Responding to Political Hot Points in Real Time A Twitter Thread

Abstract

Professors have an obligation to respond in real time to politically charged events in society, whether they are in the news or in our students' lives on campus (or both).  So how do we do that without replicating our own biases and/or confirming our students’ worst stereotypes of us as teachers? In a Twitter thread, with research h-based supporting materials, I discuss the reasons why we should engage our students in conversations about politically-charged events and some of the best practices that I have discovered for doing it. I apply my practices to four complex, controversial current events: national anthem protests at sporting events, the Indigenous Peoples' March confrontation, and a racist incident on my own campus.