student services: more than a number: supporting a diverse community of learners

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Affirming Identity

Building Community

Cultivating Leadership

ABC

Affirming IdentityA

Book““If a school is a book If a school is a book what story is being told?”what story is being told?”

-Beverly Tatum-Beverly Tatum

“The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt like his own.” White House May 8, 2009

“Education needs to enable the student to look through window frames in order to see the realities of others and into mirrors in order to see her/his own reality reflected.” -Emily Style

“Education needs to enable the student to look through window frames in order to see the realities of others and into mirrors in order to see her/his own reality reflected.”

-Emily Style

Systemic Racism

IndividualInternalized

IdeologicalInstitutional

Now you see it...

now you don’t

An invisible, weightless

knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports,

codebooks, visas, tools & blank checks.

“I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the

paper and see people of my race widely represented.”

“I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.”

Never have to think about race.

IndividualInternalized

IdeologicalInstitutional

Systemic Racism

Awareness

Ideological Racism

Race is a Social Construction

“...like smog in the air”

Ideological Racism

Good

Proper

Pretty

Normal

AMERICAN“flesh colored”

Valuable

[blond angel]

Intention vs.

Impact

“It’s not my fault Black people

don’t write books!”

Affirming IdentityInstitutional tasks:- Increase faculty and staff of color- Examine the curriculum- Openly discuss White Privilege-Develop support mechanisms for students of color (formal & informal affinity groups)

The Psychological Experiences of Students of Color (NAIS)

Affirming IdentityIndividual Tasks:- Reflect on your Racial Identity- Examine your Stereotypes & Assumptions- Learn how systems of oppression have impacted you.

Can we talk about Race? (Tatum)

15%

The American Dream

Affirming Identity

- Explore your own Identity and History- Counteract Stereotypes- Make Oppression Visible- Paths to Liberation - Resistance & Allies