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.
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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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