Assignment #3: Dialogue about Privilege Due: October 17 by 5pm Length: Approximately 8 pages This assignment builds upon some of your thinking in Assignment #2. Through the process of writing your first paper, you will have thought about one form of privilege that you experience in the social world. In thinking about this form of privilege, create a list of questions/points you would like to raise in a conversation with other individuals who share this form of privilege with you. Email me these questions for feedback and suggestions by September 29th. I would then like you to engage in a dialogue with a group of individuals outside of class (a group of friends, family members, co-workers, etc. or 2-3 separate people outside of class who share the privileged identity you choose to explore (able-bodied, white, male/man, cisgender, heterosexual, middle/upper class, citizen/American born, Christian, etc.). The dialogue is to center around sharing what you have been learning/thinking/feeling about the topic and learning about their experiences/thoughts/feelings related to that particular form of privilege. I highly recommend that you audio record your conversations (though this is not required). If you chose to record the conversations, make sure to ask for everyones consent beforehand. As you prepare to write your reflection paper, having the dialogues available to reference and quote in your paper will make the writing process easier and you will also have a wealth of data readily available to use in your paper. You can transcribe the audio if you like, but that is not required. In this reflection paper I would like you to discuss: a) the nature of peoples responses to your questions (did they have a lot to say about some things and not others? Did any questions surprise people, or seem to make anyone comfortable or uncomfortable?); b) the interpersonal dynamics that occurred during the experience and/or the dynamics that you discovered later by reflecting on the process. (Did sub-groups form during the discussion, and how did people interact with you and each other directly? Any notable non-verbal cues?); c) your own process of self-discovery during the preparation, dialogue, and analysis of the dialogue; and d) how this dialogue relates to the topics we have covered in the course so far, and how this experience will impact your practice as a social worker. The privilege that I used was Being a Male. Also i will attach a copy of the interview to transcribe.

Assignment #3: Dialogue about Privilege

Due: November 5 by 1pm Central Standard time (US)

Length: Approximately 8 pages

This assignment builds upon some of your thinking in Assignment #2.

Through the process of writing your first paper, you will have thought about one form of privilege that you experience in the social world. In thinking about this form of privilege, create a list of questions/points you would like to raise in a conversation with other individuals who share this form of privilege with you. Email me these questions for feedback and suggestions by September 29th.

I would then like you to engage in a dialogue with a group of individuals outside of class (a group of friends, family members, co-workers, etc. or 2-3 separate people outside of class who share the privileged identity you choose to explore (able-bodied, white, male/man, cisgender, heterosexual, middle/upper class, citizen/American born, Christian, etc.). The dialogue is to center around sharing what you have been learning/thinking/feeling about the topic and learning about their experiences/thoughts/feelings related to that particular form of privilege.

I highly recommend that you audio record your conversations (though this is not required). If you chose to record the conversations, make sure to ask for everyones consent beforehand. As you prepare to write your reflection paper, having the dialogues available to reference and quote in your paper will make the writing process easier and you will also have a wealth of data readily available to use in your paper. You can transcribe the audio if you like, but that is not required.

In this reflection paper I would like you to discuss: a) the nature of peoples responses to your questions (did they have a lot to say about some things and not others? Did any questions surprise people, or seem to make anyone comfortable or uncomfortable?); b) the interpersonal dynamics that occurred during the experience and/or the dynamics that you discovered later by reflecting on the process. (Did sub-groups form during the discussion, and how did people interact with you and each other directly? Any notable non-verbal cues?); c) your own process of self-discovery during the preparation, dialogue, and analysis of the dialogue; and d) how this dialogue relates to the topics we have covered in the course so far, and how this experience will impact your practice as a social worker.

The privilege that I used was Being a Male.
Also i will attach a copy of the interview to transcribe.