Learning about the impact of oppression on members of target groups, both historically and now

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Skills for Multicultural Workplaces

• Learning about the impact of oppression on
  members of target groups, both historically and
  now
• Learning about the impact of oppression on
  members of non-target groups, both historically
  and now
• Listening for information about others
  experiences and truths
• Asking questions to increase my understanding of
  another persons experiences and points of view
• Affirming other peoples experiences, and their
  interpretations of those experiences and how I
  might interpret them
• Moving at another persons pace
• Recognizing the presence of institutional
  barriers that prevent members of target groups
  from having equal access to power and authority
• Recognizing how institutional barriers maintain
  the power of members of non-target groups
• Appreciating my contributions
• Appreciating others contributions

? Angela Bryant, Cooper Thompson and VISIONS, Inc.
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Skills for Multicultural Workplaces

• Exploring and admitting my prejudices
• Identifying and exploring the meaning of my
  target group memberships
• Identifying and exploring the meaning of my
  non-target group memberships
• Exploring the impact of oppression on my own
  target group experiences
• Exploring the impact of oppression on my own
  non-target group experiences
• Supporting and challenging members of my own
  target groups
• Supporting and challenging members of my own
  non-target groups
• As a member of a target group, speaking directly
  to members of the corresponding non-target group,
  telling them what I want and need
• As a member of a non-target group, supporting
  members of the corresponding target group, based
  on the type of support they have explicitly asked
  of me, not what I think they need
• Supporting target group members needs to meet
  with and get support from others in their target
  group

? Angela Bryant, Cooper Thompson and VISIONS,
Inc.