I've got Goodreads, but I kinda just want my very own list of what I've read this year.
And so, here's my list:
"In fact, when we tray to talk openly and honestly about race, white fragility quickly emerges as we are so often met with silence, defensiveness, argumentation, certitude, and other forms of pushback. These are note natural responses' they are social forces that prevent us from attaining the racial knowledge we need to engage more productively, and they function powerfully to hold the racial hierarchy in place." (8)
"Since many of of have not learned how racism works and our role in it, our tears may come from shock and distress about what we didn't know or recognize. For people of color, our tears demonstrate our racial insulation and privilege. (136)
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Gifs
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond
"I define culturally responsive teaching simply as... an educator's ability to recognize students' cultural displays of learning and meaning making and respond positively and constructively with teaching moves that use cultural knowledge as a scaffold to connect what the student knows to new concepts and content in order to promote effective information processing. All the while, the educator understands the importance of being in a relationship and having a social emotional connection to the student in order to create a safe space for learning." (15)
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Educated by Tara Westover
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
"It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between. It didn't matter that she was broken and ugly an sick. He lover her and she loved him." (428)
Currently Reading: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy
