The Many Faces of Divesity

The Many Faces of Diversity The Many Faces of Diversity 2017 IPRA Webinar2017 IPRA Webinar

Tracey Crawford, CTRS, CPRPTracey Crawford, CTRS, CPRPExecutive DirectorExecutive DirectorNorthwest Special Recreation AssociationNorthwest Special Recreation Association3000 West Central Road; Suite 2053000 West Central Road; Suite 205Rolling Meadows, IL 60008Rolling Meadows, IL 600081-847-392-2848 phone/ 1-847-392-2848 phone/ [email protected]

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Look at the Person in Look at the Person in the Picture…the Picture…

• How old is he?• What is his profession?• Is he a family man?• What type of music

does he listen to?• What are his hobbies?• Is he a white collar

worker or a blue collar worker?

The Definition of PerceptionThe Definition of Perception

• The process of becoming aware of the world around you through your senses.

• Your senses play a critical role in perception and behavior. They allow you to perceive your environment AND to act in response to it.

• Overabundance of stimulation hitting your senses in every moment, most will be filtered out and won’t reach your conscious awareness.

• Perception leads to decision making and action taking. At the most basic level, the decision is to act or not to act and this depends on how you develop motivation.

• The meaning you give to a stimulus you perceive will fundamentally shape the choices and actions you take in response to it.

Trust is built on first impressionsTrust is built on first impressions

Dr. Dave, a medical doctor with private general medicine practice in NYC

What do you think??What do you think??

Please complete each phrase to form a sentence. Try not to spend a lot of time rationalizing or thinking, simply complete the items as quickly as possible.

CultureCulture• Can be described as patterns, beliefs, or

practices that are expressed by or are expressions of a particular group.

• Each of us belong to a variety of groups.

• Therefore, our personal interactions, decisions, behaviors, and the like reflect and are influenced by our culture.

• People may have beliefs, patterns, or practices that come from various groups to which they belong.

Second Grade Classroom StoryA school teacher posed a simple enough problem to A school teacher posed a simple enough problem to the class. “There are four blackbirds sitting in a tree. the class. “There are four blackbirds sitting in a tree. You take a slingshot and shoot one of them. How You take a slingshot and shoot one of them. How many are left?”many are left?”

AnalysisAnalysis• What is filtered in versus filtered out depends on

where you put your attention.

• You begin to analyze and interpret the precieved objects in order to give them meaning and context.

• How you analyze what you perceive will be influenced by many factors including your past experiences, feelings, imagination, values, memories, beliefs and your cultural setting.

PERSONAL BIAS: PERSONAL BIAS: A REFLECTION EXERCISEA REFLECTION EXERCISE

• The first time I became aware of difference was when…

• As I was growing up, my parents taught me that people who were different from us were..

• As I was growing up, my parents taught me that people who were like us were…

• A time I was mistreated because of my own difference was when…

• A time I mistreated someone for being different was when…

• I feel most comfortable when I am around people who…

• I feel least comfortable when I am around people who…

• The memories I have of differences affect my supervison of others by…

Diversity is the mosaic of Diversity is the mosaic of people who bring a variety of people who bring a variety of background, styles, background, styles, perspectives, values and perspectives, values and beliefs as assets to the groups beliefs as assets to the groups and organizations with which and organizations with which they interact.they interact.

The Advisor Marketing Group’s DefinitionThe Advisor Marketing Group’s Definition

Dimensions of DiversityDimensions of DiversityRace & Ethnicity

Sex & Gender

Physical & Mental Abilities & QualitiesAge

Sexual Orientation

Loden & Rosener, 1990

Dimensions Dimensions of Diversityof DiversityColor/nationality

Biological: male/femalePsychological:

masculine/feminine

IQDevelopmental abilities

Physical attributesChronological Age

HeterosexualBisexual

Gay/Lesbian


Geography

Occupation

Marital Status

Military Status

Income

Parental Status

Education

Religion

Secondary Dimensions


Think about the various groups Think about the various groups to which you belong.to which you belong.

• What are your perceptions about how others view you related to these groups?

• How do you see yourself?

• In what way are these similar or different?

PrejudicePrejudice• Involves drawing conclusions without

examining the facts or having predetermined thoughts that lead us to unfairly passing judgment.

• Assumptions or preconceived ideas about a person

• Prejudices are learned and can be unlearned.

StereotypeStereotype• An exaggerated or distorted belief that

attributes characteristics to members of a particular group, simplistically lumping them together and refusing to acknowledge differences among members of the group.

