1. Sample Personal Awareness Activity: Breaking the Ice
Camille O’Bryant
Kinesiology

2. Points of Information Courses I teach When I use this “exercise”
Why I use it
How I prepare students

3. The Exercise Setting the context What it includes
Debriefing the students
Making sure to link back to it throughout the quarter

4. Personal Awareness Activity - Diversity and Social Justice
Personal awareness about various aspects of cultural diversity and social justice
Increased understanding and awareness of privilege and/or disadvantage associated with cultural identities
Setting a foundation for developing and embodying strategies for addressing points of tension, confusion and/or misunderstandings related to cultural diversity and social justice in sport settings.

5. Some Guidelines/Context
Interactive exercise to begin exploring past and present experiences with difference
There are NO right or wrong answers
Keep groundrules in mind as you talk with your partners
Change partners each question
Each person should take 2 minutes to respond to the questions on the following slides

6. The Questions
Think about your experiences growing up and describe your experiences with or awareness about social and cultural diversity
Think about your current life and describe your experiences with or awareness of social and cultural diversity
How do you think issues of diversity impact your life now?

7. The Debrief
What types of things did you learn about yourself and others as you responded to the questions?
Social and cultural differences impact us all…especially in sport and physical activity socialization experiences
There is much more to our social and cultural identity other than gender…
Now it is time to explore intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class….etc.

8. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF OUR MOSAICS OF IDENTITY
Mosaic of Identity
Ethnicity
Sexual Identity
Age
Class
Race
Religion
Sex
Ability
Gender
Identity/Expression
THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF OUR MOSAICS OF IDENTITY
WHAT WOULD YOU ADD?

9. Privilege…Advantage…in Social Contexts
Assumption of entitlement to fair treatment on basis of individual merits
Identification with decision-makers, power holders, information
Shared understanding of institutional norms, values, processes, structures
Assumption of safety and acceptance
Access to institutional services that support success

10. Privilege is Unasked for Invisible Unearned
Can you think of examples?
Unearned
Available to members of “majority” group members in an organization
Often mistaken for individual merit by “majority” group members
“majority” group = “advantaged”/”status” group in society

11. Examples of “Privilege”
Ph.D. Privilege
Male Privilege
Straight Privilege
White Privilege
Please talk to a partner and see if you can identify other forms of “privilege” in this context.

12. The Social Injustice Equation:
Institutional Disadvantages for “Minorities” +
Institutional Advantages for “Majorities” (privilege) =
Social Injustice in “Organizations”
Sport as an “institution” has many organizations that comprise it

13. Your Mosaic
I encourage you to create your own mosaic and consider how various aspects of your social and cultural identities “put” you into positions of privilege (status) and/or positions of disadvantage.