Anti-Racism

You may have seen racism in your school, workplace and community.

You can be a powerful voice against it: you can make a difference.

Anti-Racism
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Anti-Racism
Workshops

March 21
#MarchOutRacism

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Anti-Racism Education

Racism affects everyone. The benefits of anti-racism education are for everyone. Individuals experience racism differently and each person will develop their awareness and understanding based on self-identity, group identity and experiences.

Goals of Anti-racism Education:

To deepen self-knowledge
by developing self-identity; recognizing personal attitudes, beliefs and behaviours toward others; and understanding the impact of racism on their own development.
To expand understanding
by acquiring a recognition of the dynamics of racism and how it influences and impacts on the world around us.
To de-center and extend empathy
by gaining awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the cultural realities, life experiences and histories of individuals and groups different from their own racial and ethnic background.
To become leaders for change
by developing the skills and confidence to take action for change in and out of school.

This is the beginning of a new approach to thinking, feeling and acting. It is a new door that opens that prompts you to see the world around you differently. To raise our consciousness and behaviour about racism means we will have the self-awareness, knowledge and skills – not to mention the confidence, patience and persistence – to challenge, modify, erode and eliminate all manifestations of racism within our own sphere of influence.

Culture and Identity

This iceberg graphic shows the aspects of culture that are easy to see and those that are more foundational, but less obvious. We can find similarities and differences between cultural groups at all levels. Awareness of these can help to enhance cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution and relationships.

Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination

Guilt is the glue that holds prejudice in place. People usually do not change their attitudes or behaviours when they are blamed or shamed. Guilt behaviours include moralizing, condemnation, judging, giving polite shallow responses.
Prejudice and discrimination affect people at the mental, spiritual and emotional level; healing must also address these levels.
Deeply connecting with other peoples’ stories is healing to both the speaker and the listener and is a more effective way to shift attitudes than lecturing and theory.
Prejudice can be “in your face”, but often is very subtle. Practicing skills for reality in intervention to interrupt day-to-day instances of racism, i.e. oppressive jokes and slurs, empowers people to take larger institutional/ societal policies and procedures.

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