Identity is complex and multilayered – no person has a single, easily stated, unitary identity (Delgado, p. 9, 2001). Identities can be assigned to us, and sometimes we assert them (and often a mixture of both). They are socially-constructed. Everyone has potentially conflicting, intersecting, overlapping identities, loyalties, roles, and allegiances. What are your thoughts about this? Can you think of any other examples of how roles, identities, etc. conflict, intersect, and overlap in your own life? Which identities have been assigned to you, and which have you asserted?
Identity is complex and multilayered – no person has a single, easily stated, unitary identity (Delgado, p. 9, 2001). Identities can be assigned to us, and sometimes we assert them (and often a mixture of both). They are socially-constructed. Everyone has potentially conflicting, intersecting, overlapping identities, loyalties, roles, and allegiances. What are your thoughts about this? Can you think of any other examples of how roles, identities, etc. conflict, intersect, and overlap in your own life? Which identities have been assigned to you, and which have you asserted?
What are some of the (social/cultural/gendered, etc.) roles you play/assume, at home, work, school, etc.? What responsibilities, behaviors, emotions, etc. are expected (by society) of these roles? How do these roles influence/shape/absorb into your sense of self, identity, and self-concept? Can you think of a role (or roles) that you just found yourself, all of sudden/one day playing into without much thought (in other words, it became your reality one day and you began to act/think/behave in accordance with this role)?
What are some of the (social/cultural/gendered, etc.) roles you play/assume, at home, work, school, etc.? What responsibilities, behaviors, emotions, etc. are expected (by society) of these roles? How do these roles influence/shape/absorb into your sense of self, identity, and self-concept? Can you think of a role (or roles) that you just found yourself, all of sudden/one day playing into without much thought (in other words, it became your reality one day and you began to act/think/behave in accordance with this role)?
What social conditions do you think might be responsible for breeding/feeding prejudice? How does society continue to maintain and perpetuate prejudice?
What social conditions do you think might be responsible for breeding/feeding prejudice? How does society continue to maintain and perpetuate prejudice?
What are microaggressions? How do these differ from blatant forms of discrimination? What are some subtle (less obvious) and overt (more obvious) forms of prejudice you, or someone you know, have experienced in your life?
What are microaggressions? How do these differ from blatant forms of discrimination? What are some subtle (less obvious) and overt (more obvious) forms of prejudice you, or someone you know, have experienced in your life?
What are the differences between stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination? How are these also all related?
What are the differences between stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination? How are these also all related?
How do you think CD plays a role in conflicting social spaces and opposing identities? For example, you might reflect on the perpetual state of dissonance that minoritized communities (communities of color/BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, etc.) occupy/find themselves in as a result of lack of diversity in spaces that has made them hypervisible, while colorblind and oppressive practices and policies have rendered them simultaneously invisible (and therefore leads them to grapple between a state of hypervisibility and invisibility, that may manifest as internalized stigma and oppression). Please share your thoughts.
How do you think CD plays a role in conflicting social spaces and opposing identities? For example, you might reflect on the perpetual state of dissonance that minoritized communities (communities of color/BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, etc.) occupy/find themselves in as a result of lack of diversity in spaces that has made them hypervisible, while colorblind and oppressive practices and policies have rendered them simultaneously invisible (and therefore leads them to grapple between a state of hypervisibility and invisibility, that may manifest as internalized stigma and oppression). Please share your thoughts.
Describe the fundamental attribution error and discuss a time when you (or someone you know) made this error toward someone (or you can share about a time when someone made this error toward you). Why do you think you/the person you know were/was led to drawing this conclusion about the other person? Why do we make the attribution error and what factors influence this? How can we endeavor to judge people’s character more accurately? How do (mis)attributions play a role in this week’s topic of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination?
Describe the fundamental attribution error and discuss a time when you (or someone you know) made this error toward someone (or you can share about a time when someone made this error toward you). Why do you think you/the person you know were/was led to drawing this conclusion about the other person? Why do we make the attribution error and what factors influence this? How can we endeavor to judge people’s character more accurately? How do (mis)attributions play a role in this week’s topic of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination?
Describe the difference between a dispositional and a situational attribution. Give an example of each.
Describe the difference between a dispositional and a situational attribution. Give an example of each.
What is the Theory of Attribution/Attribution of Causality?
What is the Theory of Attribution/Attribution of Causality?
What model would you prefer and why? Reference Say, Murtagh, and Thompson’s article on patient preference for involvement in medical decision-making.
What model would you prefer and why? Reference Say, Murtagh, and Thompson’s article on patient preference for involvement in medical decision-making.
