Complexity of Identity
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This document discusses social identity and intersectionality. It defines social identity as comprising individual characteristics, community affiliations, and social positions, as well as how one is viewed by others. Intersectionality refers to how our various identities overlap and intersect within ourselves. Social identities include traits relating to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, age, and physical or mental abilities. The document also discusses dominant and subordinate social identities and the concept of privilege, defined as unearned advantages associated with identities falling under dominant social groups.
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Social Construction Of Social Identity
Prejudice.pptx
Prejudice is an attitude that predisposes a person to think or act favorably or unfavorably towards others based on their group membership. There are three components of prejudice: cognitive, affective, and behavioral. Prejudice can affect people's self-confidence and cause discrimination. It is important to reduce prejudice through education, promoting intergroup contact, and working towards common goals.
Diversity.pptx
Diversity refers to understanding individuals as unique and recognizing differences along dimensions like race, ethnicity, gender, abilities, and beliefs. Marilyn Loden developed the Diversity Wheel to show how characteristics fall into an inner core defined at birth or through significant experiences, or an outer secondary dimension influenced by life experiences. Ability and disability are also dimensions of diversity, and people with disabilities should be acknowledged, respected, and accommodated. However, discrimination still challenges diversity in areas like the workplace and education. Promoting diversity through inclusive policies and practices can encourage collaboration and respect for all.
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This document discusses different aspects of culture and identity. It defines personal, gender, social, cultural, and ethnic identities. Personal identity is shaped by individual traits and experiences. Gender identity includes societal roles for men and women. Social identity involves group memberships. Cultural identity is tied to one's background and influences how strong identity is and how one interacts with other cultures. Ethnic identity involves one's racial or national background. The document provides tips for teachers to help students explore these different identities through activities and discussions.
What is the concept of spoiled identity as it relates to disability.pdf
What is the concept of spoiled identity as it relates to disability?
Do you believe that some of all aspects of spoiled identify are inevitable?
Solution
While interacting with someone we tried to present ourselves to the other participants stigma is
an attribute that is discrediting do whatever we are trying to portray to others a particular identity
is set to be spoiled by having a stigma associated with it
Goffman points of that stigma will have great effect on the human beings. Anyone who is
disqualified from social acceptance is stigmatized. Stigma includez physical deformities
blemishes or tribal stigma like race and religion.
The stigmatized people are rejected and their face discrimination in the society. All these things
show the effect on self esteem academic achievement, performance et.
Stigmatization is a process in which the minorities are the inferior portions disqualified by the
powerful are superior people the stigmatized people become socially excluded based on their
characteristics that led to the stigma.
. Due to disabilities or external deformities like leprosy Muscular dystrophy cleft lip are
considered as what type of stigma gosselin emphasized how stigmatized people manage their
child identity before the normal people he also focused on stigma not as fixed or inherent
attribute of a person but described it as an experience.
In a research it was found that obese and overweight women feel uncomfortable and I\'m not
very social which makes other people which come into contact with them become an interesting
and it was found that the overweight women developed lower self esteem. Sometimes it is
inevitable but research is going on to rule out this..
Feminist Theory
This document outlines the key principles of feminist therapy. It discusses how feminist therapy views psychological distress as resulting from societal oppression rather than internal dysfunction. The core beliefs of feminist therapy include acknowledging how women are impacted by their social and cultural contexts and focusing on external factors like power imbalances and oppression over internal factors. Case studies are used to demonstrate how feminist therapy would empower clients by addressing societal and cultural influences on their experiences and difficulties.
The Path to Transformation: Building a Multiracial Movement
The Path to Transformation: Building a Multiracial Movement Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
1. The document discusses building a multiracial movement through transformation, not just transactions, by recognizing our interconnectedness and linked fate across racial groups.
2. It emphasizes the need to have honest discussions about race, understand how implicit biases and framing shape perceptions, and work towards arrangements where all groups benefit through targeted universalism.
3. True transformation requires changing individual mindsets and rearranging institutions to be more equitable and mutually supportive of diversity, rather than just negotiating the current unequal systems.GENDER PPT.pptx
The document provides an overview of course content for a class on gender and youth in value chains. The course covers topics such as gender analysis frameworks, gender mainstreaming in value chain management, and related policy issues. Assessment will be based on continuous assessments (50%) and a final exam (50%). Key concepts discussed in Chapter 1 include the differences between gender and sex, gender roles and identities, and approaches to promoting women's development including Women in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), and Gender and Development (GAD).
Spirituality, the Self, and the Struggle for Social Justice
Spirituality, the Self, and the Struggle for Social JusticeKirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
This document summarizes key points from a talk on spirituality, identity, and social justice. It discusses how identities are complex and intersectional. It argues for moving beyond an isolated view of self towards an interdependent model of connectedness. It explores how existential and social suffering are interrelated, and how spiritual development involves working for social transformation and justice. It examines the social construction of racial categories and how race operates as a fluid social space rather than fixed biology.C:\fakepath\2 intro student_fa10
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. It examines topics such as how people see themselves and others, what determines decision-making and attraction, the causes of racism and how to reduce it, when and why people help others, what causes aggression and how to reduce it, how persuasion works, and how to increase self-control. Social psychology focuses on the interaction between a person and their social situation, and how situations strongly shape thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behavior. It also examines how people are both cultural animals and have competing selfish and social impulses, as well as automatic and conscious thought processes that construct our reality.
PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION LECTURE #4.pptx
This document discusses different types of prejudice including those based on past experiences, gender, ethnicity/race, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, and physical conditions. It provides examples of how prejudice forms and definitions for different prejudices such as gender stereotypes, racial prejudice, homophobia, ageism, classism, and ableism. Prejudice involves making judgments about people before knowing facts based on perceived group membership and can negatively impact individuals.
