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Jay Silverheels (1919–1980) Silverheels was an elite athlete competing in high-level wrestling, lacrosse, and boxing events, playing on Canada’s national lacrosse team before he developed an interest in acting. Like many Indigenous actors, early in his career he was credited in bit parts simply as “Indian.” But many of us remember him in the role […]

What Is an Institution? The term institution refers to a large-scale and established set of laws, customs, practices, and organizations that govern the political or social life of a people. Institutions make and enforce a society’s rules and norms. Examples of institutions include marriage and family, religion, schooling, military, prisons, government, law, mass media, and

Identify an aspect of privilege that makes you uncomfortable to think 145 about. Write a short letter to yourself explaining why you are uncomfortable thinking about this privilege. 2. a. Review the Disability Bingo card (Figure 6.2). Working with other members of a minoritized group that you belong to, create a bingo card of the

Leroy Moore Jr. (b. 1967) Writer and activist Leroy Moore lectures throughout the United States and Canada, as well as other parts of the world, on topics including the intersections of disability, race, and sexuality, as well as police brutality against people with disabilities. He has written extensively on the history of Black artists and

Disability Bingo We hear so many annoying and unpleasant things as physically disabled people. Wouldn’t to be nice if we could leap to our feet (or fall out of our chairs) and yell: ‘BINGO!’ This body of literature is so vast and rich, we decided to divide it into categories for easy reference: Source: haddayr.livejournal.com/604179.html

Privilege has the following invisible internal and attitudinal effects: The belief that your group has the right to its position The internalization of messages of your group’s superiority The lack of humility that results from your limited knowledge of the minoritized group The invisibility of your privilege to you Many educators use Peggy McIntosh’s (1989)

Internal and Attitudinal Dimensions of Privilege Imagine that you have lived your life in a small, gated community. You are surrounded by family and friends and overall live a happy and healthy 131 life. One day the gates open and you are told that you must venture out and make your way in the larger

Common Subjective Evaluations of Child Behavior Source: Thomas Armstrong as cited in Jawanza Kunjufu, Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education (2005), p. 10. Notice how one’s preconceived attitudes toward the child shape which characteristics are attributed to him, and in turn, his schooling experiences and outcomes. Students of Color and Indigenous students are much

integration of dominant group The integration of dominant group norms into the structures of 125 society The construction of what’s normal and not-normal by the dominant group The invisibility of privilege for the dominant group The integration of group-based norms into the structures of society. As we explained in Chapter 5, oppression is a deeply

External and Structural Dimensions of Privilege 124 Are you left-handed? If so, you may notice how left-handed people are marginalized by social norms: the desks in classrooms, the shape of scissors, the locations of buttons on carry-on handles, a camera’s shutter release button, and even the standard way one is taught to strum a guitar