26 August 2016
WHAT WE’RE DOING TODAY:
Reflecting on our mistakes and setting goals
Discussing last night’s opinion piece
Reviewing the course syllabus
WHY THIS MATTERS:
Developing a #growthmindset and learning how to navigate difficult conversations will help you become a lifelong learner and successful person.
A Very Merry #UNFailureFriday
Per 3 Proposed Class Norms
Promote the Sharing of Ideas
Say Just Enough
The “Platinum Rule”
Listen to Understand
Don’t Yuck My Yum
Per 4 Approved Class Norms
Don’t Yuck My Yum
Say Just Enough
The “Platinum Rule”
Listen to Understand
Use Technology Politely and Responsibly
Per 5 Approved Class Norms
Promote the Sharing of Ideas
Don’t Yuck My Yum
The “Platinum Rule”
Listen to Understand
Care for the Classroom Space
Per 6 Approved Class Norms
Promote the Sharing of Ideas
The “Platinum Rule”
Listen to Understand, Not to Refute
Per 3 Questions Raised by Viney’s piece
Why is the Black community forced to justify why they are angry?
Why is calling attention to Black issues considered un-American by some?
Why is saying “all lives matter” bad, if you’re trying to achieve equality?
How does social media show our culture’s empathy gap?
Why is calling to attention tragedies that involve Black people less accepted than tragedies that involve people of other groups? (e.g., 9/11, Orlando Pulse, etc.)
How do historical prejudices still continue today?
Per 4 Questions Raised by Viney’s piece
What about all of the other people who have been oppressed? How do we raise awareness for people of those groups?
How does someone’s experience or privilege change how they empathize with others or understand situations?
How do we empathize with specific group needs without individualizing and dividing? How can we promote unity?
Does separating or emphasizing specific groups cause more division?
Is there a way to change education so people know more about social matters, human needs, and consideration so violent events/racism don’t happen?
Is there a way to be an ally or supporter that is helpful and not divisive?
Per 5 Questions Raised by Viney’s piece
Do all lives matter?
Why do fellow Americans continually ask African-Americans to justify their pain instead of empathizing with it?
Why is there more international outrage about Cecil the lion or Harambe than about the taking of African-American lives?
Why does it seem that America is so reluctant to accept the African-American community as its own?
Why didn’t this opinion piece come out sooner? Why wasn’t “Black Lives Matter” clarified right after Trayvon Martin’s death?
What is privilege?
Per 6 Questions Raised by Viney’s piece
For people who say “All Lives Matter” and don’t understand #BLM, how do we educate them quickly?
Why do African-Americans have to prove themselves to matter?
How do we counter-balance the need to affirm that Black Lives Matter so that one day, we will no longer need to and all lives will be valued equally?