Racial+Identity

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[|Media that Matters] - Check out these short films #1 slip of the Tongue, #2. A Girl Like Me, #16 No Child [|Essay by Jamaal Majeed - "Being Content With Myself] [|Light Skin Privilege] [|Michelle in Wax]
 * Skin Color Debates**

//[|Ponytail; A poem for Gabby Douglas]//

=Being Content with Myself= by Kamaal Majeed U-tube discussion of the "N" word

Compare with **Nutter's campaign**... see Pennsylvania Gazette. [|Free Our Minds - The Root]
 * How race effects the Obama campaign** http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23122137/from/ET/

//This model of Racial Identity Development is cited in __Multicultural Mentoring of the Gifted and Talented__ by Torrance, Goff, and Satterfield (1998), pgs 9-12. Compare these models with the "Continuum" of Cultural Proficiency//. Cultural Proficiency 101

I. Minority Identity Development Model Atkinson, Morten, and Sue (1983)
1. **//Conformity Stage://** an individual identifies more strongly with the dominant cultural values than his or her own, resulting in self-deprecating attitudes and beliefs; members of the dominant cultural are admired, respected, emulated and deemed superior; sterotypes are accepted and believed.

2. **//Dissonance Stage://** an individual experiences confusion and conflict about the values and beliefs of the dominant culture; he or she may actively question sterotypes...a growing awareness that not all cultural values of the dominant culture are beneficial.

3. **//Resistance and Immersion Stage://** an individual actively rejects the dominant culture and accepts his or her cultural group's values, traditions, and customs; the desire to eliminate oppression of the indivual's minority group becomes an important motivation; there is a feeling of distrust and dislike for all members of the dominant culture.

4. **//Introspection Stage://** an individual questions his or her rigid rejection of the dominant cultural values; there is recogniton than many elements of the dominant culture are highly functional and desirable, but confusion as to how to incorporate these elements into the minority culture; there is confusion regarding loyalty to the individual's cultural group and...the struggle for self-awareness continues.

5. **//Synergetic Articulation and awareness Stage://** an individual selects elements from both minority and dominant cultural values in developing a cultural identity; there is a strong commitment and desire to eliminate all forms of oppression; the individual develops a positive self-image and a strong sense of self-worth and confidence; the individual reaches out to differnet minority groups in order to understand his or her own cultural values and ways of life.

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