There’s NONO Such Thing as a DRAGONDRAGON

Student AffairsStudent Staff Training

Ground Rules

• One person speaks at a time!• Respect the ‘diversity’ of others!• Say “I know someone who…”

State your name before you speak

There’s a Dragon in the House!• What are the major comparisons with

issues of diversity do you see from reading this simple story?

• What are some of the dragons you face in your job? On-campus? In your life?

• What are the issues related to discrimination?

What do these terms mean to you?

• An irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics.

• An adverse opinion or judgment formed beforehand or without full knowledge or complete examination of the facts.

What do these terms mean to you?

• The act or practice of making a difference in treatment based on something other than individual merit.

• To act on the basis of prejudice!

What do these terms mean to you?

• Assigning characteristics to an entire group of people and opposed to allowing for individuality.

• Stereotypes based on family statements, friends comments, movies and television, advertisements and radio…

Who am I and what do I bring?• My full name and any

cultural significance:• I identify as_____ on

the following identities: religion/faith, age, race/ethnicity/nationality, sex, socio-economic class, sexual orientation/gender identity, ability, others

• The identities I’m most conscious of are:

• The identities that I’m least conscious of are:

• What this means to me on a daily basis is: