The purpose of this exercise is to map out different domains of your social identity (i.e., social group membership) and to reflect on how these domains intersect with one another to shape your life experiences. We are socialized into seeing oppressive social relations and structures (e.g., personal bias, social prejudice, institutional discrimination, inequitable social structures) based on social group memberships as natural and normal. As McIntosh (2003) describes her white privilege as, “an invisible package of unearned assets which I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was ‘meant’ to remain oblivious” (p. 191), when we belong to a privileged social group, it is especially difficult to recognize our own privilege. Privilege is often unearned, unasked for, and invisible benefits and advantages available to members of the privileged group (Hardiman, Jackson, & Griffin, 2007). The goal of this exercise is not to assess how privileged or marginalized you are. The exercise does not fully capture or define who you are, and doing so is not its goal, either. Almost all of us have some experiences of privilege and some of marginalization, and these experiences are relative to context. In addition, different social identities will be perceived more or less salient to yourself and others, influencing your worldviews and interpersonal interactions, and what becomes more or less salient depends on the context (Sensoy & DiAngelo, 2012; Tharp, 2012). For example, a white working-class male may experience marginalization in Canadian society because of his socio-economic class, but his socio-economic condition may be still privileged relative to another country setting. In another setting, his race may become a more salient aspect of his identity than class. One aspect of our identity seldom acts independent of the other aspects. Rather, different aspects of our identity interrelate with one another to shape a unique experience for each of us. In other words, those who share one identity domain, such as all those who are male, do not necessarily experience male privilege in the same way or extent because of the other identity domains that they do not share. Despite these complexities of our social identities, we need to begin with articulating and reflecting on implicit, as well as explicit, domains of our identity to understand how we are positioned in society and how it shapes our life experience.
After reviewing the above Answer the following questions.
Note: You do not need to identify the particular social identity that you identify with if you do not wish to. In this case, you can discuss the category. Example ” I am most aware of my race…”
Reflection Questions
1. Considering all your social identities, on a daily basis which ones are you most aware or conscious of?
2. Considering all your social identities, on a daily basis, which ones are you least aware or conscious of?
3.What identities that have the strongest effect on how you perceive yourself?
4. What identities that have the greatest effect on how others perceive you?
Task 2: Intersectionality
Watch the below videos on intersectionality:
What is intersectionality? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJcPnC_Jcg4&t=270s
While watching the video, take notes below. In the notes, include a definition of intersectionality that is given in the video.
Task 3: Theoretical Approach
Read the attached reading package and answer the following:
What is the appeal of intersectionality?
Why is intersectionality important in Canada?
List the 8 principles of intersectionality and provide a brief description of each.
Explain why intersectionality is important in climate change approaches.
Task 4: Intersectionality in the news
Find THREE news article that contain intersectionality, and explain what is at play:
This website contains many articles that you may want to choose from:
Articles on Intersectionality https://theconversation.com/ca/topics/intersectionality-24515
For EACH article, complete the following:
-Provide a summary of the article.
-What main identities are being discussed? What is the issue?
-Did the article provide any solutions/resolutions?
-In your opinion, why is knowledge of this particular intersection important to make change?
-Can you suggest a particular societal change that will help? ( if your article provided solutions, please create an alternative solution)
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