WATT'S DEFENSE MODES
ALLY MOTIVATIONS
WHO SHOULD DO IT
DEFINING TERMS
100
"I enjoy helping the homeless. I often share food or buy lunch for people begging on the street."
WHAT IS BENEVOLENCE
100
An ally who is motivated primarily by guilt.
What is ally for altruism?
100
Learn to examine problems, student development theory, and who their students are in practice
What is what student affairs students must do?
100
The exercise of tyranny by a ruling group.
What is the old definition of oppression?
200
What is Denial?
200
An ally who focuses on individuals, not the issues.
What is an ally for self interest?
200
Understanding the realities and pressures of working daily with students.
What is what student affairs faculty must do?
200
Raising awareness about promoting the inclusion of historically oppressed groups and developing an appreciation of cultural difference.
What is diversity?
300
What is principium?
300
An ally who is focused on racists and other such "bad people".
What is an ally for self interest?
300
Understand how students change and how that affects their experiences.
What is what student affairs practitioners must do?
300
The disadvantages & injustices suffered because of the everyday practices of a well intentioned liberal society.
What is the new definition of oppression?
400
What is false envy?
400
An ally for issues, not individuals.
What is an ally for social justice?
400
Build systems that value the contributions of all student affairs workers.
What is what institutions must do?
400
Going beyond awareness of differences, addresses problems of power, equity and institutionalized oppression. Challenging dominant ideology and advocating change in institutional policies and practices.
What is social justice?
500
What is intellectualization?
500
An ally who seeks to develop systems and structures to hold themselves accountable without putting the burden on the oppressed.
What is an ally for social justice?
500
Research and assess practices in order to effectively integrate scholarship into practice.
What is what student affairs students must do?
500
A professional who is continually seeking to raise his/her awareness & develop skills that help him/her to effectively address diversity & social justice issues.
What is a multiculturally competent student affairs professional?