"The Cycle of Socialization": Application Activity
Homework: "The Complexity of Identity."
Reading:
- Read the text.
- Annotate!! Underline or
highlight main ideas. Mark lines
that stand out to you. In the
margins, agree or disagree with the text.
If you’re not sure what the author is trying to say, mark it with a
“?”.
- Write at least two questions at the end of the reading
(NOT questions about what words mean!)
Questions:
1.
Does your “I am” exercise match the
conclusions reached by Tatum in her article?
Describe how it does or does not, and give an explanation for why. (hint: look at pages 20 and 21)
2.
In what ways are you dominant? In what ways are you subordinate? (hint: look at page 22, first paragraph)
- Example: I am dominant
because I am white and heterosexual, but I am subordinate because I am a
woman.
3.
How have you experienced your
dominance in your life? Your
subordinance?
- Example: I have experienced my dominance because
as a white person, I am never followed in stores or pulled over because
of my race. I generally feel like
I “fit in” when I go places.
- Example: I have experienced subordinance because
as a woman I am sometimes afraid to walk alone at night, and I fear male
violence. Also, people expect me
to be skinny.
