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1.6 Who am I, First Experience with Race & Sense of Self Brainstorm Prompt 1: Who Am I?

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1.6 Who am I, First Experience with Race & Sense of Self Brainstorm Prompt 1: Who Am I?

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I am a 20-year-old woman, who depends on herself. A student and worker at the same time. A person who tries to be optimistic almost always, tolerant, and patient.
I consider myself a calm, supportive, honest person, and with a strong temperament at times. I grew up with a good example of education and values, and my parents taught me to always help and be there for my family, friends, loved ones or those in need whenever possible.
I had to learn to start being independent from a very young age, my parents worked hard to be able to give my brother and me more than necessary, so most of the time it was just my brother and me.
I learned, most of the time, not to take importance to what people say or think of me and to always do what makes me happy as long as it doesn't hurt me, anyone in my social circle or someone else. But when it comes to my family, I know that I would give my life for them.
But I am also a person with fears, insecurities and someone who can make many mistakes but also learn from each of them.
Someone who one day may be fine and the next may have a collapse out of nowhere. I am a very emotional girl, very curious, laughing, and for sure I like adventures or having new experiences always and I like to show what I feel about everything.
I am someone who continues to learn the meaning of learning to live and not just to survive.

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Prompt 2: First Experience with Race Activity 

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Prompt 2: First Experience with Race Activity 

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I grew up in Mexico City, so I didn't have any experience of race there. It's a place where most of the time they make bad comments about your physical appearance or make jokes about you.
The first experience of race I had was when I came to the United States. I was 16 years old; I was in high school exactly in physical education class, my English was not as good as it is then, and I felt more comfortable and calmer being all the time with Latinos and my friends were at the same level as me of language.
There was a group of girls playing basketball, one of them hit me with the ball in my head, I knew it was an accident or at least that was what I wanted to imagine, but instinctively I just looked at them and turned around. Less than five minutes later they approached me in a somewhat violent way, and one of them began to ask me if I had any problems with her. I grew up in a place where I had to learn that no matter how afraid I am, I should not remain silent in any situation, so as I could I just said no but that for education I think I deserved an apology even knowing that it was an accident.
They looked at each other and turned to laugh at me. I remember perfectly that they criticized my accent to the point of wanting to imitate me, and the one who spoke to me told me "Stupid Mexican, you do not know who you are talking to, you better return from where you came illegal"
That situation didn't affect me at all, but a guy who saw what happened came up to me and made a comment that said, "Do not worry, African Americans are like that." That comment made me realize that because of the behavior of some people is that stereotypes are created about "that race" in our societies, and not only here, but this also happens in everywhere.

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2.4 Ubuntu, Afrocentricity and Nguzo Saba

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2.4 Ubuntu, Afrocentricity and Nguzo Saba

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THEORY 1: Ubuntu
I would not like to say yes or no, because it would be a way to make some kind of stereotype about the African American race, but in my view, or because of the bad times and experiences that I have had to go through, I would say that the spirit of ubuntu does not live in African American culture.
In the short video of the concept of Ubuntu from the late Dr. Nelson Mandela, they use the words "respect, helpfulness, sharing, community, caring, trust, and unselfishness", specifically to describe the spirit of Ubuntu in a way.
those characteristics are something that unfortunately I have rarely seen from African American people. I have had to witness some injustices, as well as ill-treatment, discrimination and racism on their part and not only towards people or communities of another race, but also among themselves.
I think the only similarities that people of African and African American culture have that I could mention, to my knowledge, is that they share the skin tone, which by the way today is one of the factors by which people think they can just come and define to others with a certain race without knowing it, and probably also some of the injustices that African Americans went through during the years of slavery where many people were segregated,   discriminated against and denied  to their own rights.
And on the other hand, there are many differences that can be found between these two cultures. Starting with their languages, beliefs and traditions that would be the main thing, as well as in any other culture of some other race.
Honestly, learning about what the Spirit of Ubuntu is doesn't change my perspective much, but it does teach me that the human being shares something in common no matter where we are from or our origins. What for me is called solidarity and showing for me what humanity means, for other people and in other cultures can be the same, simply with a different name.

