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Getting ready to live tweet this. You're welcome.
Oh God, one of the speakers just finished White Fragility. It took her a month to read.
It's like 150 pages long.
It's like 150 pages long.
They are gushing over how excited they are to read Barack Obama's new book and "OMG HOW AMAZING IS IT READ IN MICHELLE'S VOICE!!!"
People get professional credit for watching this presentation. Maybe I'll sign up to get a certificate 
"We know that this work (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) doesn't have an end date"
IT IS ETERNAL
IT IS ETERNAL
There are hundreds of teachers watching this webinar.
"If you never empower your students to become allies, you are not only stalling your students....you are stalling your own growth"
"The classroom is the safest place to have these conversations"
80% of teachers they surveyed placed diversity, equity and inclusion and one of their top two most pressing topics.
84% said teaching diversity, equity and inclusion is a school priority.
84% said teaching diversity, equity and inclusion is a school priority.
The other top priority is mental health.
So, teaching the topics of the classes are not a top priority. Ok.
So, teaching the topics of the classes are not a top priority. Ok.
"Gen Z are not like millennials - they are aware of what's happening in the world around them"
"We're dealing with students with higher rates of mental health concerns and racial trauma" - the mental health concerns I totally believe.
"We're dealing with students with higher rates of mental health concerns and racial trauma" - the mental health concerns I totally believe.
"How do we navigate our own educator biases to support the whole student today?
We know what biases they're talking about:
We know what biases they're talking about:
"Of course, educators of any race can teach students of color, but it's important to center ourselves in EQUITY"
THE EQUITY GRAPHIC IS HERE!!!
"It brings about a lot of thoughts and feelings"
I especially like that they just took the wall down in this version.
"It brings about a lot of thoughts and feelings"
I especially like that they just took the wall down in this version.
Should I troll them? Be like "why didn't they just buy a ticket?"
Did it
Equity has dimensions.
The reason people need to buy a ticket to a baseball game is COLONIZATION
Ibram X. Kendi mention....DRINK!
When you are in the fear zone, you deny that racism is an issue. You have to work through the fear to become anti-racist and acknowledge how you benefit from racism.
Is this chart saying that the first step towards being an anti-racist educator is the validate your students LIVED EXPERIENCES?
She's talking about doing a curriculum audit to make sure every component of the student's classroom experience is anti-racist. They're calling it "culturally responsive"
"Equity is an ideological commitment that is embedded in all that we do" <-- remember there are like 500 teachers watching this
The chat is more entertaining in this webinar than the actual webinar. They are SO WOKE.
OH THERE'S ANOTHER TROLL!!!!!
