Power and Privilege Shuffle Case-Study

Power and Privilege Shuffle Case-Study

Power and Privilege Shuffle Case-Study

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Ask three friends and/or family members to do the power and privilege shuffle (see directions below). You will be reading the directions and each question to your friends/ family. Be sure to read all of the directions. You can participate as well, if you’d like. After the exercise take some time to ask your friends/family how they felt about the activity. What did they learn? What questions do they have? Take notes. 2. Write a 2-3 page response to the exercise. a) Briefly describe the backgrounds of the shuffle participants (3/4 to 1 page); b) Describe your and shuffle participants’ reactions and reflections about the exercise in relation to social capital, identity, and power citing at least two readings from weeks 3 or 4 (1-2 pages). Power and Privilege Shuffle Directions: Please stand in a line (preferably outside or in a large room or long hallway) and hold hands with the people next to you. This is a silent exercise; in order for it to work, everyone needs to be respectful of others by remaining silent and being aware of their reactions. I will be reading prompts, and you should respond accordingly to the prompts that apply to you. For, example, if I read “If you are wearing jeans today, take one step forward,” you would take one step forward. You should try to hold hands with your neighbors for as long as it’s physically possible to do so. If you reach a wall, do not step backwards even if you would otherwise move a step forward. Be aware of where you are in the room or space in relation to everyone else in the room/space; it’s not just about whether you are stepping forward or back, but where you are in relation to others. Please try to maintain eye contact with everyone if you can as there will be a tendency for everyone to look at the floor, and try to avoid this if you can. If you do not feel comfortable moving, or do not wish to move in response to a specific question, feel free to stay where you are. We ask, however, that if you do not move, please think about why you are not moving. This exercise can get emotional, and again, we want to stress that what happens in this circle stays within the group. Each question is subject to personal interpretation. • If you were ever called names because of your race, class, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation, take one step back. • If you had to work after-school or over the summer to help with family finances, take one step back. • If there were people of color who worked in your household as servants, gardeners, cleaning people, etc. take one step forward. • If your parents were professional, lawyers, doctors, etc. take one step forward. • If you were raised in an area where there was prostitution, gangs, drug activity, etc. take one step back. • If your ancestors were forced to come to the USA, not by choice, take one step back. • If you grew up in a two-parent household, take one step forward. EDS/SOC 117 Fall 2018 • If you grew up in a two-parent household, and one parent didn’t have to work outside the home, take one step forward. • If you ever tried to change your appearance, mannerisms, or behavior to avoid being judged or ridiculed, take one step back. • If you studied the culture of your ancestors in elementary school, take one step forward. • If you are regularly asked where you are “originally” from, take one step back. • If you attend an institution of higher education, take one step forward. • If the food and/or customs of your culture have ever been called “exotic” or ridiculed, take one step back. • If you went to a school speaking a language other than English, take one step back. • If you were given your first car, take one step forward. • If you have ever had to be an English translator for your parent, take one step back. • If there were more than 50 books in your house when you grew up, take a step forward.

Power and Privilege Shuffle Case-Study

• If you ever had to skip a meal or go hungry because there was not enough money to buy food when you were growing up, take a step back. • If you grew up under foster care, take one step back. • If your parents brought you to art galleries or plays, take one step forward. • If one of your parents were unemployed or laid off, not by choice, take one step back. • If money was never a deterrent from participating in school activities (i.e. band, sports, cheerleading, etc.) take one step forward. • If you attended a private school or summer camp, take one step forward. • If your family ever had to move because they could not afford the rent, take one step back. • If you shared a bedroom as a child, take one step back. • If your parents read to you as a child, take one step forward. • If you have worked at a fast food restaurant, take one step back. • If you have worried about being raped when you walked home, take one step back. • If you were told that you were beautiful, smart, and capable by your parents, take one step forward. • If you were ever discouraged from academics or jobs because of race, class, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation, take one step back. • If you were ever encouraged to attend college by your parents, take one step forward. • If prior to age 18, you took a vacation out of the country, take one step forward. • If you saw members of your race, ethnic group, gender, or sexual orientation portrayed on television in degrading roles, take a step back. • If you were ever offered a good job because of your association with a friend or family member, take one step forward. • If you were ever paid less, treated less fairly because of your race, class, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation, take one step back. • If either one of your parents, guardians, providers has ever had to take more than one job to financially provide for the family, take a step back. EDS/SOC 117 Fall 2018 • If you were ever accused of cheating or lying because of your race, class, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation, take one step back. • If you ever inherited or anticipate property, take a step forward. • If you ever had to rely primarily on public transportation, take one step back. • If you had a computer at home when you were growing up, take one step forward. • If you were ever stopped or questioned by the police because of your race, class, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation, take one step back. • If there was accessible material in your school’s counseling center about university and college programs, take one step forward. • If you were ever a victim of or afraid of violence because of your race, class, ethnicity, gender, size, ability, or sexual orientation, take one step back. • If you were generally able to avoid places that were dangerous, take one step forward. • If you ever felt uncomfortable about a joke related to your race, class, ethnicity, gender, size, ability, or sexual orientation, take one step back. • If one or both of your parents did not grow up in the United States, take one step back. • If your parents told you that you could be anything you wanted to be, take one step forward. • If you are routinely able to go to public places without worrying about accessibility or special accommodation (i.e. wheelchair ramp) take one step forward. • If you can usually count on finding something stylish in your size when you go clothes shopping, take one step forward. • If anyone has ever treated you differently because they were confused about your gender identity, take one step back. • If it was possible to attend any and all school field trips, without costs being a concern, take one step forward. • If someone you know has ever been discouraged from having a relationship with you (friendship, romantic, or otherwise) because of your race or ethnicity, take one step back. • If you received substantial allowance or gift money from *family* members, take one step forward. • If you or a majority of students in your school qualified for reduced or free school lunches, take one step back. • If your parents took you on a trip to visit universities, take one step forward.You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

 

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
  • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.