Chapter 7 Activities & Resources

Key Takeaways for review

  1. Explore the positive effects of diversity in an educational setting.
  2. Define civil discourse and explain how to participate in it.
  3. Define cultural competence and how it can be developed.
  4. Identify resources for learning more about campus organizations.

reflection activity: A CLASS DiVIDED

Watch the following video:

After viewing the video, write a reflection based on the guidelines below. You don’t need to respond to every topic listed; rather, the list is intended to provide ideas to reflect on how diversity has impacted your life.

Your reflection should cover a variety of topics, such as some of the following:

  • your reactions
  • your observations
  • your conversations or experiences with others as related to diversity (work, education, volunteerism, leisure activities, et cetera)
  • an experience you’ve had or witnessed that was similar
  • an experience that made you feel uncomfortable about a certain aspect of your identity
  • an experience that was clearly the result of stereotyping or misperceptions

Comments may cover any aspect of the video content but should focus on diversity.

Examining Stereotypes

Watch the video below to examine how the speaker removes power from typical stereotypes about her ethnicity.

  • What stereotypes are commonly attributed to another group?
  • How can those stereotypes be turned upside down?

Reflecting on Human Values

The values we live by are worth more when we pass them on.

  • Examine the Foundation for a Better Life at the website PassItOn.com.
  • What is its mission?
  • Find one quote, one video, and one billboard that speaks to you and your values.
  • Be prepared to share what you found with your peers.

Visit the Perception Institute

Visit the Perception Institute’s website at https://perception.org/. Examine one of the following areas and be prepared to share what you learned with your peers:

  • Representation: Culture & Perception

    Media, entertainment, and other forms of popular culture play a significant role in shaping our perceptions of others. For many of us, popular culture is the primary way we learn about people who are different from us. The problem, though, is that many representations are based on cultural stereotypes, which tend to marginalize and caricature members of nondominant groups. Through these representations, we see a limited and distorted, view of others.

  • Research: Science & Perception

    Recent research in psychology, neuroscience, and the social sciences has made huge strides in understanding how automatic processes in the brain shape our perceptions, our actions, and our decision-making. Research also gives us insights into how we can override our biases to bring them more in line with our conscious values.

  • Reality: Living & Perception

    Stereotyping and bias are universal human phenomena. No one is immune from the effects of implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat. These phenomena have serious impacts on our decisions and on the way we treat each other in every sector of daily life.

Diversity and Inclusion links beyond mcc: COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Explore and summarize one of the resources below:

Diversity and Inclusion links beyond mcc: PUBLICATIONS/ONLINE JOURNALS

Explore one of the online publications below to determine its audience and purpose. Or, locate additional resources that could be added to the list below:

MCC Libraries

This chapter in your textbook covers important topics like diversity, inclusion, equity, civility, civil discourse and conflict resolution, and student life.

Follow this link for additional resources: https://libguides.monroecc.edu/COS2/inclusion

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