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2.4- 7 Concepts of Afrocentric Psychology

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2.4- 7 Concepts of Afrocentric Psychology

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THEORY 2: Afrocentric
Afrocentricity is an attitude an action that promote the well being of people of African descent.
I think one of the concepts that I feel is most present in the African American culture is Spiritness, because today we can see generation after generation that they are learning to be as each person wants to be, without fear of what others will say about them. They grow up expressing themselves in the way that is right for them, dressing and doing the things they like without caring if other people were criticized them or not. They learn to enjoy life.
And the concept I choose that I feel is least present In the African American community is Maafa, because we no longer see slavery done to African Americans, and if at some point someone tries to denigrate, mistreat or do something bad towards them, in these times they defend themselves without any fear, and it is something that I personally fully support, as long as there is no violence involved.

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THEORY 3: Umoja
Umoja means Unity, if someone tells me to define it with simply words, I could say that is the state of being united or joined as a whole. But if someone asks me to explain it in my own words, I could say that it means knowing what it is to be solidary and be willing to support something or someone as long as it is for a good cause. Personally, I consider myself someone who knows how to show what is unity, I think my parents instilled too many values in me at home and thanks to this I have learned how to lead my person for the good.
And honestly this is an action I see in African American culture, but not always. There are times when I have seen how they fight among their own people, insult or denigrate each other. But one of the actions that I witnessed where there was unity as a community was when the movement of Black Lives Matter was made, even people from different cultures supported this movement and that was a clear example of unity.
On that occasion I felt good to be able to say that the human race did something right and something we should be proud of.

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3.1 Three Self-Assessments, Racial Identity Development and Identity Resource

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3.1 Three Self-Assessments, Racial Identity Development and Identity Resource

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3.1 Padlet post: MULTIDIMENSIONS OF ETHNIC SELF IDENTIFICATION

1: Within the category of Natal Measures, I chose the items of siblings, natural parents, grandparents, and extended family. By birth I am American, I was born in Los Angeles California, I lived for a few years here but most part of my life I grew up in Mexico City, plus that is where my whole family is from.

2: Within the category of Behavioral Measures, I managed to be identified by language, music, food, and cultural participation as well as my traditions and also my religion. my first language is Spanish; therefore, it is the one that I completely control myself and that helps me feel 100 percent comfortable with it. I was raised with Mexican traditions, including music, food, and holidays. And my whole family is guided by the Catholic religion, so I consider myself part of.

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3.2 Padlet post: MULTI-GROUP ETHNIC IDENTITY MEASURE

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3.2 Padlet post: MULTI-GROUP ETHNIC IDENTITY MEASURE

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My ethnic identity is Mexican American, but I think I could also call it being Chicana. My first nationality is American, and I had the opportunity to come back and live here again. I have been living here for five and a half years, and day by day I learn more about the culture, traditions and language that I believe by birth I have the right and it is something that belongs to me too, as well as any other person who wants it. My Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure score is 31. To me this score means that I have a strong sense of my roots, my ethnicity and my culture. This is something that I'm surprised about, because I have never thought about it until today, and I understand that I probably still need many things to learn and understand, and of course I will try to focus on more activities that have to do with my ethnicity in order to improve on this aspect of me. I am proud to be able to say, "I AM MEXICAN AMERICAN, I'M A LATINA, I AM MEXICAN".

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1: The type of "ISMS" that I could identified in the Podcast was Ableism, that is characterized by discrimination based on a person's ability, and Sexism that is discrimination based on a person's sex. I notice that in two examples they showed us, there was discrimination mainly because of stereotypes that society decides to continue rather than end. A lot of people tend to make bad comments, which we can well call microaggressions, which probably many times they do not notice when simply talking, but to the receivers it can be something offensive. In the first example we can see or understand that there was discrimination against a person for the simple fact of having dark skin tone, since for some people there is still the stereotype that because they are a black person, they cannot be intelligent or cannot do certain types of things. On the other hand, we can notice that they gave us another clear example of discrimination against a person because of their image when they know what their sexual orientation is. Some people believe that because they are guided in one way by their sexual orientation, the way they express, or dress must be different. And all this brings us to a single point, stereotypes.

2: We do not live in a post-racial society, probably many people think that prejudice and discrimination does not exist, but it is simply because they do not pay attention to what is happening around them. I believe that these two terms are something that is still very present in societies now and not only African Americans against whites, now they also include Asians, Latinos or Hispanics, Africans and Europeans.

