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Jane Fried/CharterOakS
Diversity Training???We are all Diverse within ourselves and
among ourselves.We are all similar.
We are all different.We are not all equal.
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WHO DECIDES WHAT DIFFERENCES
MATTER??
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What does diversity mean to you?
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We are trained to
Perceive Make judgments Evaluate Act on our judgments
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PerceptionWhat if we perceived… and then stopped before we made judgments?What if we just saw and noticed?5/12/2016 Jane Fried/CharterOak
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What do You See?
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Who are You? How do Others See You?
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So Much We Don’t See
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All of our incoming data is filtered through our mental models and life experiences.
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Be Aware of Your Point of View
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Perceiving diversity without judgment
requires a transformation of
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It requires an examination and transformation of beliefs and behavior.In order to be effective the inner and the outer must be integrated.
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TRANSFORMING WORLD VIEWSRequires awareness of…..
Moral Maps – basic notions of right and wrong Belief systems – arise out of our experience with
family, community, social and cultural contexts, science, professional norms
Shadow projections- our own fears and guilts thrown onto external situations ( usually involves blame).
Taken from Cultivating Peace by James O’Dea, Shift Books, 2012
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What do you think?How do you feel?
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Three Questions
Take turns asking and answering. Ask, answer, change roles. Do not discuss or challenge. Just try to understand.
WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON? WHAT DO YOU APPRECIATE ABOUT ME? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO KNOW?
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The Danger of A Single Story
byChimimanda Adichie
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Do you have a single story that your family told you
about how the world works?
OrAre there multiple stories
in your personal and family history?
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DISCUSSION PROMPTS
When I think of talking to people who are different….
The differences I’m comfortable with…
The differences that bother me…
The hardest thing for me to discuss is….
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In your experience( True or False)?1. All stereotypes are insulting.2. Most African American students are athletes.3. Moslem women who wear the hijab don’t speak in
public.4. The food white people eat doesn’t have many
spices.5. Only the Roman Catholic Church uses incense.6. Plumnelly is in Canada.7. Chitlins come from cows.
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8.All Puerto Ricans speak Spanish.9. Moslem men don’t hug their mothers.10. Que Dios Te Bendiga is a way to say Goodbye in Spanish11. Latkes are eaten on Easter.12. Traditionally Chinese and Japanese people bow to each other and don’t shake hands.
13. Churros are eaten for breakfast.14. Hindus don’t believe in God.
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