“The goal is not to assign blame or excuse behavior—it is simply to understand the reasons people respond the way they do.”
,” by Victor Ray; and the podcast Truth’s Table. Librarians, social scientists, and teachers can provide additional suggestions. Remember that many of us simultaneously belong to groups with different levels of status in our society.Often, people from privileged groups particularly benefit from educating themselves about the power dynamics related to their groups. However, persistent—or unrecognized—knowledge gaps are almost inevitable.
One woman we worked with, whom we’ll call Sarah, was charged with improving gender equity at her male-dominated firm. Women in leadership were few and far between. As Sarah observed the disparities in race and gender at the executive level, she realized that she didn’t have deep knowledge about how to combat racism. She wanted to learn how to take an intersectional approach so that she could address both gender and racioethnic inequities.
To effectively mobilize together, however, people from different groups all must first perceive that there is discrimination to fight or a problem to solve. Increasing awareness of current inequity and injustice is a critical step in moving toward change. That’s again why digging is so important.represent a true application of the Shared Sisterhood framework.
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