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Power and Privilege

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Oppression

Identity

Gender

Privilege

Race & Ethnicity

Power

Power is....

The ability to decide who will have access to resources; the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others, oneself, and/or the course of events.

Privilege is

Unearned access to resources - a right or exemption from liability - only available to some people as a result of their advantaged social group membership

Oppression is...

A system that maintains advantage and disadvantage based on social group memberships and operates intentionally and unintentionally, on individual, institutional, and cultural levels.

Identity is ...

Identity is a social construction that frames "who we are" in a broader social and historical context and in relation to other groups. Identity is made up of different factors such as race and ethnicity, gender, social class, age, sexual orientation, , religion, age, and physical and cognitive abilities.

What are race and ethnicity?

Race & ethnicity are used to describe people based on socio-historical constructions such as:1) Race - physical appearance, such as skin color, eye color, and hair color, etc 2) Ethnicity - common ancestry, shared languages and/or religious beliefs, cultural heritage and group history

What is gender identity?

Refers to one’s identification with a particular gender. Commonly assumed to consist of two possible classifications, known as a “gender binary” (i.e., man or woman). However, some people identify with a third gender or otherwise outside of the gender binary. A gender identity may or may not align with sex assigned at birth.