Diversity: Unlearning to Relearn September 26, 2019 Board of Trustees Mendocino-Lake Community College District

Why talk about Diversity? Adoption of diversity, equity and inclusion integration plan Adoption of a California Community Colleges Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement, that will be used to make changes to title v – mission of the CCC system, EEO plan templates, and multiple measures Support for the 2020-2021 budget proposal submitted by the Taskforce

Today’s Objectives Speaking as one voice Emphasize Eliminate Improve Know Allyship Emphasize value of diversity Eliminate misconception of diversity and its effects Improve the management of diversity Know definitions related to diversity Becoming an ally for the historically underrepresented

Please Write a One Sentence Definition of: DIVERSITY A Challenge (1 of 2)

Did any of the following words appear in your definition? Different Individual Equity (Equitable) Race Unlike Characteristics Diverse Minorities Unique Variety A Challenge (2 of 2) Did any of the following words appear in your definition?

Definition of Diversity Diversity includes all the ways in which people differ, and it encompasses all the different characteristics that make one individual or group different from another. A broad definition includes race, ethnicity, and gender…as well as age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, education, marital status, language, and physical appearance. Emphasize

Understanding Context Historical, social, political. Eliminate

U.S. History Genocide Slavery Camps Previous actions of genocide, slavery, internment camps and structural racism Genocide Slavery Camps

Historically Underrepresented Improve and Know Evolving Terminology Key concepts and terms Historically Underrepresented Implicit Bias Explicit Bias Micro-aggressions Privileged Also known as unconscious or hidden bias, implicit biases are negative associations that people unknowingly hold. They are expressed automatically, without conscious awareness. Involves consciously held, self-reported attitudes that shape how people evaluate or behave towards members of a particular group. Brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether inention or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial slights. An underrepresented group describes a subset of a population that holds a smaller percentage within a significant subgroup. Belonging to a group that enjoys special privileges. Under diversity, we mean a racial group.

Evolving Terminology Improve and Know Key concepts and terms Culture Ethnicity Race Prejudice Discrimination A social system of meaning and custom that is developed by a group of people to assure its adaptation and survival. Distinguished by a set of unspoken rules. Smaller social groups based on characteristics such as shared sense of group membership, values, behavioral patterns, language, political and economic interests, history and ancestral geographical base. A political construction created to concentrate power with white people and legitimize dominance over non-white people. A pre-judgment or unjustifiable, and usually negative, attitude of one type of individual or groups toward another group and its members. The unequal treatment of members of various groups based on race, gender, social class, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion and other categories. And it’s illegal…

Evolving Terminology Improve and Know Key concepts and terms Equity Inclusion Structural Racism Racial equity is achieved when a historically marginalized group is given the necessary resources to have the same successful outcomes as the non-marginalized group. The normalization and legitimization of an array of dynamics – historical, cultural, institutional and interpersonal – that routinely advantage Whites while producing cumulative and chronic adverse outcomes for people of color. Authentically bringing traditionally excluded individuals and/or groups into processes, activities, and decision/policy making in a way that shares power.

Structural/Systemic Racism Although groups have significantly different experiences in the United States, all groups viewed as being non-white have been subordinated, excluded, and marginalized, at one time or another, by institutional practices, popular beliefs, and habits that implicitly or explicitly support the dominant narrative. We can also expand this to women and the LGBTQ+ community. Eliminate

Equality, Equity, Structural Racism Improve and Know Equality, Equity, Structural Racism Identifying patterns/practices in our society Equality Equity Eliminating Structural Racism

Let us not forget the definition and purpose of Equity for CCC Improve and Know EQUITY = STUDENT EQUITY Let us not forget the definition and purpose of Equity for CCC

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Re-visit Objectives Speaking as one voice Emphasize Eliminate Improve Know Allyship Emphasize value of diversity Eliminate misconception of diversity and its effects Improve the management of diversity Know definitions related to diversity Becoming an ally for the historically underrepresented

What is an ally and how can you be one? Take On Stand Up Take on the struggle as your own Stand up, even when you feel scared Allyship What is an ally and how can you be one? Transfer Acknowledge Transfer the benefits of privilege to those who lack it Acknowledge that while you, too, feel pain, the conversation is not about you

Kids explain Allyship

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion You are our students strongest allies Inclusion Diversity Equity Providing resources to have successful outcomes Students, staff and community As an institution, we are an ally

Thank You