GC21 Microaggressions - Reflection by Daniel F Esquivel https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve In your small group discussions, please add comments to the below questions. en-us 2021-06-02 00:03:12 UTC 2025-12-16 17:37:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 'Belonging' can be abstract https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595731373 Differently felt - can feel very individual as opposed to inclusion.
NYU Shanghai mascot is an animal that doesn't exist - 4 animals combined. Intends to embody Shanghai's diverse culture.]]> 2021-06-09 13:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595731373 yvetakenety https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595733117 There is a minimal awareness of culture of belonging in our culture. ]]> 2021-06-09 13:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595733117 At NYU BA the sense of belonging may be given by the fact that we are a very small and close community (staff, students and administrators) https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595735969 2021-06-09 13:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595735969 Use of belonging problematic? https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595736628 Inclusion preferred]]> 2021-06-09 13:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595736628 Safe space, where there is trust npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595736697 2021-06-09 13:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595736697 yvetakenety https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595737891 Belonging is feeling accepted despite our differences or weakness. ]]> 2021-06-09 13:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595737891 Buenos Aires https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595738523 2021-06-09 13:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595738523 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595738735 Hospitality. ]]> 2021-06-09 13:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595738735 Open ongoing dialogue npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595738906 2021-06-09 13:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595738906 Belonging at the sites https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595739199 There are so many communities even at small sites. How do we help them all feel like they belong? Is it possible? Want to help them realize that it can be very challenging to try to establish multiple connections.

 ]]> 2021-06-09 13:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595739199 yvetakenety https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595739309 Students vs. students mainly for mental health reasons.]]> 2021-06-09 13:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595739309 Language https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595740216 Tel Aviv - Israel use 3 language policy (Hebrew, Arabic, English). Most who visit/study can relate to one of the 3.

Berlin - have agreed on gender neutral pronouns that aren't as established in German, gives students inclusive class material]]> 2021-06-09 13:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595740216 This a https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595742666 2021-06-09 13:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595742666 Abu Dhabi npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595743484 Acknowledge complexity - so few people on campus call AD home

]]> 2021-06-09 13:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595743484 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595745206 If there is so much knowledge on the issue of microaggression, why do we still have people who engage in it?]]> 2021-06-09 13:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595745206 Support of colleagues npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595745589 2021-06-09 13:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595745589 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595746194 As a bystander, stepping in to point out the microaggression directly or indirectly. As the person experiencing it, I think it depends on the relationship to the person.]]> 2021-06-09 13:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595746194 Feeling shared values and care for one another and everybody in a community jl192 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595747509 2021-06-09 13:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595747509 yvetakenety https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595747726 As a manager, offer an "I" statement, offer a question "Can we talk about this?"
Have a meeting afterward. ]]> 2021-06-09 13:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595747726 In Bs As Some students shared with us the they felt looked/observed in the street for their appearance https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595749079 2021-06-09 13:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595749079 Misnaming npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595749108 2021-06-09 13:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595749108 Open spaces for students to talk about this issues, how they are feeling, what they are experiencing https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595750696 2021-06-09 13:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595750696 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595751104 People mix up my name with someone else's name because of racial similarities. Even if they've been working with us for a long time.]]> 2021-06-09 13:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595751104 'Where are you 'really' from?' https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595751213 2021-06-09 13:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595751213 Gender/Sexist microaggression https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595752572 Young women's opinions taken less seriously, assumed to fulfill minor roles. 
Students followed, harrassed]]> 2021-06-09 13:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595752572 I hear the word crazy or whack or other similar mental health terms used frequently which could be damaging jl192 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595752913 2021-06-09 13:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595752913 Seeing people like you - not always going to happen npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595753365 2021-06-09 13:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595753365 Shanghai - Asian students assumed to be local/Chinese https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595756480 2021-06-09 13:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595756480 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595757203 Pronouns

]]> 2021-06-09 13:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595757203 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595757931 name pronunciation]]> 2021-06-09 13:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595757931 Where are you really from? npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595759449 2021-06-09 13:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595759449 Xenophobia & stereotypes https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595760809 E.g. if you wear headscarf you're from ME, if you're Asian you don't speak English etc.
Aggression towards American students - rich, ignorant, arrogant/loud, imperialist, spoilt, uncultured.
(D.C.) Asian students assumed to be coming from NYU Shanghai
Jobs/internships that international students can't access e.g. Senate offices]]> 2021-06-09 13:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595760809 Antisemitism - common in NYC, John Beckman statement npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595763224 2021-06-09 13:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595763224 yvetakenety https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595764434 How to teach students more empathy?]]> 2021-06-09 13:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595764434 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595768446 Can be tiring for the same students to be educating fellow student and staff over and over again]]> 2021-06-09 13:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595768446 Low income = non-white https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595771057 Pell Grant recipients assumed to be students of colour]]> 2021-06-09 13:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595771057 Students are often very well equipped to respond in the moment, and make a stand npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595771188 2021-06-09 13:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595771188 (Florence) Students of colour sometimes assumed to be refugees. https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595773137 2021-06-09 13:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595773137 Ask - 'what/how do you mean by this?' https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595775070 Forces perpetrator to explain, chance for understanding]]> 2021-06-09 13:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595775070 Address situation, checking in with person who experienced microaggression npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595776709 2021-06-09 13:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595776709 Considering is a bystander who has intervened what the next steps should be - following up / checking in with the person who experienced the microaggression (at the time, later) npf11 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595809016 2021-06-09 13:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595809016 https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595825665 It could be helpful if we shared microagressions we have experienced or seen, and how we handled them - I would appreciate feedback (as I'm sure we can all learn this way too) ]]> 2021-06-09 14:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/de573/pzuaqair1skgx2ve/wish/1595825665