Interrupting Racism through Anti-racism Work by Dr. Charissa Owens https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin DEEP Session 3: English Department en-us 2021-02-26 20:05:07 UTC 2021-04-07 03:27:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/619671349/b749ad048eebbb025f2bc86f3773d151/insti_diver_ofc_w.png https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388840145 When a class discussion goes well or better than expected]]> 2021-04-06 19:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388840145 Watching old films for the first time https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388840508 Sunset Boulevard changed my life!]]> 2021-04-06 19:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388840508 The sunshine! https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388840935 2021-04-06 19:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388840935 my grandchildren-- https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841113 2021-04-06 19:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841113 whacking a tennis ball around https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841176 2021-04-06 19:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841176 Good weather. Covid vaccine. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841322 2021-04-06 19:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841322 Chocolate https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841557 2021-04-06 19:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841557 Going for a run https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841564 2021-04-06 19:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841564 An avocado that, when you open it, is as good as you hope it will be https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841976 2021-04-06 19:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388841976 My daughter (20 months old!) https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388842061 2021-04-06 19:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388842061 Reading https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388842211 2021-04-06 19:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388842211 A great class https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388842262 curiosity, respect, engagement]]> 2021-04-06 19:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388842262 Making a great meal warnickc https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388846246 2021-04-06 19:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388846246 Notice and name group dynamics in the moment https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388857949 2021-04-06 19:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388857949 step back, actively listen https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388858100 2021-04-06 19:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1388858100 Universality https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389004035 When discussing a story by s Lakota Sioux writer specifically engaged in writing back against the    "civilizing" narrative, a student said that he specifically approaches the text in the class from a universal standpoint, because he thinks "race"-based interpretations are too easy. Or something to that effect.

In any case -- sometimes students will claim that reading a text in relation to race, ethnicity, sexuality, what have you, is an imposition by the instructor. You're reading into it, for whatever reason.]]> 2021-04-06 20:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389004035 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389004227 So I'm wondering again how this plays out particularly in the classroom.  What are the particular manifestations of these challenges that we might encounter in the classroom?  Typically, it seems to me they occur in discussion, and we're challenged to somehow "correct" the solidarity or the universality...

]]> 2021-04-06 20:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389004227 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389004513 U]]> 2021-04-06 20:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389004513 One of the books that I always have a hard time _really_ teaching is Dangarembga's brilliant _Nervous Conditions_ where students almost always miss the critique of universalism that is embedded in Dangarembga's representation of the narrator/main character's use of "education" as an escape from mental and material poverty. In fact, Tambu has bought into the power of whiteness. "Education" is not universal/innocent, but the students tend to see her material advancement as an endorsement of her "education." https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005308 2021-04-06 20:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005308 Definitely see Solidarity in classroom discussion of white saviorism in films https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005498 This has happened multiple times in 110 when I show students examples. White students do not like to admit the trope.]]> 2021-04-06 20:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005498 Comfort https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005567 2021-04-06 20:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005567 Speaking to others who genuinely love the films mentioned in the video, and trying to help them understand that trope of white savior and how problematic it is. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005747 2021-04-06 20:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005747 White saviorism warnickc https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005820 Pedagogical and other research that represents the researcher/teacher as savior whose pedagogy empowers students

]]> 2021-04-06 20:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389005820 White saviorism seamanm2 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389006871 Fear of seeming to draw the attention to myself this way can prevent me from intervening actively in the moment, when in groups of black and white peers

]]> 2021-04-06 20:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389006871 In creative writing, the universality of the Iowa Workshop model has been challenged in recent years (and new workshop designs are being developed and adopted). https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389006905 2021-04-06 20:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389006905 Virtue signaling as white saviorism craigjw1 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389007077 2021-04-06 20:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389007077 I got called out for something, apologized for it, and still get angry emails about it. I'm clearly trying to work through this, but I don't know what else to do? I'm feeling like I should just avoid these conversations, but that's not the answer. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389009070 2021-04-06 20:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389009070 As others have suggested, white saviorism transcends films and novels. It's a fantasy that a lot of us indulge in. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389009198 2021-04-06 20:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389009198 Universality / Comfort? https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389009541 Recent comments on our job search survey, still manifested bias against black candidates.]]> 2021-04-06 20:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389009541 using European texts as a https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389011054 2021-04-06 20:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389011054 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389014125 Recently students were sharing course-related memes on OAKS, and one student shared a meme making a joke about how essay deadlines are hate crimes. I think it can be challenging (but essential!) to switch from "we're a jovial class fostering community" to "Okay, now you've said something insensitive, and we need to address this." I obsessed over how or whether to address this publicly with the class. There can be a "decision fatigue" regarding these issues, too.]]> 2021-04-06 20:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389014125 providing students with examples of texts to analyze that do anti-racist work https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389042814 2021-04-06 20:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389042814 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389043258 I would be REALLY interested in seeing a gigantic palette of anti-racist eduction and CRT methods, practices, lessons, grading systems, etc.

]]> 2021-04-06 20:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389043258 Discuss intersectionality through literature that represents it https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389043658 2021-04-06 20:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389043658 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389044361 I loved this resource from our readings for today!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FFh42GCfV4WB9Lw58pH0XRToBtkmKXoWzOIhfi9HeVA/edit]]> 2021-04-06 20:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389044361 student reading groups, could be informal, could tie to Literati or Sigma Tau D https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389044756 2021-04-06 20:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389044756 start a list of resources/readings/videos to use in the classroom that encourage and discuss antiracism https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389045763 2021-04-06 20:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389045763 Discuss the idea of "universality" https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389046130 2021-04-06 20:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389046130 Default to assigning BIPOC scholars/writers craigjw1 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389050022 2021-04-06 20:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389050022 Yearly antiracist "audit" of dept https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389053293 2021-04-06 20:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389053293 Work with faculty and students to add to our syllabi, our course lists. We talked about the benefit of focusing on difficult authors/filmmakers for an extended periods of time. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389082986 2021-04-06 20:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389082986 Intersectionality everywhere! https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389083396 We talked about incorporating "intersectionality" in all of our courses, from 110 all the way to the top. ]]> 2021-04-06 20:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389083396 https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389083545 using english 299 as a space to insert equity and intersectionality into the curriculum]]> 2021-04-06 20:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389083545 We would like to spend more time at our next trainign and during later meetings discussing pedagogical strategies both for classroom moments and for designing syllabus and classroom culture that will be actively antiracist. https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389088413 2021-04-06 20:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389088413 Group 5? -- No solution, but... https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389090275 our group thought it would be good to discuss the student's roles in these matters -- how do we develop student and class-specific antiracist cultures ]]> 2021-04-06 21:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/DrCMOwens/w1zeu5l187jz0pin/wish/1389090275