https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k Now visit the group Padlet to respond to the reading questions as a team. Please use 3 to 5 sentences to answer each of the following questions based on the Dyson reading. Padlet is easy to use simply follow the link and press the pink plus sign icon in the lower right-hand corner to begin typing your post. To comment on another post, click the comment box beneath their work. (https://www.rethinkingschools.org/articles/a-message-from-a-black-mom-to-her-son) How did this story make you feel? When have you felt that way in your real life? How alike or different are you from the mother in this story? What other articles or stories have you read with a similar message or theme? en-us 2021-01-26 18:22:22 UTC 2021-02-01 21:22:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138236868 1) It was an eye opening experience and made us realize everyones school experience is different. Also realizing we take for granted the fact school can be easy for us but harder for others. 
2) We agree with what the mother is saying in the sense that every mother wants the best for their child. The child should be treated with fairness and the teachers should provide the students with support and encouragement they need.
3) White Fragility by Robin Diangelo. This book touches on the subject about how we have underlying biases and how we are quick to make assumptions about people based on the color of their skin. ]]> 2021-01-28 19:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138236868 https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138237631
1. As a team we can relate to the feeling of being nervous/shy to go to school or any new environment. However we never felt "invisible" as explained in the story, so it was very eye opening to hear this perspective.

2. A difference could be that we have never felt that sense of being so different in school. However, much like the mother in the story we would want to see a change in the future. 

3. "I Have A Dream Speech" shares an optimistic future for generations of children to come.]]> 2021-01-28 19:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138237631 https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138238920 1&2)  We had a variety of emotions throughout the reading, it was frustrating to read about what this child had to endure, especially while at school at such a young age. It was encouraging to see the mother support her son so well, and bring in her background and personal stories for encouragement. Some of us have received doubt from high school teachers about our hopes and aspirations for the future.
3) Some of us also share the same hopes as the mother. We want our future students and children to feel like they are no different from their peers, feel respected and welcome, and like they belong in their community.
3) Wonder: The young boy felt like such an outsider because he looked different from his peers; ableism. ]]> 2021-01-28 19:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138238920 kristendaly https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138259847 Caroline Mortensen and Kristen Daly
1. This story made us feel for the mother, her experiences and the fear she has for her son. We talked about how we wanted to take action and make school better for her son or have the same hopes.
2. Kristen - I haven't experienced the same things as the mother. The closest thing I can say is that I had difficulty within the school system due to my anxiety and chronic pain. 
Caroline - I went to a predominantly white school experienced bullying because of my race. A lot of stereotypes were made about me.
3. We do not directly relate to the mother, but we know what it feels to want better for someone. We said that we wanted more for our siblings and we didnt want them to face the same experiences of judgement that we had.
4. "Born a Crime" tells childhood and young adult experiences growing up in Africa. His family was biracial which was seen as a crime. 
False confession studies have shown that minorities and the mentally ill are more susceptible to falsely confess due to being targeted and pressured during investigation.]]> 2021-01-28 19:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138259847 aesimes https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138284654 1. This story opened all of our eyes to something that we have never experienced, and also reinforced the act of white privilege, which we are very aware of. We can understand the emotions that the mom was experiencing when she was in schooling, and how terrible that made her feel. We also imagine it is extremely difficult to send your child off to experience the same bad feelings that you did just because the color of your skin. 
2. I cannot compare to Dyan and the experiences that her and her son went through because I did not grow up with the challenge of facing racism or discrimination. Something that I can kind of compare to (and I know this is way less harmful and not even close to racial issues) is that people would call me "pretty for a redhead" instead of just pretty. Dyan said that her teachers would say that she "isn't like the other blacks" taking away her culture and not hearing/seeing her as just a normal person. For another one of our group members, she wasn't born in the US and didn't fluently speak english when she first came here. This gave her a feeling of invisibility and felt separated from her peers. 
3. We can't directly relate to Dyans problems growing up because we did not experience racism (because I am white) and we also grew up in a different time period than her. We think that we share similar morals and she seems like she really wants the best for her son, which is valued.
4. I have taken many courses throughout my Quinnipiac education about race issues, discrimination and more (sociology, women and genders studies, women in politics, etc) and within those classes I have read a lot relating to race and also similar themes to this story. In my sociology class we read a lot on the issue of hiding race/ not seeing race and how some people think that is a benefit but actually takes away from the main goals. For my feminist class, we talked about women-of-color feminism and how that group is often left out of "normal" feminists groups because of the color of their skin. Since the theme of Watson's article was to take ownership for yourself, no matter how others treat you, I think it is a widely used theme that can connect to so many different articles and books. Nobody should feel invisible and everyone should be proud of who they are and their race. One of the group members said that since she is a freshman, she feel like this is her first class that speaks upon these issues. Others in our group said that many articles relating to black lives mater touch upon this subject also. ]]> 2021-01-28 19:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ponybirdmusic/tzhw0jmj1o04dg0k/wish/1138284654