Stereotyping. Stereotyping is when you judge or assume facts about a person or group of people based on one attribute or identifying factor. Stereotyping is not an action, but the underlying thinking behind an action; therefore, it may not be known unless someone said their thoughts out loud. There is a stereotype that all high school students who live in a city and go to an urban school as people who are affiliated with gang activity. In an educational setting, this would be like a high school teacher thinking or making comments like; that all the kids in the school are affiliated with gang activity because they come from a low socioeconomic background and attend an urban school.
Conscious bias. Conscious bias is where the person is aware …show more content…
Dominant privilege is the concept that if you are from the dominant culture (e.g., race, gender, sexual preference, etc.) you receive privileges or give privileges to others from the same dominant culture. There are three main types of presumptions that come with dominant privilege and those are; the presumption of innocence, presumption of competence, and the presumption of worthiness (Cullinan, 1999). For instance, women who are in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields of study are often thought of as to be incompetent to be a part of those fields. Whereas, men who are the dominant culture in STEM fields are thought to be competent to be a part of those …show more content…
A microaggression is when member of a dominant culture says or does something that belittles and alienates a member of a minority culture ("Microaggression theory", 2014). A person or group of people can intentionally or unintentional use commit a microaggression when they are not careful with language, as well as, behaviors and actions. If a teacher or another individual talks about a student with Autism to someone else with a statement like “The autistic student is…” There is a blog called “The Microaggression Project” and it was created for people to post the microaggressions they have experienced anonymously. The following is an actual post that refers to education: “I asked for advanced science in 9th grade because I wanted my courses to count towards college admission. My high school counselor said, “Oh, but you’re not going to college.” I was 14 and in east Los Angeles. I am Latina and about to finish my PhD.” ("Microaggressions",
Conscious bias. Conscious bias is where the person is aware …show more content…
Dominant privilege is the concept that if you are from the dominant culture (e.g., race, gender, sexual preference, etc.) you receive privileges or give privileges to others from the same dominant culture. There are three main types of presumptions that come with dominant privilege and those are; the presumption of innocence, presumption of competence, and the presumption of worthiness (Cullinan, 1999). For instance, women who are in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields of study are often thought of as to be incompetent to be a part of those fields. Whereas, men who are the dominant culture in STEM fields are thought to be competent to be a part of those …show more content…
A microaggression is when member of a dominant culture says or does something that belittles and alienates a member of a minority culture ("Microaggression theory", 2014). A person or group of people can intentionally or unintentional use commit a microaggression when they are not careful with language, as well as, behaviors and actions. If a teacher or another individual talks about a student with Autism to someone else with a statement like “The autistic student is…” There is a blog called “The Microaggression Project” and it was created for people to post the microaggressions they have experienced anonymously. The following is an actual post that refers to education: “I asked for advanced science in 9th grade because I wanted my courses to count towards college admission. My high school counselor said, “Oh, but you’re not going to college.” I was 14 and in east Los Angeles. I am Latina and about to finish my PhD.” ("Microaggressions",