Any time I witness or experience bias, prejudice and/or oppression the feelings shake me to my core or the bias, prejudice and/or oppression may be so normalized it goes unnoticed. When the experience is salient and profound I feel intensely uncomfortable, my stomach turns and I'm left not knowing how to react. Depending on my environment and who I am with, I may or may not have the opportunity to discuss it or work through it. Soooo.... taking a course like this has been a great way to "work through it." I've posted several links related to sexism that have intrigued me lately. I will try to post other links as I come across them. Ultimately, turning incidents or experiences like this into an opportunity for greater equity requires me to grasp a deeper understanding of where the bias, prejudice and/ or oppression is rooted. It's important for me to ask critical questions concerning both my and other's experiences as I attempt to work past my inherent surface reactions and dig deeper to appreciate everyone as a human first. All other labels and identities are manifestations of their experiences with their environments, as are mine. Having this perspective or philosophy first is important before we can move society towards a unique form of self created equity.
http://www.missrepresentation.org/
http://tedxwomen.org/speakers/jennifer-siebel-newsom/
http://www.everydaysexism.com/
To bad we don't have magic wands to give everyone in society to know where thier bias and prejudices beleifs are rooted.
ReplyDeleteI agree sometimes these things are so normal they go unnoticed and this is not good. There are so many things that are said and done on a regular that we overlook til its kind of hard to single out the microagressions and isms.
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