Class 3: Internalizations and Bias

Below is the recording of Class 3 for July.  The recordings are divided into different sections.  Please email peoplesschooldc@gmail.com if you notice any issues with the recordings or any broken or deadlinks. 

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Agenda

1. Introduction and Setting Context
2. Internalizations and Socialization
3. Stereotypes vs Bias and History of US Stereotypes
4. Modern Racial Bias
5. Misrepresentation in Media
6. Understanding Your Own Bias
7. Microaggressions
8. The Anti-PC Movement
9. Dehumanizations
10. Cultural Appropriation
11. The N-Word
12. Resources and Ways to Get Involved

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Presentation Slides

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Pre-readings and Viewings

• Readings
  • Peoples School of DC: Race Disparities
  • Dismantling Racism: Racism Defined
  • Josh Singer: The Difference Between White Supremacy and White Supremacists Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Video
  • CNN: Cuomo on systemic racism in US economy: Here’s the proof (6:55 mins)

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1. Introduction and Setting Context

(Same Introduction every week)

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Videos in Section

• U.S. Department of Arts and Culture: #HonorNativeLand
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Social Distancing Show

• Guardian: James Baldwin at Cambridge University – 1965

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2. Internalizations and Socialization

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Videos in Section

• RaceWorks: Doing Race Through the Culture Cycle

• Internalized Racism Part 5, with Dee Watts-Jones

• Now This How the Health Care System Has Racial Biases Health Care System

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3. Stereotypes vs Bias and History of US Stereotypes

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Videos in Section

• VICE: The Long, Painful Legacy Of Blackface In America (HBO)

• Blackface Montage from Spike Lee’s Bamboozled

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4. Modern Racial Bias

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Videos in Section

• Racial Bias in Children: Doll Tests
• Let’s get to the root of racial injustice | Megan Ming Francis | TEDxRainier
• 20/20 ABC News: Children & The Psychology of White Supremacy
• Open Carry Advocates Challenge Police Bias in Oregon
  
• Vox: School-to-prison pipeline, explained
• Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality: End Adultification Bias
• 6-year-old boy with locs turned away by school
• IHI: How Does Implicit Bias Affect Health Care?
• Insider: Talking White/Code Switching

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5. Misrepresentation in Media

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Videos in Section

• The Myth Of The Absent Black Father| AJ+
• Francis Maxwell: How The Media Covers White Terrorists vs BLACK Victims
• What Dark-Skinned People Will Never Tell You
• The Problem w/ White Beauty Standards | Decoded | MTV News
• Pop Sugar Rush: What “Misogynoir” Means . . . and Why It Has to End
• Root: Cast of “Black Panther” on Why Black Superheroes Matter
  

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6. Understanding Your Own Bias

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Videos in Section

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7. Microaggressions

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Videos in Section

• #HatchKids Discuss Microaggressions

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8. The Anti-PC Movement

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Videos in Section

• Is PC Culture Anti-Free Speech? | Decoded | MTV News

Add-on Content

(In this section I talk about how most people today claiming they are victims of cancel culture are actually people with power who aren’t so much being cancelled but just not used to having their complicity with oppression confronted by marginalized people whose voices are normally cancelled in our society.  And I have recently found new resources on how cancel culture can be used against marginalized voices as well. I included these resources below.

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adrienne maree brown: unthinkable thoughts: call out culture in the age of covid-19

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9. Dehumanizations

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Videos in Section

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10. Cultural Appropriation

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Videos in Section

• MTV Decoded: 7 Myths about Cultural Appropriation

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11. The N-Word

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Videos in Section

• Ta-Nehisi Coates: The N-Word

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12. Resources and Ways to Get Involved

(Same every week)

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Get involved Locally

• Peoples School of DC: Local Trainings, Lectures, Activism
• Peoples School of DC: Local Social Justice Resources and Organizations

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