Week 8: Anti-Oppression Flashcards
What is privilege? x3
1) You have a benefit others don’t
2) You didn’t earn it
3) You have it because of who you happen to be
What is oppression? x3
1) You have a disadvantage others don’t
2)You didn’t earn it
3)You have it because of who you happen to be
Oppression and Privilege shape x4
1)Who is healthy and Ill
2)Who gets injured
3)Who has access to health care
4)Who lives and who dies
What may cause privilege and oppression x8
1)Racism
2)Colonialism
3)Sexism
4)Classism
5)Ableism
6)Islamophobia
7)Anti-Semitisim
8)Ageism
What are the implications for equity if we frame it exclusively as the bottom of the coin (oppression groups)
1)Misdiagnosis the problem to be addressed as the bottom of the coin (oppressed groups) when it is really the behaviours of the privileged that uphold the coin
2)It allows those on the top of the coin to see themselves as neutral, unconnected and altruistic compared to being part of complicity within the system of inequality
What does EDI stand for
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
3 People in the Oppressed group?
1)Marginalized Populations
2)Disadvantaged communities
3)High-Risk Groups
How do the coins seperate x3
1) Institutionally
2) Interpersonally
3) Internally
True or False different actions are required for dismantling inequity depending on the side of the coin you are one
True, position relating to that inequity
When you are on the privileged side of the coin you have what abilities x2
Power
Safety
When you are on the oppressed side of the coin you have these abilities x4
Expertise
Oppression
Risk of Reprisal
Minority Tax
What is allyship?
An active, consistent and arduous practice of unlearning and re-evaluating
How does a person of privilege engage in allyship?
Seeks to operate in SOLIDARITY with a marginalized group
-NOT save, fix or help
How to help insititutionally x3
1)Build a culture where coins are expected (not an expectation) and ongoing reflection, unlearning, and uprooting are highly valued
2)Figure out how coins unwittingly show up in the norms of our groups
3)Figure out how norms shape policies and seek expertise on how to undo this responsibly
How to help interpersonally x2
1)Coaching and ongoing mutual support to recognie and uproot the ways we uphold coins in our day-to-day actions
2)Learn and practice how to intervene when we see discrimination and how to welcome feedback (when it is us)
