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1. Describe yourself

1. Describe yourself. In a list of 5-7 words. 2. What is your native language (the language you spoke when you first learned to talk)? . 3. What other languages can you speak well enough to explain why you have missed class due to a flat tire (without drawing pictures)? .

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1. Describe yourself

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  1. 1. Describe yourself In a list of 5-7 words

  2. 2. What is your native language (the language you spoke when you first learned to talk)?

  3. 3. What other languages can you speak well enough to explain why you have missed class due to a flat tire (without drawing pictures)?

  4. 4. When was the last time you were in a place where most people had the same first (native) language that you do? (in weeks)

  5. 5. When was the last time you were in a place where most people didn’t have the same first (native) language that you do? (in weeks)

  6. 6. Have you ever been in a place where most people didn’t have the same first (native) language that you do?

  7. 7. Have you ever been in a place where most people didn’t have the same first language that you do?

  8. At uml, more people are more like me than in places where I’ve gone to school before At uml, more people are more different from me than in places where I’ve gone to school before 8. 10 1

  9. In general, I think people are happier when they act more like other people In general, I think people are happier when they just “be themselves,” even if that is different from most other people 9. 10 1

  10. I am pretty traditional 10. I am kind of unconventional. 10 1

  11. I am most comfortable with familiar foods, clothes, and people who look similar to me. 11. I like to be with people who have different tastes, different backgrounds, and look different from me. 10 1

  12. I often like to read books about people like me. 12. I often like to read books about people different from me. 10 1

  13. I often like to watch TV shows about people like me. 13. I often like to watch TV shows about people different from me. 10 1

  14. 14. Based on my life experience… I don’t really know what it would be like to be born a White, English speaking person in the US. I have a good idea what it would be like to be born a White, English speaking person in the US. 10 1

  15. I don’t really know what it would be like to be born and raised in a Spanish- speaking family in the US. I have a good idea what it would be like to be born and raised in a Spanish-speaking family in the U.S. 10 1

  16. I don’t really know what it would be like to be an immigrant from India living in the US right now. I have a good idea what it would be like to be an immigrant from India living in the US right now.

  17. I don’t really know what it would be like to be a person of African descent living in the US right now. I have a good idea what it would be like to be a person of African descent living in the US right now.

  18. What do we mean when we say… • Diversity • Oppressed • Marginalized • Dominant • People of Color

  19. It helps to… • Think about what the words really mean • Think about what you really mean to say

  20. Is race real?

  21. Intersection-ality I am… ethnicity religion

  22. How do cultures differ? • Individualism vs collectivism • Meaning of time • How close is too close? • How loud is loud enough?

  23. What’s the difference? • Minority – smaller part of the population (the non-dominant part of the population) • Diversity – racial, cultural, ethnic, class difference in happy coexistence (difference on all dimensions) • Dominance – power, instrumental resources • Oppression – mechanism of dominance – how does the dominant group stay dominant? • Liberation -

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