• This could include a fixed belief or assumption about people who belong to a specific group.

What primary dimension is more valued in society?

EXERCISEEXERCISE

Dimensions of DiversityDimensions of DiversityColor/nationality

Biological: male/femalePsychological:

masculine/feminine

IQDevelopmental abilities

Physical attributesChronological Age

HeterosexualBisexual

Gay/Lesbian


Dimensions Dimensions Valued by SocietyValued by Society

White

Male/Masculine

Above average IQ/fit/tallBetween 30-45

StraightHeterosexual


How does diversity affect How does diversity affect you at the workplace?you at the workplace?

Understanding diversity means learning Understanding diversity means learning how to become more inclusive and how to become more inclusive and welcoming while exploring the ways we welcoming while exploring the ways we may inadvertently dismiss, diminish or may inadvertently dismiss, diminish or demean others. The next step in demean others. The next step in understanding diversity in the work place understanding diversity in the work place is to learn the roles of power, privilege is to learn the roles of power, privilege and perception and how they contribute and perception and how they contribute to how you may interact and respond to to how you may interact and respond to others.others.

What privileges What privileges do you have?do you have?

Adapted from Mcintosh,P. (July/August 1989). Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peace and Freedom.

Your ancestors came to the USA, because they had to or were forced to.

Your primary ethnic identity is American.

You were called names because of your race, class, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.

There were people of color who lived in your neighborhood.

Your parents were professional, doctors, lawyers, etc.

You were discouraged from academics, activities or jobs because of race, class, ethnicity, or

sexual orientation.

You ever lived near an area where there was prostitution, drugs, gambling near by.

You were told that you were attractive, smart, and capable by your parents.

You tried to change your appearance, mannerisms, or behavior to avoid being judged or ridiculed.

You studied the culture of your ancestors in elementary school.

You went to school speaking a language other than English.

You speak more than one language.

There were more than 50 books in your house when you grew up.

You had to skip a meal or were hungry because there was not enough money to buy food when you were growing up.

You were brought to art galleries, musicals or plays by your parents.

Your parents were ever unemployed or laid off.

You attended summer camps and participated in away trips growing up.

Power & Privilege Power & Privilege Institutional Power:

– The ability or official authority to decide what is best for others. – The ability to decide who will have access to resources. – The capacity to exercise control over others

Privilege operates on:– Personal: values, beliefs, feelings– Interpersonal: actions, behaviors, language– Institutional: legal system, education system, public policy, hiring

practices, media images– Societal/Cultural: collective ideas about what is “right.”

Privilege is Privilege is characteristically…characteristically…

• Invisible to people who have it.

• In dominant groups who often believe that they have earned the privileges that they enjoy or that everyone could have access to these privileges if they worked to earn them.

• Unearned and they are granted to people in the dominant groups whether they want those privileges or not, and regardless of their stated intent.

• In dominant groups where people are frequently unaware that they are members.

The Diversity FlowerThe Diversity FlowerPOWERPOWER

You have power over You have power over others.others.

You have the power to You have the power to give power to others…give power to others…

or notor not

PRIVILEGEPRIVILEGE

You have a benefit You have a benefit that others do not that others do not

have.have.

You have it because of You have it because of who you happen to be.who you happen to be.

The Diversity Flower The Diversity Flower EXERCISEEXERCISE

1. Look at the word on each petal2. Decide whether the word on the petal works for or

against you. Does it allow you MORE Power and Privilege with others or LESS?

3. Prepare to draw a dot on each petal:– Close to the center if it works in your favor– Far away from the center if it works against

you– Near the middle if it is neither MORE nor

LESS4. Draw a line connecting your dots

• How much power and privilege DO you have?

• What does this mean for you? As a person? As a professional?

• Are there dimensions where you are marginalized?

• What does this mean for you? As a person? As a professional?

One day our descendants will think it One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.as complex human beings.

Franklin ThomasFranklin Thomas

MAKE A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING DIVERSITY

I...• ...am a role model of valuing diversity in

others

• …can communicate the value of diversity to others

• …acknowledge that people of different backgrounds can take different but equally effective approaches to life, and I can avoid stereotyping because of those differences.

I...• ...recognize and correct biased or

inappropriate words, humor, gestures, and behaviors in others.

• …take the biases of my own background into account.

• …give honest feedback regarding performance in a manner appropriate for each individual.

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