One of the types of "passive racism" we talked about today in class was racist mascots (and cultural appropriation). This is the mascot of the Cleveland Indians baseball team, which is slowly being phased out.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for your work again today in class! Here's what happened today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.Explains the process of change and continuity in a society, place or region.
AGENDA 3/1/18:
Check In/Review of Four Agreements & Six Conditions
Harvard Implicit Bias
Active and Covert Racism
Presenting Terms
Homework: Read the blog! Complete your Writing for Justice narrative if you have not yet.
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Check In/Review of Four Agreements & Six Conditions: Here are the Courageous Conversations Agreements. We will always review this at the beginning of class, as it sets the foundation for how we want class to approach the issues we are studying. We checked in about the weekend and what people are up to, before moving on.
As part of the check in section, we talked about possible student action around gun reform and I said I would link to this survey being done by Vox about student thoughts about gun reform:
Fill it out if you want!
Harvard Implicit Bias: The next part of class was devoted to defining the term "implicit bias" as well as taking the Harvard Implicit Bias test on Race, which can be selected here:
The point here is to identify that there are certain socially unacceptable forms of racism, but that there are also all sorts of socially acceptable forms of passive racism. The mascot and logo at the top of this post is one such example (perhaps moving from socially acceptable to unacceptable).
Presenting Terms: As students were completing the implicit bias test, I assigned terms from the pyramid for partners to find a current example of and be able to present it to the class. This is what we spent the rest of class doing together. Thanks, as always, for your hard work! Next class, when both Ms. Labossiere and I will be here, we will have the long awaited Socratic Seminar on the readings that we previously did! See you then!
As part of the check in section, we talked about possible student action around gun reform and I said I would link to this survey being done by Vox about student thoughts about gun reform:
Fill it out if you want!
Harvard Implicit Bias: The next part of class was devoted to defining the term "implicit bias" as well as taking the Harvard Implicit Bias test on Race, which can be selected here:
The goal here was to learn a little bit more about our own personal attitudes and biases, as we continue with this work. We asked that you share your results in small groups around you, as a part of building up that community. Did you find anything especially interesting or surprising about your results?
Active and Covert Racism: After delving into how we might be biased in one way or another, I then passed out this handout regarding active and covert racism:
Active and Covert Racism: After delving into how we might be biased in one way or another, I then passed out this handout regarding active and covert racism:
The point here is to identify that there are certain socially unacceptable forms of racism, but that there are also all sorts of socially acceptable forms of passive racism. The mascot and logo at the top of this post is one such example (perhaps moving from socially acceptable to unacceptable).
Presenting Terms: As students were completing the implicit bias test, I assigned terms from the pyramid for partners to find a current example of and be able to present it to the class. This is what we spent the rest of class doing together. Thanks, as always, for your hard work! Next class, when both Ms. Labossiere and I will be here, we will have the long awaited Socratic Seminar on the readings that we previously did! See you then!
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