Implicit Bias is a "positive or negative mental attitude towards a person, thing, or group that a person holds at an subconscious level". We all hold bias. Also, many of us believe that we don't. The New York Times did a series on Implicit Bias last year, these videos break down the definitions in a … Continue reading Investigating Bias
Levels of Racial Engagement
https://youtu.be/x-8yydBF45Q When I was adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Sandra Pacheco shared her work on Levels of Engagement. I learned about this analysis close to the same time that I was developing the first volume of curriculum for World Trust Educational Services. Levels of Engagement: Situating Discourse is a way to look … Continue reading Levels of Racial Engagement
How We Connect
"I was on a train on a rainy day. The train was slowing down to pull into a station. For some reason, I became intent on watching the raindrops on the window. The separate drops, pushed by the wind, merged into one for a moment and then divided again--each carrying with it part of the … Continue reading How We Connect
White Supremacy
Sixteen years ago, Dismantling Racism, a Work Book for Social Change Groups was published. It is a comprehensive list of the ways in which white supremacy shows up in our everyday interactions. I have worked in the arts, of and on, for over 20 years. Recently, I've had more than a few conversation about how … Continue reading White Supremacy
Walking the Talk
Soo La Kim is the Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs at Northwestern University. She has also worked in the writing programs at Princeton and Harvard, and began her career as an educator at the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a Ph.D. in English. Soo is also partners in the collaboration Teachers at the … Continue reading Walking the Talk
Valuing Evaluation
In my copious amounts of spare time, I also write curriculum for an organization called World Trust. My current focus of research and study is evaluation, and the bias implicit in the process. We often think of evaluation as being held by someone out there, someone with more information and intelligence, an Evaluation can be … Continue reading Valuing Evaluation
