Thread by @jnash

1/ This Twitter #TeachIn is comprised three thread-chapters. This thread is #3 "Fixing Up My House." The others are: #1 "Getting level set,” and #2 “Love." #ScholarStrike

2/ .@HarrietLerner suggests trying to get someone else to change is like trying to become friends with a squirrel by chasing it. If you want to see a change in others you have to start to change yourself. #ScholarStrike

3/ Here are some places I’ve been and I’m going on my journey to fight anti-Black racism. #ScholarStrike

4/ I’m changing my courses. I teach graduate-level classes to aspiring educational leaders. My launch points, readings, and the experts I rely on in all my classes are chiefly white. #ScholarStrike

5/ My syllabi are devoid of messages which impart inclusiveness. My assignments do not explicitly work to connect my students' lives to the work nearly as much as they could. #ScholarStrike

6/ For instance, @Mary_C_Wright noted recently that asking students to write about the relevance of course concepts to their own lives has been shown to promote anti-racist outcomes. tomprof.stanford.edu/posting/1812 #ScholarStrike

7/ I’m listening more to empathize more and evaluate less. My field of interest is human centered design, and it’s cornerstone tenet is empathy. Yet, at times, I feel like the cobbler whose children have no shoes. So I’m working harder at this. #ScholarStrike

8/ As my colleague, Dr. Candace Hargons noted, “Empathy says ‘I’m with you.’ Evaluation says, ‘I agree/disagree with you.’ Empathy is the cornerstone of solidarity." smileypete.com/community/loca… #ScholarStrike

9/ And I’m reading. Yes, I’m cognizant of the fact that reading is, strictly speaking, not action, as @Tre_John_son has eloquently pointed out, but here’s what I’ve devoured or have on my list. #ScholarStrike

10/ First, @Tre_John_son's piece: washingtonpost.com/outlook/white-…) #ScholarStrike

11/ And these books:
-The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander.
- How To Be An Anti Racist, Ibram X. Kendi.
- Whistling Vivaldi, Claude Steele.
- White Fragility, Robin Diangelo.
- Unconscious Bias in Schools, Tracey Benson & Sarah Fiarman. #ScholarStrike

12/ - Identity and African American Men: Exploring the Content of our Characterization, Kenneth Maurice Tyler.
- It Was Never About a Hot Dog and a Coke, Rodney L. Hurst.
- Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic. #ScholarStrike

13/ - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein. #ScholarStrike

14/ I’m immersing myself in the demographics, for instance, this piece posted by @Maripuerta
brookings.edu/blog/up-front/… #ScholarStrike

15/ And this piece, also shared by @Maripuerta, "You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body is a Confederate Monument"
nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opi… #ScholarStrike

16/ I’m coaching myself to coach others in the inevitable future conversations on this topic with colleagues, friends, and community members. #ScholarStrike

17/ .@CharleneCac cites @NTanyaLee's framework for principled struggle - it serves as a reminder for productive dialogue. thecrisismagazine.com/single-post/20… #ScholarStrike

18/ - Be honest and direct while holding compassion
- Have side conversations and one-on-ones to help us get better and build us up, not to break us down
- Be responsible for our own feelings and actions. #ScholarStrike

19/ - Seek deeper understanding (We ask and read first)
- Consider that this (meeting, gathering, etc.) may not be the container to hold what you need to bring. #ScholarStrike

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