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OCT211 NOTES:OT, HEALTH PROMOTION AND YOUTH WELLNESS:
Exploring Privilege and Othering
play significant roles in determining how we understand and experience the world, as well as
Major Identity Markers - MIM’s: shaping the types of opportunities and challenges we face.
● Sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age, socioeconomic class, religion, and ability
- MIM’s or Social identities
● Important aspects of our selves that shape our attitudes, behaviors, worldviews, and experiences
● We need to understand how our own and others' identities a ect our lives and our interactions with each other
● Self-exploration is central to our growth as individuals, our relationships with others, and our ability to promote
equity
● Most of us have identities that are part of both privileged groups
- E.g. male, white, heterosexual, middle or upper class
● And oppressed groups
- E.g. female, person of color, gay, poor or working class.
● How these overlap – INTERSECTIONALITY
- Simultaneous interaction in di erent contexts of social inequality
of
Being intentional in your stance in order to eliminate that oppression. Removing
the fence
I am aware of mine and I am aware of yours.
Lis universalistic
Equality – having the same opportunity to everything -
equal treatment
Equity – the quality of being fair and impartial -
fairness
Removing system – ca ed liberation (everyone has equal access) – trying at a systemic level to change things.
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Refer to the fence
has their
~ acknowledgement
that
everyone
experiences of discrimination
own and
De ne: Intersectionality oppression
Is the acknowledgement that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression and we must
consider everything and anything that can marginalize people – gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical ability
etc.
The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or
group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
“through awareness of intersectionality, we can better acknowledge and ground the di erences among us”
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. black based both race and gender
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. women face disadvantage on
e .
g. Working class
gay men face discrimination due to both their social class
and sexual identity
Cha enges to exploring PRIVILEGE:
● Belief that “I’m just normal”
, - people who are part of privileged groups seldom have to think about their privileged identities: they are
usua y surrounded by people like themselves and therefore see themselves as "just normal”
- dominant cultural and societal norms are based on values and characteristics that they hold true which
to the dominant cultures makes the people from oppressed or underrepresented groups as the ones who
are "di erent."
● Denial that di erences make a di erence
- When people are part of the norm, it's easier to believe that social identities do not rea y matter. So
there is then little need to examine how social identities impact their own and others' lives. We may
maintain that we treat everyone equa y and that we do not see di erences. While often made with good
intentions, this claim denies aspects of who others are and the realities of others' lived experience.
- Some may also believe that systemic inequality is essentia y a thing of the past, and that with today's
"level playing eld," there is no need to focus on identities and their signi cance.
● Guilt, shame, and discomfort about privilege
- An exploration of one's privileged identities can cause discomfort. We may equate being part of the
dominant group with being an oppressor—i.e. a "bad person"—
- We may nd it unsettling to acknowledge how we might be participating in and bene ting from systems
that unfairly disadvantage others.
- Guilt and shame often arise as people explore their biases and their privileged group's role in historical
and contemporary oppression.
- We may fear that we wi get stuck in these feelings or be subject to blame if the privileged aspects of
our identities are explored.
● Focus on one's oppressed group identities
- People are often much more inclined to re ect on their marginalized identities than they are to think
about how they are privileged. Dominant society often makes people aware of their subordinated group
identities, because they face obstacles and mistreatment that arise from these di erences.
- In part to avoid feeling guilt and shame, many people prefer to focus on how they are oppressed rather
than on how they are privileged. Sometimes we ultimately feel that being part of an oppressed group is
preferable to being part of a dominant group and thus attempt to shift the spotlight from how we are
advantaged in one area to how we are disadvantaged in another.
Strategies to facilitate exploring our Privilege:
● A irm a identities.
- There are a mix of social identities
- A identities and cultures have positive qualities
- No person is good or bad because of his or her social identities
- TASK: Create your own SOCIAL IDENTITY INVENTORY (e.g. race, sex, religion, sexual orientation and
ethnicity)
Answer the fo owing questions:
- Which identities are most central to who you are, and why?
- What do you like about or gain from particular identities?
, - What do you wish people understood about a particular identity?
- The primary purpose of these questions is to reinforce that a social groups have valuable qualities and that
social group membership does not determine one's inherent goodness or worth.
● Examine how di erences matter
- Our various identities can help us see how di erent identities can lead to di erent perspectives,
experiences, values, worldviews, and access to power and privilege.
Answer these questions about your social identities' impact:
- Which identities are you most or least aware of, and why?
- How do you think your di erent identities a ect who you are, your experiences, and how you see the world?
- Can you begin to see the trend of how people are systematica y advantaged or disadvantaged based on group
membership.
- Let's take the PRIVILEGE WALK…
● People receive privileges whether or not they recognize or want them
- When examining power and privilege, it is critical to highlight that people from privileged groups
receive advantages regardless of whether they are aware of them or want them.
- People from privileged groups often do not realize that they are bene ting at someone else's expense.
- We need to realize that privilege is not about intent or about "being a good person," but arises from a
larger system where social identity a ects access to resources and opportunities.
● Emphasize the systemic nature of oppression
- By focusing on the systemic nature of oppression, we can avoid suggesting individual blame. This
approach reduces defensiveness and resistance.
- We also need to acknowledge that each person plays a role in systems of inequality, a systems are
larger than any one individual.
- Think about the messages/lessons/teachings you were exposed to while growing up (about
gender-appropriate behavior, for example)
- Now let's examine our attitudes, behaviors, prejudices, and stereotypes because of this
- We have a been socialized to develop distorted views and narrow roles. This speaks to the pervasive
nature of these messages and the power of the dominant ideology. These discussions can give us the
opportunity to reevaluate the biased messages that we have internalized.
● Heighten investment
- We need to realize the value of exploring our privileged identities.
- development of self-knowledge and authenticity;
- increased comfort in dealing with diverse people and situations;
- avoidance of engaging in unintentiona y hurtful actions;
, - improved ability to work through feelings of anger, guilt, and shame;
- increased capacity to act in ways that are more consistent with one's morals;
- develop the ski s to better address inequities.
- Discomfort is part of the growing process and by becoming more aware, we can increase our
e ectiveness at working in and contributing to a diverse world.
- The goal of democracy and social justice is not to simply change who bene ts from unequal systems, but
to ensure that a people are treated with respect and have equal access to power and resources.
Systems of oppression ultimately hurt everyone (though in di erent ways), and a individuals have
something to gain from greater social justice
● Provide positive role models and options for action
- We need ways to channel our reactions to exploring our privileged identities so we do not become overwhelmed
with feelings of guilt or powerlessness.
- We can gain inspiration for constructive action by reading about or hearing from people with privileged
identities who have worked for social justice. These role models (past and present) o er examples of how people
from dominant groups can act as a ies and show us that we can be part of a larger history and community of
change agents.
- We can additiona y bene t from reading about theories of social and racial identity development.
- These readings identify paths toward positive privileged identities. By emphasizing accountability and
responsibility and developing options for action, we can feel empowered to create personal and social change.
What is Othering?
“othering”, can mean any action by which an individual or group becomes menta y classi ed in somebody’s mind as “not
one of us”.
What are your them-isms?
Discuss some of your them-isms…for example:
Sexism
Racism
Ageism
LGBTI-isms
Disable-ism
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