Inspirations for Blog 11:
Nieto, S. (2008). Nice is Not Enough
Restler, V. (2017). Mapping Interconnected Care
Ginwright, S. (2016). Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Urban Activists and Teachers are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart
One quote from each read that hit me:
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| My reaction to the words of this quote being a reality in 2018. |
Nice is Not Enough: "The late Meyer Weinberg a historian who studied desegregation defined racism as a system of privilege and penalty - a student is rewarded or punished in education (as they are in housing, employment, health, and so on) by the simple fact of belonging to a particular racialist shroud despite his or her individual merits or faults."
It's time to dry my eyes and with my awareness do my part to change the script going forward.
 Active Awareness is Step 1. What do I mean by that you ask? I mean once aware, I will do my part to open the conversation, hear it and take action against it. How do I do this? I think I will do it with my students first. At this time, I do not know what my next step will be. |
Mapping Interconnected Care:
"Looking at myself through the eyes of a student."
This was a very relatable quote as I do this every day intentionally with my students. I look at them looking at me. I think how do they see me? What do I want them to see. Then, I react accordingly. First and foremost, I connect with them as a person. I listen to them. I teach them the way they present their individual needs to me.
Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Urban Activists and Teachers are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart:
"So what do you do when a kid is so upset that they pick up a chair and try to throw it at you, Dr. Ginwright? How do you use healing and restoration when the kid threatens you, and then punches a wall?"
