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Student Services: More Than a Number: Supporting a Diverse Community of Learners

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Sheri Lyn Schmidt, Director of Equity and Social Justice at Ethel Walker School, outlined systemic racism the ways that racial ideology has shaped institutions.

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Good Morning!

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Affirming Identity

Building Community

Cultivating Leadership

ABC

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Affirming IdentityA

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Book““If a school is a book If a school is a book what story is being told?”what story is being told?”

-Beverly Tatum-Beverly Tatum

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“The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt like his own.” White House May 8, 2009

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“Education needs to enable the student to look through window frames in order to see the realities of others and into mirrors in order to see her/his own reality reflected.” -Emily Style

“Education needs to enable the student to look through window frames in order to see the realities of others and into mirrors in order to see her/his own reality reflected.”

-Emily Style

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Systemic Racism

IndividualInternalized

IdeologicalInstitutional

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Now you see it...

now you don’t

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An invisible, weightless

knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports,

codebooks, visas, tools & blank checks.

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“I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the

paper and see people of my race widely represented.”

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“I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.”

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Never have to think about race.

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IndividualInternalized

IdeologicalInstitutional

Systemic Racism

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Awareness

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Ideological Racism

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Race is a Social Construction

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“...like smog in the air”

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Ideological Racism

Good

Proper

Pretty

Normal

AMERICAN“flesh colored”

Valuable

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[blond angel]

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Intention vs.

Impact

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“It’s not my fault Black people

don’t write books!”

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Affirming IdentityInstitutional tasks:- Increase faculty and staff of color- Examine the curriculum- Openly discuss White Privilege-Develop support mechanisms for students of color (formal & informal affinity groups)

The Psychological Experiences of Students of Color (NAIS)

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Affirming IdentityIndividual Tasks:- Reflect on your Racial Identity- Examine your Stereotypes & Assumptions- Learn how systems of oppression have impacted you.

Can we talk about Race? (Tatum)

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The American Dream

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Affirming Identity

- Explore your own Identity and History- Counteract Stereotypes- Make Oppression Visible- Paths to Liberation - Resistance & Allies