This is a power point created to discuss the use of private spaces by minority populations during the time of soviet rule in Russia.

1. Critical Review: Cultural Diversity In Russian Cities:The Urban Landscape in the Post-Soviet Era Gdaniec, Cordula Pages: 195 Publisher: Berghahn Books Date Published: 05/2010 Language: en "In every city there remains a discrepancy between an official rhetoric embracing on the one hand cultural diversity as cultural capital for it’s inhabitants, and on the other hand the everyday experience of exclusion and racism or homophobia by the people embodying diversity." pg 2 Sign Translation: This city consists of different people. Nicole Henderson Amy Heath Larry Locke Dana Minock Ann Oguntime

5. Core Themes The key multicultural issues that this presentation will discuss are: * Public Rhetoric versus everyday practices (differences in what is said and what is done regarding multicultural awareness). * "Spacial manifestation" of subcultures and differences in views between public and private cultures. * Identity and Identity Politics

10. Different spaces in a city have different meanings for various cultures and groups: cont http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIabESlC9uE Cafeteria- Safety created by table and similar race Pushka Park- Safety created by public ignorance-subculture creating a "space within a space” for Lesbian Youth Recorded explanation of PowerPoint slides when you click link

13. We can not assume under-represented groups have put their minority status ahead of other Identities. Often the most powerful identity is that of "self". We also can't assume that one member of a group represents all members of that group.- "White teacher talks about Race"- Example African American student refuses to discuss the OJ Simpson trial. Russia Book Example- Some LGBT individuals prefer to be seen as Russians who are gay, not Gay Russians. Russian Flag

14. Identity and Identity Politics Connected Key Ideas: Factors influencing identity; What is Identity? Power, identity and global landscapes; American and Russian societies are socially stratified ; Social Inequalities are produced through systemic discrimination; How Peoples identities are linked to historical experiences and worldviews; Chinese Immigrants in Russia; and Color Blindness.

15. Race Ability Age Ethnicity Socioeconomic Status Sexual Orientation Gender Religion Identity Factors Influencing Identity:

17. Power, Identity and Global Landscapes Landsman and Gdaniec both describe common themes of human identity and how they relate to many human and landscape inequalities. The link between identity and inequality is described by the two authors in terms of relative power. For instance, dominant groups, being white. Anglo groups in the U.S. and Russian white in Russia, typically assert their chosen identity while imposing identities on subordinate groups. This creates a world structured on the terms of dominant groups.

19. Social inequalities are produced and perpetuated through systemic discrimination and justified through societal ideology of merit: Gdaniec notes that non-Russian looking people are stopped more often by police than Russian looking people. This racial profiling by the police also occurs in America, as noted by Landsman (Gdaniec, p.57). Landsman describes a situation were she would like to take her students to a bookstore. The following conversation occurs: (student) “we don’t want to go to no store in uptown” (Landsman) “you get followed [by the store clerk], I say quietly. They nod their heads” (Landsman, p.53). In Landsman's book, Preston (one her students) does not want to work alone in the computer room from fear of being accused of stealing an item in the room. This further demonstrates how subordinate groups must always be vigilant of there surroundings. “Preston looks at me. I can’t be alone in that room, Landsman, I just can’t. Something might be taken already and then they say I did it” (Landsman, p.75).

23. In conclusion we feel that... Misconceptions about diversity are complex and prevail not only in the United States but also in other countries such as Russia. As demonstrated by Gdaniec (2010) and Landsman (2001) by engaging in dialogue with minorities, we can better understand their views and experiences.. •