THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS IN THIS DOCUMENT , LABEL EACH WITH HEADINGS. 3 APA CITATION IS REQUIRED FOR EACH QUESTION. 2 FROM READINGGS AND 1 EXTERNAM SOURCE.
1. DISCUSSION 1
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE PRIVILEDGE
This week’s resources focused on two concepts: privilege and intersectionality. Privilege is the idea that our society values some identities over others and assigns those higher-value identities more power and prestige than others. An obvious example of this is rich over poor (or upper class over everyone else). In the US, people of the highest economic status have more political power and more social prestige than those of the lower ones. Many other identity characteristics, like age, gender, sexuality, race, disability, level of education, marital status, and so on have similar divisions between high- and low-prestige states.
Intersectionality is the idea that people have more than one identity characteristic and the way that those interact can increase or decrease the level of advantage or disadvantage that an individual (or group of individuals) experiences in a situation.
Use and cite at least two of this week’s resources in your responses to the following questions:
• Identify one part of your identity where you may have privilege relative to others. How is your privilege demonstrated? Using terms from this week’s resources, why is it important to understand that you have privilege in this area?
• Identify one part of your identity where you are at a disadvantage relative to others. How is your lack of privilege demonstrated? Using terms from this week’s resources, what does this reveal about our society?
• Do you have equal privilege (or lack of privilege) in all situations? Why or why not?
http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/introwgss/chapter/intersectionality/
https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality
https://openstax.org/books/college-success/pages/9-2-categories-of-diversity
1. DISCUSSION 2
AGEISM AND IMPLICIT BIAS
The resources for this week explore implicit bias and how it differs from prejudice. They also examine ageism and the implications of this injustice. While these two topics may not seem to directly relate to each other, the readings for the week will demonstrate the connections between them.
To begin, go to the Project Implicit website (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html). Take the Age IAT and make a note of how you score and what percentage of IAT takers fall into the same category that you do. If you do not fall into the most common group, make a note of what that one is, as well. If you are unable to complete the IAT for any reason, please click here for a set of sample results you can use for this discussion.
Then, using concepts and information from at least two of the required readings, answer the following questions:
2. What was the most common result on the Age IAT? Were you surprised by this? Why or why not?
3. What are some of the stereotypes or single stories that people in our culture have about older Americans? For example, how often do you see older people represented on TV or in the movies? How might this relate to implicit or unconscious bias?
4. How does age diversity benefit workplaces, families, and communities? How would you suggest businesses go about eliminating age-related bias?
https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/74/4/559/5043528?login=false
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ18whKduFo
https://openstax.org/books/college-success/pages/9-3-navigating-the-diversity-landscape
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/01/20-examples-of-age-privilege/
