Anti-Oppression is the strategies, theories, actions and practices that actively challenge systems of oppression on an ongoing basis in one's daily life and in social justice/change work...
(Source: https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression)
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neautral."
- Paulo Freire
STUDENT LEARNING: Students' intellectual growth and moral development, but also their ability to problem-solve and reason
CULTURAL COMPETENCE Skills that support students to affirm and appreciate their culture of origin while developing fluency in at least one other culture.
CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS The ability to identify, analyze, and solve real-world problems, especially those that result in societal inequalities
(Source: CA Dept of Ed)
White privilege is a concept that was developed and discussed throughout the 20th century. This video focuses on the academic article written by Peggy McIntosh in 1988 White and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women’s Studies and her specific except taken from this article (Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack).
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