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Archive for August, 2010

Cultural Identity Activity

Since teaching at BRCC I have struggled with introducing issues of racism and other identity categories into the classroom. Given the diversity of the campus population, I’m not sure why. As I posted previously, the responses to racial topics are… Read more

Maslow’s Hierarchy

This cute take on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs has been floating around on Facebook for a while. It’s been on my computer desktop for a couple of weeks. I’m definitely showing it in class when we talk about Maslow, but it’s just too cute not to post… Read more

Black doll white doll

Today in class I showed a clip from A Girl Like Me, a documentary made by a 17 year old young woman who revisits the Black Doll White Doll test. The test asks black children to choose between a white doll and a black doll, asking questions such as… Read more

WordPress 3

One of my summer goals was to learn Wordpress 3 and convert my websites to the new platform. I did master some of the basics of the new Wordpress, but I didn’t get the chance to do the conversion. I set up my website for my classes (laurasells.net),… Read more

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