Chapter 11: 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.

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?

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 Wcc: COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Explore and summarize one of the resources below:

Diversity and Inclusion links beyond Wcc: 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: