Diverse Democracy Snapshot Worksheet

1. LIST SPECIFIC LABELS, DESCRIPTORS, AND/OR IDENTIFIERS IN THE FIRST COLUMN UNDER EACH SOCIAL IDENTITY.
2. IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET AND AGENT SOCIAL IDENTITIES WITH CIRCLES.
3. IDENTIFY YOUR MASTER IDENTITIES, IDENTITIES THAT YOU FEEL IMPACT DAILY DECISIONS WITH STARS.

SOCIAL IDENTITY COMMON FORM AGENT/PRIVILEGE TARGET/OPPRESSED COMPLICATION/

OF OPPRESSION GROUPS GROUPS COMPLEXIONS
(INSTITUTIONAL (DOMINANT (UNDERREPRESENTED
& PERSONAL) CULTURE) GROUPS)
AGE AGEISM AGE 25-39 AGE 40 + & 24- EXAMPLE: PRIVILEGE VARIES BASED ON
MANY OTHER FACTORS

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASS
CLASSISM “UPPER” & “RULING” “UNDER” & “LOWER” CLASS;
CLASSES; WEALTHY IN THOSE WITHOUT CRITICAL ACCESS,
CRITICAL FINANCES, RESOURCES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND
EDUCATION, TRAINING, ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THEIR
DAILY NETWORKS
RESOURCES & ACCESS

NATIONAL ORIGIN XENOPHOBIA; U.S. BORN/ MOST IMMIGRANTS; NATIVE

GLOBAL RACISM; U.S. BORN CITIZEN AMERICANS
ETHNOCENTRISM

RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY/FAITH/ ANTI-SEMITISM CHRISTIAN ATHEIST, AGNOSTIC, MUSLIM,

MEANING ANTI----- BUDDHIST, ISLAM, PAGAN &
MANY OTHER SPIRITUAL IDENTITIES

ETHNICITY ETHNIC PREJUDICE & EUROPEAN, NORTH DESCENDENTS OF CONTINENTS OF

DISCRIMINATION; AMERICA (U.S.A. & AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA,
OFTEN RACISM; CANADA) SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN,
ETHNOCIDE & MIDDLE EAST, ETC
GENOCIDE

RACE RACISM WHITE AMERICAN; VERY PEOPLE OF COLOR; MEDIUM DARK

FAIR/LIGHT SKINNED; TO DARK SKINNED;

SEXUAL ORIENTATION/SEXUALITY/ HOMOPHOBIA; HETEROSEXUALS; “STRAIGHT” BISEXUAL; GAY; LESBIAN; QUEER;

ATTRACTIONALITY HETEROSEXISM PEOPLE ASEXUAL; PANSEXUAL (ETC); THOSE
WHO ARE ATTRACTED TO SAME SEX OR
SPECTRUM

(Dis)ABILITIES ABLEISM PEOPLE WITH NO OR PEOPLE WITH EMOTIONAL, MENTAL,

EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL,MENTAL MINIMUM LEARNING OR/AND PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES DISABILITIES
AND LEARNING

SEX SEXISM; MALES FEMALES; INTERSEX;

GENDER IDENTITY GENDER PHOBIA; BINARY GENDER IDENTIFIED: Women, GENDER VARIANT;
MISOGYNY MEN OR CISGENDER MEN GENDERbQUEER; TRANSSEXUAL;
TRANSPHOBIA UMBRELLAbGROUP OF TRANS &
TRANSGENDER

GENDER EXPRESSION GENDER PHOBIA; GENDER EXPRESSION OF RECOGNIZED SPECTRUM AND

TRANSPHOBIA BINARY GENDERS: TRADITIONAL
EXPECTATIONS OF MEN &
WOMEN; LINEAR CHARACTERISTICS
OF FEMININE AND MASCULINE;
SIZE SIZISM; WEIGHT PEOPLE WHO FIT A NARROW
DISCRIMINATION & DEFINITION WEIGHT AND SIZE
PREJUDICE
FLUIDITY OF FEMININE AND
MASCULINE CHARACTERISTICS
PEOPLE CONSIDERED “FAT”,
OVERWEIGHT, OBESE, MORBIDLY
OBESE; ALSO UNDERWEIGHT, “TOO
SKINNY” OR THIN

Fleurette King, 2005, 2009, 2011 used with permission

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