Privilege, Prejudice, and Bias
July 15, 2021
Like the title of this post, for week three we focused on privilege, prejudice and bias. We reminded the teens that we would asking them to answer difficult questions so we reviewed collective agreements and set intentions for the day’s discussion going forward. Our group was attentive and never dismissed another speaker.
For our group activity I started asking the teens questions regarding Stephanie’s identity, such as who she dates, where she lives and what she does outside of the program. They didn’t really want to share their thoughts but once the answers were revealed their reactions showed …
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Personal Identity & Trust-building
July 7, 2021
For our second week with the teens we wanted to strengthen our collective agreements and move on to addressing their identities, how they perceive themselves and how others may perceive them as well. Teens were asked to fill out an identity wheel that listed different categories such as race, religion, age, gender and etc. We then talked about which parts we felt were most relevant or that we felt we were more aware of. Teens were able to get more vulnerable with each other as they spoke in breakout rooms.
We also brought in an example form current events using …
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