2.5 hour session delivered to students and staff at Puget Sound Community School, kicking off Social Justice Week. Exploration of identity, cycle of systematic oppression, cycle of socialization, and cycle of liberation.

1. Who We Are:
Identity, Socialization, and Liberation
Puget Sound Community School
Social Justice Week Kick-Off
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Seattle Girls’ School
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2. About Seattle Girls’ School
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3. Identity Development
 What is it?
 What are the various
dimensions of
identity?
 Why does it matter?
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4. Dimensions of Identity and Culture
This model of identifiers and culture was created by Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman for NAIS Summer Diversity Institute,
adapted from Loden and Rosener’s Workforce America! (1991) and from Diverse Teams at Work, Gardenswartz & Rowe (SHRM 2003).
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5. Exercise: Up-Downs
• Stand proudly for your group
• Stand for as many groups
within one category
as applies to you
• If you are not standing,
cheer and applaud
the people who are
National Coalition Building Institute, Seattle Chapter, “Building Bridges Workshop,” Adapted by Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
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6. Birth Status
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7. Racial/Ethnic/Cultural Heritage
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8. Religion
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9. Socioeconomic Class
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10. Gender
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11. Sexual Orientation
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12. Ability
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13. Private Identity
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14. Debrief: Who Am I?
How did it feel to claim
various identities and
experiences? Did you learn
anything new, interesting,
or surprising? What did it
feel like to be applauded for
your identities and
experiences? To applaud
others?
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15. Identity and Cultural Inclusion
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Identity Frames

Intractability

Co-Authorship of Identity
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16. Break
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19. How Did We Get Here From There?
Brainstorm ways we go
from being born innocent
to a system of
oppression and privilege
we live in. How are we
socialized to learn and
accept this system?
Where do we get these
messages? What
individuals and
institutions are involved?
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20. Sharing the Wisdom
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22. How Do We Free Ourselves?
Brainstorm ways we go
from participating in
systems of oppression
and privilege into living
authentic lives and
creating a just world?
What can we do on an
individual, interpersonal,
and institutional level?
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23. Sharing the Wisdom
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25. An Ally Is…
“a person who is a member of the dominant or
majority group who works to end oppression in
his or her personal and professional life
through support of, and as an advocate with
and for, the oppressed population”
Washington and Evans, Becoming an Ally
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26. An Ally Is…
“Someone who doesn’t have to stand up for
someone else, who might even lose something
if they do, but they do it anyway because they
know it’s the right thing to do”
Anna, 6th Grader
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27. Bystander to Ally
Agent
Active
Bystander
Passive
Passive
Ally
Active
Karen Bradberry, PhD
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28. Avoiding the Pitfalls and
Overcoming the Obstacles
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29. Conflation of Individual/Institutional
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30. Correlation versus Causation
Correlation: When income is averaged and compared, there
is a strong correlation between gender and income. This is
due to a myriad of historical, systemic, and economic factors that
impact men and women differently in the workplace.
Causation: When income is averaged and compared, there is a
strong correlation between gender and income. This must be
because women must not be as smart, hard-working, or
good with money as men.
Correlation: When more firefighters are fighting a fire, the
bigger the fire is observed to be.
Causation: The additional firefighters made the fire bigger.
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31. Accumulated Advantages
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32. Privilege
“Privilege exists when one group has
something of value that is denied to others
simply because of the groups they belong
to, rather than because of anything they’ve
done or failed to do.”
[as described by Peggy McIntosh and quoted by Allan Johnson]
Privilege is SYSTEMIC. It drives the
systems that dominate our societies.
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33. Situational Advantage
There are prime parking spots and seats
reserved for people with disabilities. People
with disabilities are often first to board
planes and other transportation vehicles.
These advantages are situational and do not
balance out systemic oppression.
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34. Safety versus Comfort
Safety: I feel that, in this space, I can ask questions without
fear of judgment. I can voice my perspective and know that
I will be validated for the fact that that is my truth. Others
may challenge my ideas, but that challenge is in the spirit of
greater shared understanding and growth.
Comfort: I feel that, in this space, my reality will be agreed
with, validated, and unchallenged. I don’t have to explain
myself to be understood, and I don’t have to justify my
perspective, as everyone shares it.
As learners, we need to actively seek environments where
we may be safe but not always comfortable...
SO THAT WE CAN LEARN AND GROW.
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35. Next Steps
 Know that none of this is our fault, but it
is everyone’s responsibility
 Seek to understand the systems you live
in and learn how to challenge them
productively
 Be open to the truth of others’
experiences
 Build relationships and coalitions across
difference
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36. Presenter Information
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
6th Faculty and
Professional Outreach
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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37. Identity Resources
• Carlos H. Arce, “A Reconsideration of Chicano Culture
and Identity”
• Atkinson, Morten, & Sue, “Racial/Cultural Identity
Development Model (R/CID)”
• Mindy Bingham and Sandy Stryker, “Socioemotional
Development for Girls”
• Vivienne Cass, “Homosexual identity formation: Testing a
theoretical model”
• William Cross, Shades of Black: Diversity in African
American Identity”
• Anthony D’Augelli, “ Identity development and sexual
orientation: Toward a model of lesbian, gay, and
bisexual development”
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38. Identity Resources
• Erik Erikson, “Eight Stages of Man”
• J. E. Helms, Various Publications on Racial and Ethnic
Identity Development
• Jean Kim, “Processes of Asian American Identity
Development”
• James Maricia, “Four Ego and Identity Statuses”
• Suzanne Kobasa Ouellette, “The Three C’s of Hardiness”
• Jean S. Phinney, “Ethnic Identity in Adolescents and
Adults: Review of the Research”
• Ponterotto & Pederso, Preventing Prejudice
• Maria P. P. Root, Various Works on Multiracial Identity
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39. Identity Resources
• Patricia Romney, Karlene Ferron, and Jennifer Hill,
“Measuring the Success of Diversity Directors in
Independent Schools”
• Pedro Ruiz, “Latino/a Identity Development Model”
• Chalmer E. Thompson and Robert T. Carter, Racial
Identity Theory
• Alex Wilson, “How We Find Ourselves: Identity
Development and Two Spirit People”
• Christine J. Yeh, “The Collectivistic Nature of Identity
Development Among Asian-American College
Students”
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40. Miscellaneous Resources
• Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman, “Privilege and
Power,” Summer Diversity Institute, National Association
of Independent Schools, 2009
• Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Nurture Shock
• Kevin Jennings, GLSEN (Gay Lesbian and Straight Education
Network) www.glsen.org
• Allan G. Johnson, Privilege, Power, and Difference
• Johnnie McKinley, “Leveling the Playing Field and Raising
African American Students’ Achievement in Twenty-nine
Urban Classrooms,” New Horizons for Learning,
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/differentiated/
mckinley.htm
Michael J Nakkula and Eric Toshalis, Understanding Youth.
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