Introductions

Privilege Introspection

Politically Correct

CRITICAL RACE THEORY

KEY TENETS

• Racism is normal and systemically embedded
• Voices of communities of color are legitimate; disruption
• Dominant group only concedes when it benefits them - interest convergence
• Notion of colorblindness and neutrality must be challenged

Racial and Cultural Identity Development

• Conformity - identify with white culture
• Dissonance - experiences contradict White world view
• Resistance and Immersion - conscious exploration of one's racial identity
• Introspection - grapple with finding an identity balance
• Synergestic articulation and awareness - integrate knowledge and accept self

Black Identity

Asian American Identity

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Ethnicity

Strategies for Acculturation

• Assimilate - identify solely with the dominant culture
• Marginalize - reject both cultures
• Separate - identify sole with own group and reject
• Integrate - selectively acquiring some of dominant culture

What is white culture?

"It doesn't matter here"

What can you do at MSU?