week 4

Question 1

what is truth work?

Answer 1

it is being accountable and facing racism head on. it is learning and talking about racism

Question 2

what is white privilege?

Answer 2

the advantages you immediately have in life because of being white

Question 3

what is white fragility?

Answer 3

white people’s responsibility to learn about the history of POC and the experiences they went through in order to accommodate to their needs

Question 4

how do you validate someone’s feelings?

Answer 4

investigating/listening feeling of the person, confirming feeling, acknowledging feeling with empathy, taking responsibility, ask what you can do

Question 5

what are the stages of dealing with feelings according to the polyvagal theory?

Answer 5

dorsal vagal (worst, cannot cope, freed), sympathetic (fight or flight), ventral vagal (calm, oriented)

Question 6

what is tone policing?

Answer 6

it is an oppression tactic. it detracts from the truth by attacking the tone in which the info is presented rather than the info itself.

Question 7

what is white silence?

Answer 7

it is staying silent in instances of racism. it arises from white fragility and contributes to racism

Question 8

what is white superiority?

Answer 8

it is the belief that white people are the superior race and thus should dominate other races

Question 9

what is white exceptionalism?

Answer 9

it is being more worried about being called racist rather than whether or not actions are actually racist/harmful

Question 10

what is race?

Answer 10

a socially constructed category used to classify humankind according to common ancestry. it relies on differentiation by physical characteristics.

Question 11

what are the three forms of racism?

Answer 11

institutionalize racism, personally-mediated, internalized

Question 12

what is systemic racism and what is the result of it?

Answer 12

it is racism embedded in institutions that place POC at a disadvantage. it leads to avoidable and inequalities between groups. results in imbalance of power and resources.

Question 13

what is personally-mediated racism?

Answer 13

ex. micro aggressions. it is prejudice and discrimination. it directs hostile, derogatory, negative messages to targeted persons based on race. can be intentional or unintentional.

Question 14

what is internalized racism?

Answer 14

when victims believe in the stereotypes surrounding their minority groups

Question 15

what is in group vs. out group? what causes people to view others as out-group?

Answer 15

it is how we view certain people (in group is positively and out group is negatively). the amygdala is triggered when you see someone as out-group and causes less empathy towards that person

Question 16

what are the 3 steps on addressing racism?

Answer 16

understanding racism, committing to action based on social justice, sustaining attention to structural determinants of health

Question 17

what is social justice?

Answer 17

it is the fair and equitable distribution of society’s benefits, responsibilities and consequences. it is the view that everyone deserves equal rights and opportunities.

Question 18

what are the 4 ideas of social justice?

Answer 18

fairness, social advantages of groups in society, understanding the root causes of inequities, taking action to eliminate inequalities

Question 19

what are some of the defining attributes to social justice?

Answer 19

equity, human rights, democracy, capacity building, just institutions, enabling environments, poverty reduction, ethical practice, advocacy, partnerships

Question 20

what is intersectionality?

Answer 20

the interplay of factors that make up discrimination. considering everything that marginalizes people.

Question 21

what is nursing action continuum?

Answer 21

it is a way to understand levels of action and inaction in all areas of nursing practice. it moves from supporting injustice to support justice and acting against oppression