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Affinity grouping is spending time or surrounding ourselves with people that look, think and have the same identity as us. It can be harmful because then we are only exposed to a single story, and create stereotypes about different groups of people that go unchallenged.

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It is important to be aware of our own biases before engaging in social change work so that we do not perpurate harm or make assumption about people and their problems, before we try to solve them.

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We can challenge dominant narratives by curating our Instagram pages to not only show people that look like ourselves.

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An example of implicit bias is expecting your nurse at the hospital to be a nurse, and then also being surprised when your surgeon is a woman. This is an example of implicit bias, because we professions are still largely gendered and we are socialized by media and other social agents to see woman and man in different jobs.

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María Arango and Mariana Jimenez

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An example of implicit bias is when society doesn't take seriously a female police officer. The implicit bias says that this profession has a preferred gender (men).

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An example of implicit bias could be if you are sat next to a baby on a plane you will expect a bad ride with a lot of crying and stress.

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We can challenge dominant narrative by diversifying movies and changing the stereotypes. 

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We can challenge dominant narrative by diversifying movies and changing the stereotypes. 

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Mariana Jimenez and Maria Arango

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To challenge dominant narrative we have to look at multiple angles of one same story to ensure that we get as close to the truth as possible. Outside of what people would want you to know.

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an example of implicit bias is when police officer consider specific people bigger threats in comparison to others

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To challenge Dominant Narratives we can start looking at things with multiple perspectives in mind.

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to challenge the dominant narrative is simply to question. By questioning the dominant narrative, we find the real meaning behind it, and it is up to us whether we agree with it or not.

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We can challenge dominant narratives by creating new and more inclusive movies and media that contradicts dominant narratives.

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If you are walking on the street and see a man and a women you would think that the man will rob you and therefore take the specific precautions. This will be because you will attach things like innocence and 'motherly behavior' to her. Additionally, if you see a baby with a female you would think the baby is safe however, if you see a baby with a man you could have prejudices.

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It is important to be aware of our own biases before engaging in social work because we can understand other people and their situations better. Like this, a true change would happen.

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It is important to be aware of our own biases because in our projects we will be engaging with people who may be targets to those biases. If that were the case, by not being aware of our own prejudices we can say or do things that may make the target feel attacked or discriminated.

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We must take our own initiative and decisions but also being aware that there isn't a singular universal truth but rather multiple narratives that may all be valid. Education and a shift in the media always portraying the same narrative would help challenge it.
-camila z

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we need to avoid being biased towards other people if we truly want to help society grow and evolve. If we want to be involved with people and do social work with them, we can't prefer them over others, or dislike them over others

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An example of implicit bias would be when we see a female taxi driver and we dont take her seriously

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People usually assume women are bad drivers

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by being aware of our own bias and recognizing there are many sides to each story, we will be more respectful, empathetic and form stronger bonds when approaching people with different cultures or beliefs. Its also important to avoid offending a community or targeting them w a dominant narrative.
-camila z

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expand your knowledge by educating yourself and interacting with different types of people

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In social work we might engage or work with people who are the targets to these stereotypes so if we are not aware of our own biases it'll be harder to properly understand how other people think or whatever they might be going through.

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An implicit bias is when you pass through a street and think you getting robbed 

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An implicit bias is when you pass through a street and think you getting robbed 

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so we can properly understand people's situations and act accordingly

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It is important to be aware of our own biases because we have to be aware of or social norms to be able to make an impact. In order to do this we have to revise ourselves and first change in ourselves what we want to be changed in others.

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when we see a woman with aa child its seen as "normal" childcare and an obligation that all moms must do but when we see a man caring for his kid he usually gets praised for "being present" when in reality both genders should play an equal role in caring for their kids.
-camila z

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An affinity group is a generalized idea that links a common purpose, ideologies, and characteristics for a specific group. This will be something harmful since, a person will have specific ideas that are not necessarily true. Therefore, the individual will come with a pre-set mindset.

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It is important because social stereotypes can target people who might be going through something