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EOAC STUDENT GUIDE

DATE: April 2012

EOAC - 3000
POWER AND PRIVILEGE

FOR TRAINING PURPOSES ONLY

DO NOT USE ON THE JOB

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LESSON EMPHASIS

RECOMMENDED READING

REFERENCES

Social Problems
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and
Development 40

Religious privilege: How religion, religious groups, and beliefs are

privileged
American Sociological Review
U.S Code 42. Chapter 21, Sub-chapter 6, 200e.
The power handbook: A strategic guide to organizational and personal
effectiveness
Peer prejudice and discrimination: The origins of prejudice
.
Journal of the American Statistical Association
Journal of Health and Human Services Administration
American Journal of Public Health
Race, ethnicity, gender, and class: The sociology of group conflict and
change
Social Problems
Uprooting racism
Dialogues on whiteness, leisure and (anti) racism.
41
Peace and
Freedom
Organizational behavior: Emerging realities
for the workplace revolution

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Clinical Psychology Review

National Healthcare Disparities Report
23.

Reducing prejudice and discrimination.

Stranger to these shores.
Annual Review of Sociology
Annual Review of Sociology
Journal of Intergroup
Relations, 5
Authentic leadership: Courage in action
Websters tenth new collegiate dictionary
LESSON SYLLABUS
Sample Behaviors

Level of Learning

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Performance
Measure

STUDENT GUIDE
INTRODUCTION

A. Definition of Power

powerful

1. Merriam-Webster definition of ower:

B. Types of Power

Political power:

Physical power:

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privileged

Social power:

Power:
individuals

Formal power

Informal power

Reward power
Coercive power
Legitimate power

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Expert power

Referent power

Information power

Authority

C. The Positive and Negative Aspects of Power

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Dr. Terrys Control Diamond

Power
Culture
Institutions
Resources
Summary of Main Point:

D. Definition of Privilege Authority

Privilege

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Privilege can be earned or unearned.

Privilege and Authority

indirect strategy

direct strategy
ld. T

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Privilege and Social Identity
-Race/Ethnicity Socio-Economic Status Gender Sexual Orientation Religion -

Health E. Consequences of Privilege

societal consequences
individual consequences

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Norms
all
normal
different
mal

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F. Introducing White Privilege

White privilege

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Power Element:

Culture Element:

Ethnocentric Standards:

Value Orientation:

Misplacing the Problem:

Institution Element:

Resources Element:
haves

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have-nots

G. Rationalizations for Retaining Privilege and Avoiding Responsibilities

Denial:
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Minimization:

Blame:
t.
Redefinition:
too.
It was unintentional:
s

that.
Its all over now:

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Its only a few people:

.
.

Counterattack:

tus.

Competing victimization:
k.

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Strong White Ally

a. Assume racism is everywhere, everyday.

b. Notice who is the center of attention and who is the center of power.

c. Notice how racism is denied, minimized, and justified.

d. Understand and learn from the history of Whiteness and racism.

e. Understand the connections between racism, economic issues, sexism, and other
forms of injustice.
f. Take a stand against injustice.

g. Be strategic.
h. Dont confuse a battle with the war.

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i. Dont call names or be personally abusive.

over

j. Support the leadership of people of color.

k. Learn something about the history of White people who have worked for racial
justice.

l. Dont do it alone.

m. Talk with your children and other young people about racism.
H. Social Privilege and Being an Effective EOA

l.

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I. Strategies an EOA Can Use to Heighten Awareness in the Military

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SUMMARY

END OF LESSON

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