we are doing it.

2. Implicit bias can lead to discrimination because sometimes you might see someone of a certain skin color and not want to talk to them because you think that they might be a bad influence on you.

3. If you think of peanut butter, there is a high chance you will think of jelly after, which is like when you think of something like math and you might think of Asians, because of the stereotype that all Asians are smart.

4. One time I was at a tutoring thing and I didn't know what I was doing and it probably was obvious so this dude turned to me and asked me why I was struggling because I am Asian and "I should be smart."

Angela Liu

2020-06-18 14:18:04 UTC

My mom and dad are from china, and now live in New York City, they both like spicy food.
2.the house i grew up have being change for 3 time, first, when i live in china i live with my grandma, the house have 4 floors and it is super big, when i am going to move i go live with my mother the house is still big, when i move to America the house become much smaller than the two house i am live when i am in china.
3. before when i am in china, when i stepped out i see people and some houses and now when i stepped out i see stair and people walking.

Angela Liu

2020-06-18 15:06:36 UTC

1.an implicit bias is the unconscious attribution of particular qualities to a member of a certain social group. Implicit stereotypes are shaped by experience and based on learned associations between particular qualities and social categories, including race and/or gender.
2. implicit bias could lead to discrimination, because when you see someone have a different skin color as you, you may not want to talk to them , because you think they are different.
3. when you think of peanut butter, 99% you are going to jelly after, for example when you think of black people, you will think of George Floyd.
4. i go to third grade when it is the last week that time i just come to America, so i don't even know a thing and they is a free time which you could play stuff with your friend because it is the last week, but no one want to play with me because i am a new student

Implicit Bias (Benjamin Huang 703)

2020-06-19 12:47:51 UTC

Implicit Bias is basically attitudes that affects the understanding, actions, and decisions. It can also be stereotypes.

Implicit Bias leads to racism because they judge people by their look and what their race has done before in the past. Basically judging a book by its cover.

Opinions or it changes how the brain is thinking.

None

What is Police Brutality?

rachelnclee — 2020-06-22 03:54:32 UTC

1) Watch Youtube video: "Black parents Explain how to deal with police" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coryt8IZ-DE

2) Watch Second video "Tetrina Blalock on police brutality" https://youtu.be/RUIa-fyn7mA

Answer:

a) What did your parents teach you about police? You can share a positive or negative or neutral encounter or experience with the police.

b) Was your experience with the police similar to that of the videos?

c) Why do you think that it was similar or different? Why do you think the Black parents taught their kids that?

d) Why is "police brutality" a difficult topic to discuss? Anything else you might want to end.

Ms Lee's response to police brutality.

rachelnclee — 2020-06-22 03:55:51 UTC

A) Growing up, I always heard good things about police officers. Even now, I still believe that police officers' role is to protect and help people in our city. I remember when I was in elementary school in Hong Kong, my class visited a police museum where they taught us about how to safely cross the streets. The kids would ride tricycles in part of the museum and there were mini traffic lights. I learned that police officers wanted to help us.

I was pulled over once by a police when I was in college. I was driving back to school at 7am. It was a 4-hour drive, and I wanted to get back to school as quickly as possible. I was driving at 80 miles per hour when the speed limit was 65 mph. A police officer pulled me over and gave me a speeding ticket because I was wrong. It was a pretty calm encounter. He didn't draw a gun. I went on my way with the $200 speeding ticket in 10 minutes.

b) My experience was VERY different than that of the video. My parents never gave me the talk. They taught me that police officers were trust worthy. I think my experience was very different because my parents also never had negative experience with the police. It breaks my heart so many black families had such negative experiences with the police that they have to teach their kids to hold their hand up.

c) I think police brutality is so difficult to discuss because people's experiences with the police is so different. Most people (White and Asian) had mostly positive experiences with police. They don't see or hear what others are going through. If I didn't watch these videos or articles, I wouldn't know that Black people's negative experiences with polices was so common.

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surizhan11707 — 2020-06-23 14:45:09 UTC

Vincent-Who I am

vincentliroblox4889 — 2020-06-23 17:09:01 UTC

1. What phrases, sayings or languages stick with you from your childhood?
Our family speaks Mandarin mostly in our house but me and my sister usually speak English.
2. What would a typical meal during the week look like for you? Ex. What was in your school lunch or dinner on a Tuesday night?
Rice. Meat, Vegetables, etc.
3. What was the neighborhood like that you grew up in?
A neighborhood in Manhattan, we had to move multiple times but we finally managed to move into a permanent place.

