Racism

Post-Session Report

Document The concepts of identity, positionality, and vulnerability, using Beverly Tatum’s “The Complexity of Identity” and Abraham Verghese’s “Close Encounter of the Human Kind” as the framework, were the focus of my community dialogue session. In attendance were the students in Dominican…

Critical Reflection #3: On Accompaniment as Policy, The Ethics of Loneliness, Challenging Ourselves: Critical Self-Reflection on Power and Privilege

In Cheryl A. Hyde’s “Challenging Ourselves: Critical Self-Reflection on Power…

Extra Credit CR Prompt 2: The Case for Reparations

Prompt for Critical Reflection #5: Fears and Struggles amidst Structural Violence

CR #4 Why Our Sunday Morning Routines Matter

The idea of oppression is often thought as “the exercise of tyranny by a ruling group”(Young,1). But according to Iris Marion Young and Ada Isasi-Diaz, the concept of oppression is not as simple as people may think, there are many types of oppression…

Dominant and Subordinate Culture

Critical Reflection #2

What? In the article The Complexity of Identity: “Who Am I?” written by Beverly Daniel Tatum she states “Dominant groups, by definition, set the parameters within which subordinates operate.” Thus, the dominant culture…

CR #2: The Complexities of Identities

In an ideal society, diversity is often celebrated: especially in America where we take pride of being one of the few ‘melting pot’ countries. Despite the efforts of many Americans who want to create an equitable safe space of all, not everyone feels that…