Healing from the Effects of Internalized Oppression

1. Healing from the Effects of Internalized Oppression

2. "As Professionals in Education, How do we manifest internalized racism and How do we heal?" • Essential Questions: • What is the % of professionals of color in the field of Education in Oregon? • How does Institutionalize Racism in our schools systems impact staff of color? • How do we start transforming and/or creating our path of liberation in our journey to heal? • When was the last time you had a conversation about this topic?

3. Our Elders- Their Lessons Dr. Robert Proudfoot Dwight Souers

4. The Fishbowl- Los Pescados

12. Cycle of Oppression Socialization • Stereotypes, omissions, • distortions • People/ systems/ institutions, • we know, love and trust like • Family and neighborhood., Education • Media and Government • Houses of worship Cycle reinforced by • Early Years • Misinformation • Missing History • Biased History • Stereotyping Feelings engendered Anger Guilt Confusion Alienation We collude Both oppressed and oppressor Cycle continues • We have internalized the process • We view the misinformation as truth • Differences = different but equal • Difference = Wrong or abnormal Internalization Dissonance 11/2/2014 12 The path of liberation

13. Shame

14. Shame An experience of inadequacy at the core of the self. Shame is experienced for being a mistake.

15. Blame

16. blame 1. To hold responsible. 2. To find fault with; censure. 3. To place responsibility for (something): blamed the crisis on poor planning. 1. The state of being responsible for a fault or error; culpability. 2. Censure; condemnation.

17. Judgment

18. a: the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing • b: an opinion or estimate so formed

19. Spiritual Suicide It is the killing of that part of oneself that is associated with the feelings and the mind as well as the killing of real meaning or significance in one's life. If you are not doing work that is meaningful to you or being the person you were truly meant to be, then you are committing spiritual suicide.

20. Path of Liberation

21. What does it look like?

22. What does it feel like?

23. What does it sound like?

26. Seeing, Believing & Interrupting Racismand all forms of Micro-Aggressions

27. Cycle of Oppression Socialization • Stereotypes, omissions, • distortions • People/ systems/ institutions, • we know, love and trust like • Family and neighborhood., Education • Media and Government • Houses of worship Cycle reinforced by • Early Years • Misinformation • Missing History • Biased History • Stereotyping Feelings engendered Anger Guilt Confusion Alienation We collude Both oppressed and oppressor Cycle continues • We have internalized the process • We view the misinformation as truth • Differences = different but equal • Difference = Wrong or abnormal Internalization Dissonance 11/2/2014 27 The path of liberation

28. Ordinary people are as intelligent and capable as the "experts." We have the capacity to figure out how to solve problems and transform our communities into places in which everyone has opportunities to live a full and satisfying life. • Internalized oppression holds people back, by undermining their confidence and by making it difficult for them to work together. It is painful when people limit themselves as a result of the discrimination and oppression they have experienced. • Fortunately, we can understand how internalized oppression works and what to do to overcome it. Simply understanding how it works can help people turn around some situations. Healing from and overcoming internalized discrimination and oppression will go further in making communities more effective. Undoing internalized discrimination and oppression may be a key issue for fully empowering communities so they can do the work that needs to be done.