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Diversity Committee

February 6, 2020

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Norms

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Silence Breakers

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Stop and Jot ~ Turn and Talk

What questions do the videos raise for you?

What experiences do the videos raise for you?

What connections do you see between the videos and our work together?

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What is implicit bias?

~Also known as unconscious or hidden bias~

Implicit biases are negative associations that people unknowingly hold. They are expressed automatically, without conscious awareness.

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What are Microaggressions?

The everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership.

(Nonverbal)

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What are microaggressions?

Microaggressions are more than just insults, jokes, and/or insensitive comments. They are specifically the kinds of remarks, questions, or actions that are painful because they have to do with a person's membership in a group that's discriminated against or subject to stereotypes.

A key part of what makes them so disconcerting is that they happen casually, frequently, and often without any harm intended, in everyday life.

(Verbal - Backhanded Compliment)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGT5fOxeKVY&list=PLhDDMRkwHvr2yj_0lBMyfhMpLe523u5EQ

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Large group discussion

What questions do the videos raise for you?

What experiences do the videos raise for you?

What connections do you see between the videos and our reading of White Fragility?

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Upstander APP ~ alice Liou

Created by and for educators who want to combat microaggressions in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

Harvard Ed. Magazine:

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/19/05/be-upstander

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Harvard Implicit Association Test ~ Race

Link:

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/agg/blindspot/indexrk.htm?utm_content=buffer229ac&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Other biases: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/index.jsp

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Adult Toolkit Discussion

How do we examine ourselves?

How do we navigate these situations?

How can we be an upstander/ally?

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Reflection

In Your Notebook:

Take a moment to write a private reflection about your learning today.

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Thank you!

Next Meeting: April 16th @ 7:15 am

Please read chapters 7-12