I Can't Breathe

Rather than listen to this week’s planned unpacking scholarship episode, please take the time to learn from the anti-racism resources in the show notes, then share and respectfully discuss them with others.

  • Welcome back to another episode of the

    CSK8 podcast my name is Jared O'Leary so

    every other week I like to do unpacking

    scholarship episodes where I unpack

    latest CS research discourse and kind of

    talk about what it means in the

    classroom this week is gonna be

    different it's gonna be a very short

    episode instead of doing that I would

    much rather listeners of this podcast

    take the time you would have spent

    listening to this episode and go read up

    about anti racism now as a disclaimer

    this is not an agenda for specific

    political party or anything like that

    I'm a registered independent I voted for

    more than three parties over the past

    several years this is also not an attack

    against police officers I strongly

    support black lives matter and I also

    have both parents who have worked in a

    police department my mom was the

    dispatcher my dad was a police officer

    was a narcotics officer motorcycle head

    of the SWAT team commander etc I know

    what it's like to fear for a family

    members life and their safety when my

    dad has been called out like during

    dinner time or whatever to go on a call

    that puts his life at risk however

    what I don't know is what that feels

    like for myself as an individual and

    every family member I know every day

    that constant fear is an unknown to me

    and it honestly speaks towards my

    privilege as a white individual in the

    show notes for this episode which you

    can find in whatever app you're

    listening to this on or by visiting

    Jared O'Leary com there are many links

    to resources about anti racism almost

    every one of these links that are

    included in the show notes

    our compilation of dozens upon dozens of

    resources that you can use to learn more

    about anti racism for example the blog

    post by mark Gauss dial becoming

    anti-racist learning about race in CS

    education is something that would be

    very pertinent to CS educators however

    all of the other resources in the show

    notes are worth spending some time

    learning from sharing and discussing

    respectfully with others if you're

    listening to this and you feel that you

    don't have bias you don't have racism or

    that you don't want to get political

    honestly all I can respectfully say is

    please take the time to go through these

    resources speak with others learn and to

    clarify who I'm speaking to right now

    I'm speaking to all the listeners who do

    not experience systemic and

    individualized racism if you are in that

    category of people like myself then what

    I'm asking for is to do this right

    learn more amplify voices of people who

    have been oppressed for hundreds of

    years and continue to be oppressed and

    if you are somebody who is experiencing

    racism or has experienced racism please

    let me know how I can use my privileges

    and powers to help you my hope is that

    the resources in the show notes can

    assist with this can help with a

    dialogue can help with the change to

    have some kind of a lasting impact and

    if you don't want to go with those

    resources just search for anti racism

    engage in discussions with other people

    amplify voices and own up to privileges

    thank you for taking the time to learn

    grow discuss and share I know

    this topic is uncomfortable but it's one

    that we need to discuss it is a topic I

    have been trying to get guests on to

    discuss since last year 2019 when the

    podcast first started however I have not

    been able to find a guest who has been

    willing to join me for this discussion

    yet if you have any recommendations for

    any guests that could come on and have a

    discussion on anti racism in education

    or culturally responsive pedagogy

    doesn't even have to be in CS education

    I would love to have them on as a guest

    if you can introduce me to them that

    would be amazing

    there's a contact me button on my

    website or you can just send them this

    episode however you want to go about

    doing that please help me improve this

    podcast this episode is now going to

    conclude with 8 minutes and 46 seconds

    of silence if you do not know what the

    significance of that timestamp is please

    search for it online thank you for

    listening

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