3: For me, the definition of race is based on the social construct, because of their cultures, traditions and religions of each person. A person who looks "Latina " may be that for some reason it has grown up in another continent and therefore is considered of another race, or vice versa, and not by how they looks we should make conclusions without first knowing.
I think the important thing is not how you look physically, since at the end of it all we all belong to one race, the human race. But I learned that for many people these two terms (Biological and social construct)  are very different. For many you will simply always be of a race because of how you look, and for others it matters more where you come from to be able to know before trying to be guided by a stereotype.
To all this, I have come to the conclusion that every human being should be "classified" with that race that they feel identified.

4: One of the things that most caught my attention during this topic is that despite the "mental evolution" of the human being, it is able to continue putting into practice stereotypes that have existed for years, and support bad prejudices and discrimination against others.
And something I would like to know is why, or at what point did the human race decide that we should classify ourselves in different ways knowing that we all belong to a single race (the human race)?.

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6: Something I learned about the podcast I listened to was about microaggressions. It is a term used for actions, in this case the words of one person, that can cause some bad effect on another person without even noticing it. I think that's why it's important to think before you speak.

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1:  For me, one of the unique characteristics about African American families is that unfortunately because of some thoughts or behaviors of today's societies, they are forced to have to teach their family members or educate them to do what racism or discrimination is from a very young age. They have the need to grow forming a stronger character than common in a person. Those are subjects that we are taught mainly in school and then at home, probably at the age of 13 or 14 and we develop them during our scholar education. However, they see the need to have to teach it to the young members from the age of 8 approximately, to "prepare" them for the world in which we live because they may have to learn it in a bad way.

2:   Black families have some of the strongest bonds within their family unit, especially when it comes to their children and elderly members. They also have a strong work ethic and adaptability within the traditional family roles. They teach youth to recognize and model healthy family functioning, how to exist in successful male and female relationships, to be self-reflecting on past affects present, they teach children to sustain relationships through tough times and they all learn how to love themselves. They have a strong work orientation, strong religious orientation, a survival sense and family support.
Some challenges that black families have to face are absent parents, inappropriate behaviors on the part of minors depending on which members exist at home, disintegration of the family structure, marriage rates so much lower than other ethnic groups, divorce rates and the rates of births to unmarried women are high, children might be placed in foster care when they families cannot take care of them, unemployment, fewer opportunities, prejudices and the probability of living discrimination anywhere.

3:  Racial socialization is one of the first factors affecting parents and children of black families. An African American mother may have more fears than a mother should have, the only thing she should worry about is what she will do when her baby is crying and does not know what she or he needs, when she sees her child growing up and has doubts about how to teach or guide him/her on the right path, how to get him/her ahead,  teach values and a good education, or even how to help when he/she enters college. However, an African American mother also has fears and doubts to know how difficult it will be to raise her child in the society that exists today. In the video clip we watched, a life experience was mentioned. This woman expressed to us how excited she was for her first pregnancy, but after happiness came a state of concern. She said, "how am I going to raise a little black boy or girl in this society?", and we could clearly notice her state of emotion to one of worry so suddenly, even if it was just a past memory for her. I live with my two little cousins and my only concerns are to know if they have fun, if they socialize, what they learn, that they eat well, that they do their homework, and the most important thing for me is that they enjoy their childhood. It has never crossed my mind to have to prepare them in case some "racial" situation comes before them because I have never seen the opportunity. I can't imagine how complicated it must be for African American parents to have to "prepare" their children for the racial socialism in which we live and/or that may exist in their communities or to have to give them examples of how people might treat them simply because they are of another race, so they are prepared.

4:  I think one of the factors that most impacted black families since slavery is that some of their traditions were broken since many families could not be together because they were "owned" by someone else, and the owners used to do what they wanted with them as if they were an object only. Enslaved Black people were denied a secure family life. Because they were property and could not legally marry, a permanent family could not be a guaranteed part of enslaved people’s lives. They had no right to live or stay together, no right to their own children, and it was common for enslaved parents and children to live apart. They had no rights over themselves, and I think this is one of the reasons why there is probably family instability in some cases.