Recruit Potential Module 2 Strategies to Change Mentalities
This document discusses strategies for changing mentalities and reducing discrimination. It aims to demonstrate that soft skills are key for companies' futures and that talent should be judged based on social and behavioral skills in addition to technical skills. The document outlines objectives of demystifying beliefs and stereotypes associated with minority groups. It defines stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination and discusses steps to change mentalities and break discrimination. Expected learning outcomes include distinguishing different types of stereotypes and discrimination and understanding how to take steps to change mentalities.
OSEI Common Language Guide
This document was adopted from the Resource Center Team within the Office of Diversity & Inclusion of Amherst College as a guide to common, shared language around identity.
This project emerged out of a need to come to a common and shared understanding of language in order to foster opportunities for community building and effective communication within and across difference.
This is a list of carefully researched and thoughtfully discussed definitions for key diversity and inclusion terms. It is by no means a comprehensive list, but it is a good place for us to start. We understand that language around identity, privilege, oppression and inclusion is always changing, evolving and expanding.
If there is a term that you feel should be included here, or possibly redefined, please let us know. You can email The Office of Equity & Inclusion (OSEI), at osei@georgetown.edu.
ferry-GST-final.pptx
This document discusses gender and development. It begins with an overview of key concepts related to gender, including the differences between sex and gender. It notes that while sex is biological, gender is socially constructed and refers to the roles, behaviors, and attributes assigned to women and men in a given culture. It then discusses how gender roles are learned through socialization by institutions like the family, school, and media. The document outlines some of the gender issues and discrimination faced by women. It defines gender and development (GAD) as a framework that recognizes unequal gender relations and how they can impede development. The document emphasizes that GAD aims to promote more equitable development outcomes through women's empowerment and addressing gender biases. It closes by
M2 Assignment 2 SubmissionAssignment Due June 27 Assign.docx
M2 Assignment 2 Submission
Assignment
Due June 27
Assignment 2: Interview Two People
In our readings for this module, we were exposed to the intersection of race (ascribed status) and poverty. We learned that poor health is directly linked to both minority status and lower social class. Minorities and the poor are more likely to face discrimination and other negative social influences as well.
Furthermore, our life choices are all affected by some ascribed conditions, but we rarely stop to understand how. For this assignment, you will write an article on the role of race and gender in determining social status. Your article will include interviews of two people.
Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the role of race in general with regard to social status in American society. Then, write an essay including the following:
Provide an overview of the role of race and gender in determining social status in American society.
Explain the difference between individual discrimination, institutionalized discrimination, and reverse discrimination.
Interview the two people you identified in
Working Ahead for M2A2—Identify Two People
. Do they differ in their race, gender, and class? Focus on the following in your interviews:
Using a sociological perspective, that is thinking critically, determine how the two people you interviewed have been affected by their ascribed traits. In other words, be objective and ask questions about race, class, gender, and age.
Ask probing questions about each person’s educational opportunities and career choices.
Inquire about their inherited social status, and how their own personal social status differs (or not) from their parents’ social status.
Ask if they see themselves as having experienced any form of discrimination.
Ask what they see as solutions to discrimination and social disparities based on race, gender, or discrimination.
Compare each person’s responses to your own observations; do you observe anything that he or she does not?
What differences do you observe between the ascribed traits versus achieved (or earned) traits?
Summarize your findings by explaining whether race, gender, and any form of discrimination have played a role in the social status of your interviewees.
Include in your summary ideas for reducing any form of discrimination in determining someone’s social status.
Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format.
Grading Criteria and Rubric
Assignment 2 Grading CriteriaMaximum Points
Explained the role of race and gender in determining social status in American society.12
Explained the difference between individual discrimination, institutionalized discrimination, and reverse discrimination.12
Summarized interview findings showing understanding and analysis of the discrimination factors affecting social status.24
Recommended ideas for reducing any form of discrimination in determining a person’s social status..
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What is the concept of spoiled identity as it relates to disability.pdf
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The Path to Transformation: Building a Multiracial Movement
The Path to Transformation: Building a Multiracial Movement
Spirituality, the Self, and the Struggle for Social Justice
Spirituality, the Self, and the Struggle for Social Justice
Recruit Potential Module 2 Strategies to Change Mentalities
Recruit Potential Module 2 Strategies to Change Mentalities
M2 Assignment 2 SubmissionAssignment Due June 27 Assign.docx
M2 Assignment 2 SubmissionAssignment Due June 27 Assign.docx
Complexity of Identity
- 1. The Complexity of Identity Power, Privilege, and Difference Channing Downing, JJ McGinnis, Morganne Harper
- 2. What is social identity? Made up of: individual characteristics community affiliations social positions Includes how we are seen by others
- 3. What is intersectionality? How each of our identities overlap within ourselves
- 4. So what are our social identities? Identities refer to race/ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status (class), age, and physical or mental abilities. Take a second to write down your identities…
- 5. Dominant and Subordinate Social Identities Dominant Trait Examples: Subordinate Trait Examples Man/Masculinity Women/Femininity White People of Color Able bodied and minded Physically or Mentally Disabled Heterosexual LBGTQIA Upper/Middle Class Lower class or poverty
- 6. What is Privilege? Identity traits one carries that fall under the dominant group Privilege is defined as “unearned” advantages One cannot control the environment they are born into, but can control how one reacts.
- 7. Activity
- 8. Discussion
- 9. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- We are not just defined by our race or gender but a combination of identities.