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Sep 03
The five faces of Oppression
Young, I. (1990). Justice and the politics of difference (16-65). Princeton: Princeton University Press. Violence Against the spirit, body and soul… being censored – internally oppressed – it kills your spirit – being able to speak, not being able to say what they wanted to in the past — Yosso is an example of someone …
Sep 02
Problem, Purpose & Question
Developing the problem statement: Beginning: Problem: The Impact of Compassion Fatigue on Social Justice Allies in Student Affairs What is the impact of compassion fatigue on student affairs professionals social justice allies Although, Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. The problem people get …
Aug 27
The start of a new blog
Here I go… I am starting a new blog space for me to let everyone in the world know what I am doing, where am I going, and more… How do I say this? who knows what will happen a year from now, and I have to be okay with it. I do know I …
Mar 11
Peobeus Discussion: March 11
Giddings Reading: CH 6 —** Throughout – women should be feminine — constructing women of colour this way — why was this?Pushed – because Black men were put into power – therefore, to carry this out they had to treat Black women the same way – dainty the feminine ideal ** Is that construction still …
Feb 25
Obama: Ty’Sheoma Bethea
“And I think about Ty’Sheoma Bethea, the young girl from that school I visited in Dillon, South Carolina – a place where the ceilings leak, the paint peels off the walls, and they have to stop teaching six times a day because the train barrels by their classroom. She has been told that her school …
Feb 11
Peobeus Discussion: Authors
E. Franken Frazier, Sociologist Cornel West, Author of the Cornel West Reader & Race Matters Tavis Smith interview Cornel West The Making of An American Radical Non-Marxist that believes in the necessity of Marxist thought p. 10-11 Inadequacies of Marxist Thought Now what would CRT pedagogy or Black Feminist pedagogy look like? Stance on epistemological …
Feb 11
Peobeus Brainstorm: Final Project
Ideas for the Project A Critical Race Theory Study: Online Social Networks as Cultural Capital Deconstruct YouTube Through a Critical Race Theory Lens A Critical Race Theory: Giving Voice through YouTube Looking at a PWI Mission Statement through a Critical Race Theory Using a CRT Epistemology in Voices from YouTube Using a CRT Epistemology to Discover …
Feb 03
Without Sanctuary & Strange Fruit
http://www.withoutsanctuary.org/ Strange Fruit by Billie HolidaySouthern trees bear strange fruit,Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south,The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is …
Feb 03
You Get Proud by Practicing by Laura Hershey
Opening Reflection shared by: Val Erwin If you are not proud For who you are, for what you say, for how you look;If every time you stopTo think of yourself, you do not see yourself glowingWith golden light; do not, therefore, give up on yourself. You can get proud. You do not need A better body, a purer …
Feb 03
Dr. Rendon: Creating an Integrative, Consonant Pedagogy Rooted in Social Justice — Dr. Laura Rendon
Exemplary Portrait: Barbara Jaffe Teaches English in California’s Puente Project, El Camino College Puente (Bridge) works with low-income, first generation community college students Familia writing model Employs writing as a contemplative practice tool Faculty member becomes a change agent, liberator and healer Agreements Professor Jaffe Broke Writing is a stand-alone activity disconnected from student lives …