Keynote delivered to attendees of the AISNE Students of Color Conference. What are the forces that keep us apart, even though we all want equity and justice for our marginalized identities? Missing from the cultural competency conversation are intra-group competency and inter-group solidarity. How do we stop policing each other WITHIN our groups with terms like "acting White" or "ABC" or "Fresh Off the Boat" "Too Militant"? How do we gain more power and numbers ACROSS groups by defying divisive dynamics like Model Minority Asians versus Black and Brown People? People of Color versus LGBTQ People? Feminism as a White Female Movement? By extending understanding and empathy across our identity development scales and by supporting one another through allyship, we can be an even more powerful force toward equity and justice for ALL.
Keynote delivered to attendees of the AISNE Students of Color Conference. What are the forces that keep us apart, even though we all want equity and justice for our marginalized identities? Missing from the cultural competency conversation are intra-group competency and inter-group solidarity. How do we stop policing each other WITHIN our groups with terms like "acting White" or "ABC" or "Fresh Off the Boat" "Too Militant"? How do we gain more power and numbers ACROSS groups by defying divisive dynamics like Model Minority Asians versus Black and Brown People? People of Color versus LGBTQ People? Feminism as a White Female Movement? By extending understanding and empathy across our identity development scales and by supporting one another through allyship, we can be an even more powerful force toward equity and justice for ALL.