5:  Jamerson, Joshua. "How 'The Talk' Is Evolving Within Black Families." Wall Street Journal, 30 Sep 2020. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2454860438?accountid=41679.

6:  One of the things I learned in this unit is that it can probably be more difficult for African American families to raise a child in the world we live in. I thought that in all families it was the same but notice that it is not so. That they are all different, and that for much of what could be lived in the past with our ancestors can always be reflected today either in a good or badly way. I think the biggest concern or need of a parent is to know if their child is okay or if they need something, and not to have to teach them how cruel the world could be for them just because they are something different physically. These types of situations should not happen in these times when people are supposed to evolve and are more open-minded.

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Resource:
https://psychology.iresearchnet.com/developmental-psychology/human-diversity/what-is-ethnic-identity/?msclkid=aa106665cea211ec9f39ebf4fd0b5a28

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Template_ Racial Autobiography Outline (Janet Nava)

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3.3 Padlet post: ROSENBERG'S SELF-ESTEEM SCALE

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3.3 Padlet post: ROSENBERG'S SELF-ESTEEM SCALE

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My Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale score was 27. Maybe for others this can be nothing, but for me it means a lot. When I was little, I had certain bad experiences, self-esteem problems, and I grew up in a society where people tend to criticize, so that wasn't much help to me. They created too many insecurities and fears in me, they used words that probably for many is nothing, but for me they meant a lot.
It was something that lasted part of my childhood until the first years of my adolescence. It was a big fight for me, with professional help and of course with the support of my family I was able to get out of something like that, but it is a struggle with which I continue in moments, simply that day by day I learn that I can, and I am stronger than that. I think the score I get is that because I've been trying for years to learn how to love, and to believe in myself. I have always thought that I must be the first person to believe and worry about myself, because if I don't no one else is going to do it.

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1: Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which people feel unable to internalize their achievements and suffer a persistent fear of being discovered as a fraud. They think they're probably not good enough at something like they thought even if someone recognizes them for the accomplishments they've had.

2: The Imposter Syndrome affect a student in their educational journey and into their career experiences, mainly in their self-esteem causing insecurities about themselves thinking that they are not able to achieve all those goals that they want to achieve with respect to their studies. These fears can cause disinterest and low self-esteem, and as a consequence students decide not to show their potential, their knowledge, think that they are not intelligent enough to be there, they tend to be afraid to participate when thinking they will be wrong, and even come to the conclusion that school is not for them and just leave it.

3:  Imposter Syndrome affect the self-esteem and mental health of African American women in the workplace because it can cause low self-esteem by making them believe they are not good at certain things, limiting themselves on what they should do and what they should not.
It causes them beliefs that they do not belong there, despite evidence of high achievement.

4: African American women don't have many opportunities when it comes to work for two simple reasons, one; they are people of color, and two; are women. They tend to give a white person more chances of getting a job than a black person, and when they finally get the position they wanted, inequalities, injustices, and racism begin. The events that happen the most may be that the coworkers judge their work and that affects their confidence, no one cares about their well-being, usually they are tie to other people of color with bad economic situations, and many times no one support their ideas, projects, or strategies for the benefit of the work. This can affect them at work and even mentally.

5: A strategy that I think could help end these types of problems, would be to put warnings or sanctions to those who find themselves acting inappropriately towards another person, either of different sex or race. Ultimately, we are all the same, and we always look for something in common, that everyone gets benefits.

6: One of the things I learned was about imposter syndrome. Now that I know more the definition of this, I could consider myself a person who has had to go through an experience of these, and I understand perfectly how people who go through the same thing must feel. Personally, I think it is something very difficult because it damages one of the most important things about us, self-esteem, and it is something very difficult to recover. And one thing that stood out to me from the unit in general, was to know how apparently, generation after generation follows the same cycle, a place where stereotypes, prejudices, and racism continue to exist. We are in a place where societies are supposed to improve but they don't. It is correct that probably some people are better at something, and others at other things, however everyone should have the same opportunities to prove, and prove to themselves, what they are capable of without fear of being rejected or judged. It is impressive to see how people are classified or considered to be "intelligent" or not for the simple fact of how it looks, and even more impressive to see that it is something that society accepts.