Continuous Learning | Awareness of Cultural, Racial, and Gender Inequities
Learning Objectives
Explore the meaning and impact of social constructs such as meritocracy and gender roles.
Increase awareness of the effect that race, gender and family resources have on who gets what in our society.
Instructions: Either as individuals or a group, view the linked content; then take 5-10 minutes to work through the associated thought exercise.
20 minute video
Thought Exercise
Recall a time when you were an "other" within a group you shared an identity with (ie. race, education, gender)? What made you feel that way and why?
Reflecting on your own experience, what is one thing you wish someone had done to validate your ideas, involvement or experiences?
20 minute video
Thought Exercise
Recognize a time where you were complicit in the oppression of another person (as well as your own).
What is one thing you or those around you can do to undo that oppression?
15 minute video
Thought Exercise
Write down 2-3 of your job responsibilities.
Think of a way in which you can you build gender equality into the results of each of these responsibilities?
How are you documenting and analyzing gender disparities and discriminatory practices?
20 minute video
Thought Exercise
Identify 3-4 ways being "right-handed" is a privilege?
Choose an identity that you know the least about. Research what kinds of oppression and privileges are a result of said identity? (ie. race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, first language, religion, body size/shape, physical ability, mental illness, socioeconomic status, education, and age.)
Key Terms: intersectionality, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination, framing, social economic status, institutional discrimination, racism, health, poverty, life expectancy, healthcare, whiteness, cultural, social constructs, redemptive pathways, technology, identity, race, gender, science, microaggressions, educational inequity