#checkyourmicroaggressions

[ciaomichaella]

#Lategram #Book 20 in the #20booksin2020 challenge is Troubling #Dominance in Sport: Deconstructing Curling Culture(s) through Narrative Inquiry by @rjn.darksports Up until a few weeks ago I had no idea such a study existed. Thanks to @goldlinecurling for introducing me to Dr. Richard Norman through their #sharethemic IG sessions. I think it’s super important, especially in light of the #BlackLivesMatter movement that people confront #racism head on. We can all learn to grow as people. It’s been frustrating that many in the curling community have reacted w/ “curling is so welcoming” & “there is no race on the ice, just the human race” when clearly there’s so much work to be done in terms of #diversity and #inclusion . . I highly encourage all curling nerds and curlers to read Dr. Norman’s dissertation. I’d be curious to see how his work translates to the US. https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/15671/Norman_Richard.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y . . Don’t forget to check out @devinheroux ‘s article too: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/curling-canada-lacking-diversity-1.5617026 . . Dylan Chenier also wrote an article about #CurlingSoWhite recently: https://fifthendbreak.wordpress.com/2020/06/27/diversity-in-curling-addressing-the-white-elephant/ . . #BLM #checkyourmicroaggressions #reading #20booksin2020challenge https://www.instagram.com/p/CCAG1QTD-1O/?igshid=it33qzc9t1ls

[staccatonotes]

Hatch has a campaign in which they have interviewed young adults about microaggressions they encounter. This video can easily be connected to several of the texts we have read thus far this semester. We can see microaggressions in Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, and in many of the essays (Lorde, Anzaldúa, Woolf) and poems (Anzaldúa, Gibson) we have read.