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"Diversity is not for the squeamish. It means making (and taking) a space at the table that includes people you don't like, don't agree with, or who you think are just plain wrong." Alexander John Goodrum, a disabled African-American bisexual FTM transsexual activist, born in 1960 ~ committed suicide in 2002.
Ice-Breakers for Inclusive Diversity
Courageous Conversations - "Sometimes people find it easier to discuss an
issue that is already out there on the table than it is to bring up the issue in
the first place. The narratives provided here are intended to help jumpstart
courageous conversations about sensitive issues that might otherwise go
unacknowledged or unaddressed." This document was originally prepared for an
audience consisting of members of the National Education Association. Our thanks
to Regon Unsoeld who created it and is letting Safe Schools Coalition share it.
Please send feedback, concerns, additional accounts, or experiences with using
this tool to Regon Unsoeld at
regon.unsoeld@tumwater.k12.wa.us. Download here:
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/Ice-BreakersForInclusiveDiversityCourageousConversations2009b.pdf
(pdf format)
Guidelines for Inclusive Diversity Courageous Conversations - "A
courageous conversation occurs when participants have the courage to make
themselves vulnerable about a sensitive issue. This is usually done by sharing
one’s personal feelings and experiences about the issue with others, and by
listening to and seeking to understand the feelings and experiences of others."
This document was originally prepared for an audience consisting of members of
the National Education Association. Our thanks to Regon Unsoeld who created it
and is letting Safe Schools Coalition share it. Please send feedback, concerns,
additional accounts, or experiences with using this tool to Regon Unsoeld at
regon.unsoeld@tumwater.k12.wa.us. Download here:
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/GuidelinesForInclusiveDiversityCourageousConversations2009a.pdf
(pdf format)
Overview: Dev. of Ethnic, Gender, Disability, & Class Identity & Attitudes in Children & Youth - Compiled by Julie Bisson. Knowledge of the developmental process can guide us in knowing when, how, what, or to what depth to provide guidance. Posted on the Safe Schools Coalition website with permission: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/OverviewOfTheDevelopmentOfEthnic.pdf (pdf format)
Racism and Young Children: What Does the Research Say? Compiled by Theresa V. Lee. Posted on the Safe Schools Coalition website with permission: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/Racism&YoungChildren-byTheresaLee.pdf (pdf format)
Racist Approaches - Young Children and Racism: Strategies for Educating and Rearing Children in a Toxic Society: Colorblind approaches, Tokenism, and Tourist approaches. A handout from White Privilege Conference 10, April 1st, 2009. Presenters: Fran Davidson, Kim Francisco, Wendy Harris, Cheryl Render-Brown, Tilman Smith. Posted on the Safe Schools Coalition website with permission: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RacistApproachesInECE.pdf (pdf format)
Anti-Racist Approaches - Young Children and Racism: Strategies for Educating and Rearing Children in a Toxic Society: Anti-Bias approaches, Culturally relevant approaches, Bilingual/Bicultural approaches, and Multicultural education. A handout from White Privilege Conference 10, April 1st, 2009. Presenters: Fran Davidson, Kim Francisco, Wendy Harris, Cheryl Render-Brown, Tilman Smith. Posted on the Safe Schools Coalition website with permission: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/Anti-RacistApproachesInECE.pdf (pdf format)
Adolescent Sexual Health and the Dynamics of Oppression: A Call for Cultural Competency: 4-page handout from Advocates for Youth. http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/iag/oppression.htm and http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/iag/oppression.pdf (pdf format)
Enumeration Matters! The Importance of Listing So-Called "Protected Classes" in Anti-Bullying Laws and Policies: The Safe Schools Coalition believes that it is very helpful and important to list actual forms that harassment may take in the laws and policies that are supposed to prevent it. This document explains why. http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/EnumerationMatters.pdf (pdf format)
'If These were Racial Slurs, Teachers Would be Stopping Them' ... Three Activists Object: an essay by Beth Reis, Mona Mendoza and Frieda Takamura of the Safe Schools Coalition to our fellow activists that discusses the intersection of racism and homophobia and why comparing forms of oppression is counter-productive. http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/IfTheseWereRacialSlurs.PDF (pdf format)
When Butterflies Flap Their Wings:
COMMUNITY and CONTRADICTION: one of the
documents linked on
Building
an Inclusive Organization | Diversity at the University of Minnesota Extension
Service. By Juan C. Moreno.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/units/diversity/When%20Butterflies%20Flap%20Their%20Wings%20-%20Community%20and%20Contradiction.pdf
(pdf format)
White people need to acknowledge benefits of
unearned privilege: by Robert Jensen who is identified as a Caucasian professor of journalism
at the U of Texas. The article originally appeared in July 1998 in the
Baltimore Sun newspaper. http://www.dickshovel.com/priv.html
More Thoughts On Why The System Of White Privilege Is Wrong: also by Robert Jensen. This is a version of an essay which ran in the Perspective section of the Baltimore Sun on July 4, 1999 as a follow-up to the essay above. http://www.dickshovel.com/priv2.html
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack: by Peggy McIntosh, associate director of the Wellesley Collage Center for Research on Women and the founder, and co-director of the National S.E.E.D. (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Project on Inclusive Curriculum. "I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group" - Daily effects of white privilege, Elusive and fugitive, Earned strength - Unearned power. This essay is excerpted from Working Paper 189. "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies" (1988). The working paper contains a longer list of privileges. It is available for $4.00 from the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, Wellesley MA 02181 http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc598ge/Unpacking.html
Also by Peggy McIntosh - White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies - 1988.
http://www.lamission.edu/sociology/mekelburg/SOC2%5CWhite_Privilege_handout.pdf (pdf format)
How To Tell People They Sound Racist
by Jay Smooth, host of WBAI's Underground Railroad, in New York City.
July 21, 2008