1. society
2. racism

Ethnic Studies Week 31
Unit 6: Liberation & Resistance
April 20 - 24 2015
PERIOD 5
LILIAN
AIDA
BRENDA
JORDAN
YAQUI
YAHAIRA
GERARDO
MAYRA
LUIS S
ESTHEFANY
DAVID
LUPE
ROSARIO
VICENTE
STEPHANIE
DIANA
CRISTINA
note: not
reversed
like usual
ANTHONY
VESNA
LUIS A
LUIS C
YADIRA
WHITEBOARD
VICTOR
SALVADOR
JESSIKA
DOOR
Period 6
MARLON
ANGIE
NINA
ANGELES
ARELY
JOANNA
JOEY
KEVIN
ESMERALDA
JOVANA
OCTAVIO
ANGEL
SAUL
ELLIOT
XOCHITL
LIS
ANISA
MIGUEL
JENNIFER
MICHAEL
CRISTINA
note: not
reversed
like usual
ANGELA
OSCAR
KARINA
KRIS
LISSETH
JOSE
door
Warm-Up | Week 31 | April 20
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Is it possible to end racism in America? If so,
how? If not, why not?
Expectations: hold the space in silence, 3+ sentences
Review: 3 Levels of Oppression
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A Black girl straightens her hair, tries to
avoid the sun, and wears light-colored
contacts because she thinks white
features are beautiful and her own
natural features are not.
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What level of oppression is this?
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Internalized: when someone
oppresses themselves or members of
their own community (hint: internal = inside)
Review: 3 Levels of Oppression
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Two women get in a car accident.
One openly blames the accident on
the other (who is Asian) because of
her race.
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What level of oppression is this?
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Interpersonal: when someone
oppresses another person directly
(hint: person = between two people)
Review: 3 Levels of Oppression
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People of color are much less
likely than whites to have
health insurance, get regular
preventative health care, and
have a regular doctor.
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What level of oppression is
this?
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Institutional: when a
group is oppressed by the
government or an institution
(hint: institution)
What is Liberation?
1. Freedom from
imprisonment,
slavery, or
oppression
2. Freedom from
control of choices,
thoughts or
behavior
Internalized Liberation
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“Free myself”
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Growing my own
personal sense of
self-worth, power,
and possibility
Interpersonal Liberation
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“Free my friends”
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Working to support
each other in
finding power and
overcoming
oppression
Institutional Liberation
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“Free the
community”
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Working to restructure institutions
in society to support
and recognize the
power, dignity, and
value of all social
groups
The Tactics of
Liberation
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Strategies that
revolutionaries use to
fight for liberation or
resist oppression
The Tactics
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Emotional Manipulation
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Self-Sacrifice (Martyrdom)
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Civil Disobedience
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Public Protest
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Violence
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Escape
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Information Sharing
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Boycott
Homework:
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Write a 1-sentence guess of what each tactic of
liberation means.
PERIOD 5
LILIAN
AIDA
BRENDA
JORDAN
YAQUI
YAHAIRA
GERARDO
MAYRA
LUIS S
ESTHEFANY
DAVID
LUPE
ROSARIO
VICENTE
STEPHANIE
DIANA
CRISTINA
note:
reversed
ANTHONY
VESNA
LUIS A
LUIS C
YADIRA
WHITEBOARD
VICTOR
SALVADOR
JESSIKA
DOOR
Period 6
MARLON
ANGIE
SAUL
NINA
ARELY
JOANNA
JOEY
ANGELES
LIS
ANISA
OCTAVIO
ANGEL
KEVIN
ELLIOT
ESMERALDA
JOVANA
XOCHITL
MIGUEL
JENNIFER
MICHAEL
CRISTINA
note:
reversed,
also some
changes
from
yesterday
ANGELA
OSCAR
KARINA
KRIS
LISSETH
JOSE
door
Warm-Up | Week 31 | April 21
✤
Take out your homework! I will stamp it while I stamp
warm-ups.
✤
What are the three levels of liberation? Which
one seems most necessary to really end
oppression? Why?
Expectations: hold the space in silence, 3+ sentences, “on-time” for
warm-ups means you have warm-up out and are writing when I
come by to stamp
Directions:
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As a group, Circle Read (each person reads one
paragraph) the description of the revolutionary leader.
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Write the leader’s name and briefly summarize what
they did.
✤
Write the name of the tactic of liberation that they
used.
Announcements:
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Binder Check tomorrow!
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Food Policy for Food Justice: Nutrition Incentive…
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Tactics of Liberation Notes & HW
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Any missing or late work: LAST CHANCE!
Including Unit 4 Certification (California)…
BINDER CHECK!
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Tasks:
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Binder Organization
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#BlackBrunch article: due at end of class
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Work on missing/late work
Expectations:
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On-task, respectful behavior
Warm-Up | Week 31 | April 23
✤
Which of the tactics of liberation that we’ve
learned about so far matches best with your own
personal style?
✤
Like, if you were fighting for liberation, which one
would you use and why?
3+ sentences, hold the space in silence
Directions:
✤
As a group, Circle Read (each person reads one
paragraph) the description of the revolutionary leader.
✤
Write the leader’s name and briefly summarize what
they did.
✤
Write the name of the tactic of liberation that they
used.
Exit Ticket
✤
Which tactic of liberation do you think would be best
for achieving:
1. Internalized liberation? Why?
2. Interpersonal liberation? Why?
3. Institutional liberation? Why?
No Warm Up Today!
THE CYCLE OF LIBERATION
Waking Up
Struggle
Education
Organizing
WAKING UP
WAKING UP
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When someone first encounters the truth about
systemic oppression, and their view of the world shifts
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Example: a young Latino boy is in line at the grocery
store and for the first time hears white people
laughing and making fun of his mom’s accent and
“broken” English. It is his first experience with racism.
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Levels of Liberation: Internalized
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
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When a person educates themselves and their peers
about oppression to learn the truth
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Example: Youth take an Ethnic Studies class and learn
the truth about racism in America, and read books by
revolutionary thinkers like Gloria Anzaldua and bell
hooks to broaden their understanding.
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Levels of Liberation: Internalized, Interpersonal
ORGANIZING
ORGANIZING
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When people get together in groups and come up with
strategies to resist oppression or fight for liberation
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Example: A few neighbors in the Fruitvale form a
community council to figure out how to resist
gentrification in their neighborhood.
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Levels of Liberation: Internalized, Interpersonal
FIGHT!
FIGHT!
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When people fight against the power structure to
resist oppression and achieve liberation
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Example: students in Tuscon, AZ occupy a
government building to save Ethnic Studies classes
from being banned by the government
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Levels of Liberation: Institutional, Interpersonal
End of Week Reflection
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What is one issue in your home, neighborhood,
community, city, state, country, or world that you
could fight for?
✤
If you were going to fight for that issue, what would
you do first? What part of the cycle are you in? Which
tactics could you use?