This discussion compares & contrasts 3 realms and how they fit in the systems of oppression:
Racism
Ageism
& Sexism
As many others, I like to think of myself as not excluding anybody intentionally. But, as many others, I do and I am unconsciously biased. At times, I'm also consciously biased. I know that I'm often very sexist asking boys to move desks and girls to help decide decor or sitting arrangements/ elements. However, I work on my biases or righting biases as they surface, which is the point of Malbroux video. As educators, we want to check our thoughts and actions of injustices before we teach biases & prejudices and -isms.
In last week's text Privilege and Power from A. Johnson, we read that there is trouble in humanity. Much like Malbroux states, Johnson concurs that "The trouble is rooted in a legacy we all inherited, and while we're here, it belongs to us. It isn't our fault. It wasn't caused by something we did or didn't do. But now that it's ours, it's up to us to decide how we're going to deal with it before we collectively pass it along to the generations that will follow ours (p.11)."
Resource
The four “i”s of oppression. (n.d.). https://www.trec.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Four-Is-of-Oppression-v821.pdf
I like how you pointed out that everyone, including yourself, has bias whether it be conscious or unconscious and how the important thing is to recognize how we are thinking and adjust our actions and thoughts accordingly. That is the most important takeaway that anyone can have from this assignment. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your blog. I really love how you stressed in your writing that as educators we need to keep ourselves in check before we teach our students any biases and prejudices. This is so true and really so incredibly important. I like how you tied in Johnson's work and the quote you chose really correlates with how we should move forward collectively. It ties in nicely with "watching what we teach" and protecting generations to come from "trouble rooted in a legacy."
ReplyDeleteHi Nichole. You made some good points. We as educators need to watch how we might instill oppression in our classroom. Also, as teachers we need to be more conscious of how we treat others in our classroom/ schools. This is the first step in stopping biases and injustice. I feel education plays a large role in teaching students that many groups in history have been victimized by oppression. However, I don't think enough is done on our part to look at how it could have been stopped. As human beings, what could we have done differently to stop this oppression. I think by looking and using history as the 'model' we can teach empathy and what NOT to do!
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