Shania Bynum

shaniab59 — 2020-06-23 17:53:03 UTC

My mom and dad are from New York City. The main part that I grew up in was Manhattan. My mom and dad grew up in the Bronx mainly. They also both went to High school together.
2:

The sounds that I had heard in my apartment was either my mom cooking food or my dad coming home from work.

The things that I would usually hear would be either my grandpa or grandma coming to my apartment to see use. We would mostly go out to eat or go on vacation when they come.

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2020-06-23 18:13:30 UTC

D. Some things that stuck with me from when i was young were the languages i spoke, there was Cantonese, and English, there is one more but i dont know how to spell it and there isn't anything online. The phrase that stuck with me was, "did you eat yet", my grandma used to always ask me if i was hungry and what i wanted to eat, or if i ate yet.
E. Breakfast would be cereal, lunch would be school lunch, and dinner would be meat, vegetables, rice and soup.
F. The neighborhood i grew up in was very calm and peaceful. it was a street with many other houses and stores. I still live on the same block, just a different house.

Shania Bynum

shaniab59 — 2020-06-23 18:35:55 UTC

“Hi Boot”

This saying reminds me of my childhood because my grandpa used to always call my mom “Boot.” I've never really asked them why they called my mom “Boot,” but I guess she loved boots. Also the saying “Shotty” my grandpa would always call me “Shotty” mostly of the child's life. All of my grandparents always called me “Shotty” which is funny to me because I’m tall.

A typical meal for me would be a side of salad with spaghetti and vegetables. Hold the meat in the spaghetti because I no longer eat meat.

Where I grew up there was lots of traffic and buildings. You would often go shopping most of the time for fashionable clothes. Or on saturday nights you would go out to eat with your family and friends.

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poofycarpet — 2020-06-23 22:17:57 UTC

A. My parents are both from China, and they did have to overcome some language barriers when emigrating to America. My dad is actually a social worker, he works in a company that provides assistance to those who aren’t able to properly communicate to organize specific matters such as SNAP cards and health insurance.

B. The house I grew up in is still the one I’m staying in right now, it’s a fairly small apartment, on the fourteenth floor. Sometimes I would feel cramped, but I’ve gotten quite used to the look of my apartment so its not really a bother. I would usually smell my father’s cooking on weekday nights, and the sound of my sibling playing music in his room.

C. When I looked outside, I would see the bright sun and the leaves rustling in the trees. There would be a church across from where I live and people lining up there, possibly for prayer. There would be cars trailing off into the distance, and tall street lights not illuminated. There would be a breeze amidst the atmosphere, some people dancing or someone selling shaved ice around the corner. But now, all I see is a barren street, road unpaved, and only every now and then would I be able to witness a car pass by.

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poofycarpet — 2020-06-23 22:18:32 UTC

D. I speak both Chinese and English and I’ve kept on learning both languages throughout my life. I’ve kept some of my vocabulary and phrases that I’ve learned from my parents or other people, as well as other traditional chinese sayings for good luck and holiday celebrations.

E. A typical meal during the week would be quite uniform, until as of recently. We would usually have rice and separate plates of vegetables or proteins for dinner, but in recent years we’ve begun to incorporate salads, sandwiches, and congee into our daily meals. I prefer this change since eating rice for every meal gets boring and malnutritious.

F. The neighborhood I grew up in was really quaint. There were trees that dotted the area that rustled when the breeze came by, and the people there were especially sweet. I would always greet the people I’ve known for years and watch them bring bags of groceries home or take their family out to the park. There was a corner you could turn into a small assortment of shops, several of them closed, but that didn’t matter much. There was always a deli that I’ve only stepped foot into a few months ago, when it’s been there all of my life. The neighborhood was always cheery and occasionally there would be festivals or a carnival that attracted a fair amount of residents.

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2020-06-24 13:49:45 UTC

D. I speak both Japanese and English and I have learned more about it throughout my life. I would say that I know English and Japanese equally.

E. On the weekdays, I eat rice with meat, toast, or sometimes something that I can think of. On weekends, my mom sometimes makes ramen, sushi rolls, or pancakes.

F. They neighborhood I grew up in was in Manhattan. A lot of cars, a lot of different noises. That is all I can remember.