ClassCast Podcast Ep.031 features Camryn Thompson, a rising senior at Duke University and a former student of host Ryan Tibbens. As a brilliant young black woman who grew up in a globally diverse, yet majority white, wealthy suburb, Camryn offers insights and suggestions to improve schools that are informed by both academic studies and personal experience. Currently working through the medical school application process, Ms. Thompson has begun dedicating more of her personal time to activism and is involved in the Black Lives Matter movement. In this discussion with her former English teacher, she advocates for anti-racism through improved public relations, hiring, staff accountability, classroom discussions, and compensation so that our schools can truly serve all Americans equitably.
** DISCLAIMER -- This episode contains honest, open discussions about race, racism, and bias in schools. Both Camryn Thompson and host Ryan Tibbens engaged in this discourse to share perspectives and learn. For those listening with a more critical ear (or predisposition to cancel culture/virtue signalling), please extend a little grace. We're all trying to get better. Also, as a teacher, I have referred to professional experiences that have occurred in six different schools and with a wide variety of coworkers; I do not intend to disparage any person or institution, nor do I intend to speak on "out of place" or on behalf of my employer. I am solely responsible for my views. At a few points in this discussion, specific names are obscured so that listeners focus on the broader issues rather than individual schools or people involved in the situations. If you have a suggestion or question about content in this episode, you can contact ClassCast Podcast directly via readthinkwritespeak@yahoo.com. Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 031.1 -- Camryn Thompson -- Intro to Discussion of Anti-Racism in Schools
The first highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.031 features Duke University senior Camryn Thompson speaking with host Ryan Tibbens, her former English teacher, about racism (and, more importantly, anti-racism) in schools. As a young black woman, Camryn reflects on her own experiences with explicit and implicit racism and what we can do to make schools more inclusive and productive for all students. This clip sets up the discussions that follow throughout the remainder of the episode.
Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 031.2 -- Camryn Thompson -- Implicit Bias & Anti-Racism in School
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.031, Camryn Thompson addresses the impacts of implicit racial biases and microaggressions in schools. Speaking with her former English teacher, she details personal experiences and shared anecdotes in which students were (intentionally or unintentionally) made to feel different, excluded, or less capable than their peers. Host Ryan Tibbens suggests that the cumulative effects of these unintentional expressions of implicit or subconscious bias may actually be more damaging to many students than the more overt, explicit acts that school staffs tend to focus upon. The two then discuss how school leadership should respond and promote anti-racist culture.
Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 031.3 -- Camryn Thompson -- Student Participation in Equity Training
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.031, future doctor Camryn Thompson talks with host Ryan Tibbens about how student participation and direction might improve staff equity/race training, school committees, and new anti-racist measures in schools. Essentially, Camryn picks up a thread that has connected several episodes of the ClassCast Podcast -- if we're serious about student efficacy and empowerment, then they must be involved in the decision-making process. In this segment, Thompson and Tibbens discuss how including students, particularly students of color, in school-wide race and equity activities might improve inclusion, participation, and effectiveness.
Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 031.4 -- Camryn Thompson -- Diverse Faculties & Teacher Compensation
In this highlight clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.031, student and Black Lives Matter activist Camryn Thompson shares her thoughts on the importance of racially diverse school faculties as well as how to increase racial diversity without resorting to quotas or altered expectations. Among her many thoughtful suggestions is how improved teacher compensation could help to attract the best talent from a variety of racial and ethnic groups, ultimately improving the quality of education and job satisfaction for teachers. While "pay teachers more" is a common (but not always productive) strategy, Camryn makes a logical and passionate argument for why educators are deserving of more pay and prestige, and how those improvements could yield faculties more representative of (and effective with) their student bodies.
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