Understanding Human Diversity Chapter 7 Fall 2010 1
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Understanding Human Diversity
Chapter 7
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What does “diversity” mean?
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Human diversity
Refers to all humans & searches for cultural,
community, and human strengths
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Dimensions of Diversity
Culture
Race
Ethnicity
Gender
Sexual Orientation
Socioeconomic Status
Ability/Disability
Age
Locality
Spirituality & Religion
Intersectionality?
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Dimensions of Commonality & Difference
Shared Group Identity Transmitted Intergenerationally
(Race/Ethnicity—_____; Elderly—_____)
Group membership lifelong vs. Acquired
(Gender—_____; Disability—_____)
Group membership apparent
(Person of Color—_____; Gay/Lesbian—_____)
Group membership a choice
(Religious minority—_____; Elderly—_____)
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Focus on Cultural Diversity
What is culture?
Rules of the game in a particular society as
expressed in:
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Traditions
Norms
Child-rearing practices
Folklore/Stories children are told
How institutions are organized
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Culture is Often Unconscious
What we do “naturally”
Only find out when you violate cultural rules
Only explain it when asked
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Refugee kids hygene
Halloween?
Santa Claus?
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Race is culturally bound
“White” in U.S. vs. “White” in Brazil
Why do we use the racial categories that we do?
What is the difference between the following:
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White
Caucasian
European-American
Anglo-Saxon
Aryan
White (non-hispanic)
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Sociopolitical Perspective on Diversity:
Oppression & Liberation
Oppression: Unequal relationship used unjustly to
grant power & resources to 1 group (dominant group)
& withhold them from another (oppressed group)
Focuses on inequalities in _____________ &
_____________ power
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What kinds of resources can be granted/ withheld?
Jobs
Life Chances
Influential Networks
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___________________________________________
___________________________________________
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How have you been
disadvantaged?
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How have you been
advantaged?
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Diversity & Everyday Privilege
Gender-- _____________________________________
Sexual Orientation-- ___________________________
Race-- _____________________________________
From Peggy McIntosh:
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I cannot perform poorly without being a disgrace to my race.
I can choose blemish cover or bandages in “flesh” color and
have them more or less match my skin.
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Women & Pay Gap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs_avU7Nv0c
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Oppression
“Oppression is any relationship or process by which 1
group violates the physical, social, or psychological
integrity of another” (Franz Fanon)
“Breathing Smog” & “conventional wisdom”
Ex: Asian American as the model minority research
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How Oppression Affects Communities
Mass media
Neighborhood “tipping point”
Institutional oppression
Interpersonal oppression
Glass Ceiling in Workplaces
Voice/Gender Dynamics
Inter-group relations
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when prejudice becomes racism
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Levels of Ecological Environment
Collective resistance: Civil Rights Movement
Organizational Resistance: Association of Black Psychologists
Individual Resistance: Oppositional Identity
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Liberation & Social Action
“Liberation in fullest sense requires securing full human
rights & remaking of a society without roles of oppressor
& oppressed” (Watts, Williams, & Jager, 2003, p. 1897)
Paulo Friere’s Model of 2nd order change
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Critical awareness & understanding of oppressive system
Commitment to involvement in struggle
Collective action
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Limitations of Oppression/ Liberation Perspective
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Addresses issue of social structure/power - different
emphasis from cultural perspective
May inadvertently homogenize members of oppressed
groups
Portray oppressed individuals as victims
May perpetuate a conflict model of issues
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Extra Credit: Laramie Project
Thurs., Oct. 21st 7:30pm
Friday, Oct.22nd 7:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 23rd 2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, Oct. 24th 2pm
$5/students & seniors; $10/adults
Reaction Paper worth up to 5 points added total grade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awTx8iBm4u8&feat
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