The concept of race and how it affects our self-identity and social interactions.
Racism and Prejudice: This topic explores how racism is defined and the various forms of racism that exist, including institutional, individual, and systemic racism. The discussion also goes over how prejudice plays a role in perpetuating racism and the danger it poses to people of color.
White Privilege: This topic highlights the advantages and benefits that white people experience due to systemic racism. It also delves into how this privilege can be unintentional and unconscious but still perpetuates inequality.
Microaggressions: This topic examines the day-to-day interactions between people and the subtle ways that racism often manifests, such as microaggressions. Microaggressions are defined as brief and commonplace verbal, behavioral, or environmental actions that communicate hostile, derogatory or negative attitudes towards marginalized populations.
Intersectionality: This topic explores how different identities such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, and socioeconomic status intersect and influence one another. This concept offers a more nuanced understanding of the way experiences of racism are shaped based on a person's various identities.
Historical Trauma: This topic examines the deleterious effects of historical events such as slavery, colonialism, and genocide on people of color. This trauma can still affect their communities and perpetuate racism in the present.
Systemic Inequality: This topic discusses how systemic racism is built into institutions and social structures, such as the education system, housing, and employment. This topic demonstrates how these structures disproportionately harm people of color and are a significant cause of racial inequality.
Allyship: This topic investigates how people can work in solidarity with marginalized communities while avoiding centering their own experiences. This involves making a genuine effort to learn about the complexity and depth of the oppression experienced by people of color and taking action to support their liberation.
Cultural Appropriation: This topic examines how marginalized cultures can be exploited or appropriated by those in positions of power. It explores how cultural appropriation can be harmful, including its potential to harm the culture and expose harmful stereotypes about those cultures.
Stereotypes: This topic explores how stereotypes about people of color are perpetuated, often reinforced by the media, that can negatively influence how people view and treat minorities.
Anti-racism and Activism: This topic examines the movement for anti-racism and activism aimed at ending systemic racism. It involves acknowledging privilege and actively making efforts to challenge and dismantle racist structures. It also seeks to raise awareness of the issues that people of color face in their daily lives.