The Complexity of IdentityPower, Privilege, and Difference
Channing Downing, JJ McGinnis, Morganne Harper
What is social identity?
Made up of: individual characteristics community affiliations social positions Includes how we are seen by others
What is intersectionality?
How each of our identities overlap within ourselves
So what are our social identities?
Identities refer to race/ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status (class), age, and physical or mental abilities.
Take a second to write down your identities…
Dominant and Subordinate Social Identities
Dominant Trait Examples: Subordinate Trait Examples
Man/Masculinity Women/Femininity
White People of Color
Able bodied and minded Physically or Mentally Disabled
Heterosexual LBGTQIA
Upper/Middle Class Lower class or poverty
What is Privilege?
Identity traits one carries that fall under the dominant group
Privilege is defined as “unearned” advantages
One cannot control the environment they are born into, but can control how one reacts.
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