This activity asks participants to practice responding to scenarios where bias may show up.
When responding to scenarios, here are some things to consider:
- Curiosity: Asking questions to draw out how or why someone has this perspective.
- Alternative perspectives: Identify the risks or implications of a statement; offer a different way to view the situation.
- Clear boundaries: Clear boundaries that uphold youth’s safety and autonomy are especially important. This is about reasserting that you and/or your organizations are always in solidarity with youth.
- Story control: If you are a responding to something a youth has said, remember that we want youth to feel like they can name their own experience and control their story/narrative. It’s important to address internalized bias without trying to dictate the way the youth tells their story.
Feeling nervous or defensive about exploring and addressing bias? Read these Reflections on Becoming More Culturally Conscious, in which teachers recount their own experiences recognizing and addressing their biases. We all have life-long unlearning to do, it may seem intimidating or uncomfortable, but it is worth it!
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1. Question
A colleague comes to you concerned about a youth they are working with: “Every time I see them, they’re wearing short skirts and they look like a mess! How am I supposed to help them out if they don’t even dress properly… it’s like they’re asking for trouble.”
What implications of bias do you see in this statement? Feel free to include implications that may not have been mentioned in our lesson.
What are the potential impacts of this bias on the youth your colleague works with?
What would you say in response to this colleague to address what they’ve said?This response will be awarded full points automatically, but it can be reviewed and adjusted after submission.
Grading can be reviewed and adjusted.Grading can be reviewed and adjusted. - Question 2 of 3
2. Question
You and your supervisor are meeting with a youth. Your supervisor is white and the youth is Black. The youth begins expressing the difficulties they are experiencing with your organization.
Youth: “I just don’t feel heard sometimes, and the options I’m being given here just don’t really apply to me, you know?”
Supervisor: “Well others don’t seem to have a problem.”
Youth: “Everyone’s different aren’t they?”
Supervisor: “We try our best! Maybe you could try harder to…”
Youth, getting frustrated and speaking with a harsh tone: “I don’t think that’s fair, I’ve attended all the meetings! I don’t even think some of the facilitators notice me!”
Supervisor: “Hey! If you want to have this conversation, you’re going to have to relax first!”What implications of bias do you see in this scenario? Feel free to include implications that may not have been mentioned in our lesson.
What are the potential impacts of this bias on the youth who is sharing?
What would you do or say in this scenario to address this bias and/or support the youth? Consider: Would you speak to them together, in the moment? Separately, afterwards?This response will be awarded full points automatically, but it can be reviewed and adjusted after submission.
Grading can be reviewed and adjusted.Grading can be reviewed and adjusted. - Question 3 of 3
3. Question
A youth is meeting with you and explaining a recent experience they had with their boyfriend at a party. “I told him I would go with him to the party, I didn’t expect it to be so small though, and just so many ..men. I had met some of them before, but it just made me feel a little nervous, I don’t know.. it was weird to be there, and kind of isolating. I asked if we could leave, but he gave me a hard time about that. And he was right, I did say I would go. And …well… he had been sharing his drugs with me, he said it was getting expensive and he now owed his friend. He said if I helped his friend, you know, sexually, maybe he’d get rid of debt we owed. I don’t know, I said I would, but I didn’t want to and I still feel really horrible about doing it. I feel sick.”
What is happening in this scenario? What implications of bias do you see? Feel free to include implications that may not have been mentioned in our lesson.
What are the potential impacts of this bias on the youth who is sharing?
What would you do or say in this scenario to address this bias and/or support the youth?This response will be awarded full points automatically, but it can be reviewed and adjusted after submission.
Grading can be reviewed and adjusted.Grading can be reviewed and adjusted.