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Cultural Identity and Biases

Cultural Identity and Biases. Lustig & Koester Chapter 6. Cultural Identity. Ingroups and outgroups Natural to language How we learn language (Burke) Cultural identity Social identity Personal identity. Cultural Identity Exercise.

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Cultural Identity and Biases

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  1. Cultural Identity and Biases Lustig & Koester Chapter 6

  2. Cultural Identity • Ingroups and outgroups • Natural to language • How we learn language (Burke) • Cultural identity • Social identity • Personal identity

  3. Cultural Identity Exercise • Page 67 in packet…Instead, compare your circle to others in your group • First, take 5 minutes to list all the cultures to which you belong • Groups: Discuss how each of your cultures affects your communication (10 minutes) • Similarities • Differences

  4. Cultural Identity Exercise • Group: Now look at the text definition of “cultural identity” (5 minutes) • Generate a list of how your discussion of similarities and differences coincides with the text’s definition (how does it fit?) • In what ways does your discussion not fit the definition? • Report from each group

  5. Exercise: Targets / I am

  6. Interrelationships

  7. Discussion Yield What we found What we’ve learned Consistent with text: Accepting traditions Connection with heritage Connections with areas & experiences Clarifications Employee identity is social Group-oriented / organizational – social Gender may or may not be part of a cultural identity Different religions Experiences make a difference Different Greek, non-Greek groups Different majors, possibly • Midwest • Immigrant ancestors • American • Family identification • Young adults (can divide) • Small-town v. large v. rural v. suburbia (varies) • Class-orientation may play a part • Family-identification perhaps • Common value of sports, team-bonding, teamwork

  8. Cultural Identity • Its nature • Results from membership in the particular culture • Learning traditions, heritage, language, religions, ancestry, aesthetics, thinking patterns, social structures • Internalized as beliefs, values, and norms • Result of social practices • Identification with culture => self-concept

  9. Cultural Identity • Stages of Identity Formation • Unexamined cultural identity • Whiteness exercise: McIntosh • Cultural identity search • Cultural identity achievement • How it “works” • Multiple overlapping (or contradictory) identities • Central and peripheral; central and salient • “Activation” (and negotiation) of identities (p. 145) • Identities are fluid, dynamic (yet also stable) (p. 146)

  10. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/25984926/Cross-Black-Racial-Identity-Development-Modelhttp://www.docstoc.com/docs/25984926/Cross-Black-Racial-Identity-Development-Model

  11. http://virginialbyrne.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/what-is-diversity-to-me/http://virginialbyrne.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/what-is-diversity-to-me/

  12. Group time?

  13. Break time

  14. p. 68in the packet – prepare before class Ethnocentrism scale

  15. Social Categorizing • A normal human activity • The “spiral of silence” • Simplification

  16. Ethnocentrism • Superiority (or Centrality) • All cultures (a cultural universal!) • Communication competence • Recognition • Awareness • Acknowledgement "What kind of bird are you, if you can't fly?" said he. To this the duck replied, "What kind of bird are you if you can't swim?" as it dove into the pond" ~Sergei Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf ~

  17. I Don’t Stereotype People:Exercise • Groups • Page 69, packet • Brainstorm • Effect on communication? • Consequences of stereotyping • Class discussion • Nature of stereotyping • Its impact • Solutions?

  18. Problems • Stereotyping • Definition • How it occurs • Specific problems (3) pp. 154-155 • Prejudice • Definition • Universal • 4 functions (not 5) • Discrimination • Racism

  19. Racism (etc.) • What is it? (see 2 defs, p. 159) • “racialization” versus “racism”? • Who can be racist? • What are 3 levels of racism? • Is racism equal at all levels? • What are 7 types of racism? [add “benevolent”] • Which is more common today? • Which are worse/more harmful? • How might our discussion apply to • Exercise: Media Analysis • Discussion: Is it offensive?

  20. Hate crimes: FBI database • http://www.fbi.gov/sandiego/press-releases/2011/fbi-releases-2010-hate-crime-statistics • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14/fbi-report-says-67-of-eth_n_1092976.html • What social, personal, and other factors might lead to increases in hate crimes? http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/hatecrimes_111411

  21. http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map

  22. Beyond racism • How might our discussion apply to other “isms” (sexism, etc.) • Do such intolerances impact only the “target” group? • What are some positive functions that stereotypes and prejudice serve? Does this justify them? • How might stereotypes, prejudice, etc. impact competence?

  23. Solutions: Group Exercise • What are some concrete things that you, as an individual, can do to reduce the impact of prejudice, stereotypes, etc. on society? • What are some higher-level (social, educational) things we could do?

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