Race and Racism 1
Degree (%) to which race impacts all of our lives
100%
The way of life of a particular people, especially as shown in their ordinary behavior and habits, their attitudes toward each other, and their moral and religious beliefs
Definition of culture
The systematic mistreatment of certain groups of people (often referred to as people of color) on the basis of skin color or other physical characteristics
Definition of racism
An annual holiday celebration is an example of this
Surface culture
The socially constructed meaning attached to a variety of physical attributes, including but not limited to skin and eye color, hair texture, and bone structures of people in the United States and elsewhere
Definition of race
Observable and concrete aspects of a particular way of life
Surface culture
A type of mistreatment that happens between individuals, based on our own assumptions, beliefs, and behaviors. Can be overt or covert, conscious or unconscious
Individual or interpersonal racism
A pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using culture to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes. At its core is relationship-building and using students' pre-existing knowledge and ways of being as a scaffold for learning
Culturally responsive education
Can be connected to race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, socioeconomic status, etc. Something everyone has, can be positive or negative
Learning styles are an example of this
Deep culture
Historical, cultural, institutional, and interpersonal norms based on a particular kind of mistreatment that are legitimized over time
Structural or systemic racism
Unspoken knowledge and unconscious assumptions that influence our worldview and how we learn information
Deep culture
Can describe some discriminatory patterns of social institutions like banks, the media, and government agencies
Organizational racism
A tool of culturally responsive education that recognizes a person, family, and/or community’s essential cultural practices as bodies of knowledge used to survive, to get ahead, and to thrive. These practices are used as resources for concept and skill development in the classroom
Funds of knowledge
The four quadrants on the Courageous Conversations compass from which we can enter a conversation about race
Thinking, Feeling, Acting, believing
This guides how we process information – it is the software for our brain’s hardware
Culture