tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685637550786185567.post3002570257347153558..comments2024-02-27T05:33:37.346-08:00Comments on He's the Weird Teacher: We Need to Talk About Week 68The Weird Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865409578314612808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685637550786185567.post-77185241724924505332015-08-08T10:40:31.262-07:002015-08-08T10:40:31.262-07:00Hi, there.
I thank you for having the courage to ...Hi, there.<br /><br />I thank you for having the courage to take on the difficult conversations. As you witnessed, conversations re: race et. al, are complex and complicated, and, even in 2015, many are coming to such conversations woefully ignorant. Even educators.<br /><br />I have the wonderful privilege and pleasure to know and have been taught by Dr. Sonia Nieto. If you aren't familiar with Dr. Nieto, or her work, I strongly encourage you to read her books. Anyway, many years ago, when I was a first-year grad student in one of Dr. Nieto's courses, we had just finished viewing the film, "Columbus Didn't Discover Us", another highly-recommended work. Anyway, at the conclusion of the film, Dr. Nieto remarked that people of color cannot continue to do all of "the work." And yet, this is exactly what was happening during Wednesday's chat: teachers of color doing most, if not all, of the work to call out racism, and educate. <br /><br />I strongly encourage my white colleagues to READ. As in BOOKS. On RACE. A good place to start is here: http://awareofawareness.com/2015/04/09/20-things-you-need-to-read-before-you-talk-to-me-about-race/<br /><br />I also strongly encourage my white colleagues to follow Dr. Fleming's Twitter feed. It's not for the faint of heart, mind you. Dr. Fleming tweets at @alwaystheself.<br /><br />Let me know if I can be of further assistance. <br />teachermrwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230452479934570484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685637550786185567.post-39896714404571542172015-08-08T06:30:50.710-07:002015-08-08T06:30:50.710-07:00Let me know if I can help. -@kjellstromLet me know if I can help. -@kjellstromWilly Kjellstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715103725289223758noreply@blogger.com