Community, Participation, & the Common Good - Unit 3 DE THEO

The common good

world of compassion, cooperation, and communion where the general welfare is promoted; world of inclusion where all are treated as equals

Equality

evenly distributed tools and resources

equity

custom tools that identify &address inequalities

Stereo-type

oversimplified generalization about something

prejudice

a pre-formed judgment about an individual or group

antilocution

speaking against, often in cliches; “so gay” ethnic jokes, micro-aggression

avoidance

avoiding members of a disliked group, intentionally ignoring and going out of the way to avoid

discrimination

harmful actions against a disliked person or group

stages of stereotypical intensity

1. antilocution

2. avoidance

3. discrimination

4. physical attacks

5. extermination

sexism

mistreatment of someone because of their sex

ageism

discrimination due to age

physical attacks

hate crimes; violence against individuals

extermination

eliminating the undesirable

bias

a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling or opinion

a preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgement

to influence, especially unfairly

confirmation bias

welcome info that confirms what we already think and resist info that disturbs us

complexity bias

brain prefers a simple lie to a complex truth

community bias/ social confirmation bias

difficult to see what our community does not want us to see

complimentary bias

if people are nice, we will be open to receiving new info. vice versa

contact bias

lack contact with people, you will not be able to see what they see. knowing someone w a different perspective, you are more open to it

consciousness bias

person’s level of maturity matters in seeing new things

confidence bias

confidence is mistaken for competence; we like confidence, so we are more likely to accept a confident lie compared to a hesitant truth

comfort bias

we welcome data that allows us to be relaxed and happy

implicit bias

refers to attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner

racism

the systemic subordination of members of targeted racial groups who have little social power/privilege ; by members of a dominant race who have more social power

actions of individuals, Cultural norms and values, against races

race

a social, Cultural and historical construct that artificially divides people into groups

ancestry

an individual relationship to other individual in their genealogical history

ethnicity

social groups based characteristics such as shared sense of history, values, behavioral patterns, language, etc

nationality

the status of belonging to a nation by birth or naturalization

culture

the customary beliefs, social forms and material traits of racial, ethnic, religious or social group

events in the USA

1619- first slave ships arrive

1863: emacipation proclamation

civil rights movement 1950-1960

1954: brown v board of education

Dec 1955: Rosa parks

1961: freedom riders

1964: civil rights act

institutional racism

overarching term for how organizations and institutions operate

systemic racism

focuses heavily on interconnectedness of systems

structural racism

emphaisze broader historical and foundational ideas, laws, and cultural assumptions that permit those systems to exist

solutions to racism

recognition of inherent human dignity

taking individual responsibility

empathize with others

education

community engagement

economic and social investment

justice system