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The rEvolutionaries Project

What social issues are given more priority in a school setting and how does
that differ between students of different grades?

Gloriann Flemens
High Tech High
Mona Kiana, Lisa Griffin, Bernardo Quintero
Semester #1
2015~2016

Table of Contents:

1. Personal Narrative Essay: Identity Markers and Privilege: Under My Skin


(Pgs: 2-6)
2. Privilege Interview: Beyond the Lines (Pgs: 7-11)
3. Project Proposal: Prejudice Visibility (Pgs: 12-13)
4. Project Experiment (Pgs: 14-22)
5. Project Analysis & Implications (Pgs: 23-26)
6. Project Experiment Reflections & Write Up (Pgs: 27-32)

7. Research Process & Source Summaries (Pgs: 33)


8. Interview Highlights & Reflection (Pgs: 34-35)
9. Latin American Compare~Contrast Assignment (Pgs: 36-37)

Gloriann Flemens
MLB Team
Personal Narrative
AM
rEvolutionaries Privilege Personal Narrative
Under My Skin
Identity. Who you are as a person. Something that cannot be taken away because it is you
who has the power over it. A state of mind that sums up who you are as a person. Where you
came from, what you like to do, and how you came to be. With each identity, comes different
privileges. Ever since I was little I knew that everyone was privileged in there own way. No one
was ever the same, because we are all different.
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On the day April 7th, 2000, came a new person, with a new identity. My name is
Gloriann Flemens, and I was born in San Diego, California. I was born into a filipino/ whiteamerican household as the oldest in my main family. I have one younger brother, and the second
to oldest overall including my two cousins. When I was in first grade my parents officially had
gotten into a divorce and from then on I was seeing my parents separately. Seeing them
separately hasn't really affected me brutally because my mother has always been independent, so
she was able to comfort my brother and I even if I didn't see my dad as much as her. Wherever I
lived my stepdad, has lived with us as long as I can remember, so on the days where I would be
with my mom instead of my dad, I would always have some type of father figure.
This is just a snippet of what I consider to be my identity. When I was younger I was
never really curious to who I was as a person. But, as I got older I noticed that everyone is
unique in their own way. Everyone has their own identity which I realized maybe in
kindergarten. I remember looking around my classroom staring at different children who looked
different than me, sounded different, and had different interests. I've always known about
identity, and I finally learned about the actual meaning to it in the second or third grade.
During my first year of kindergarten I also noticed that everyone was privileged
differently. I saw children who had certain things that I didn't have and I saw that I had certain
things that the other kids in my class did not have. I knew that there were always going to be
benefits that I was blessed with, while I realized that there are some privileges that I am not able
to have. Now that I'm older, I realize that I still have more to learn about my personal identity
and I'm learning about how my privileges can help me and what disadvantages I have in my life.
This includes what privileges and disadvantages I have that have to do with my race, language,
social class, gender, etc.

My mother is full filipino while my father is half white and filipino. Technically, I am
seventy five percent filipino but my father doesn't really take on any filipino traits, he looks more
white than filipino. He uses his caucasian side more often, he cooks white food, sounds more
white than filipino, and was raised in a more traditional white-american household. For that
reason, I consider myself to be half white and half filipino because whenever I'm with my dad, I
experience my white side more often, to whereas when I'm with my mom, I experience a very
traditional filipino lifestyle, from the food to the language.
I first acknowledged and became interested in my race when I was in first or second
grade. In kindergarten I was at a school with a more diverse group of students. When I had
transferred to a private christian school, I saw that there were more students who shared the same
race as me, filipino. Then again, to transfer back into a public school and being exposed to
different types of cultures and races in second grade.
Growing up with my mom and being exposed a different culture, foods, and language,
I've always been use to a different cultural vibe. My filipino side has always been a great
example. My family cooks a majority of filipino food that we eat almost everyday. On the days
I'm not eating filipino food, I'm either eating mexican, chinese, american, etc. I've been exposed
to two different languages, Tagalog and English. When I was younger I used to be fluent in
tagalog because I used to live in the philippines.
But, as I got older and moved back to the United States, my tagalog slowly started to fade
away. I feel like this happens because since I moved back to the United States, my filipino
cultural side had stirpped aways from me so suddenly that my memory of tagalog just started to
slowly fade away since everything around me was being taught in english. I am grateful to this
day, I still am able to at least understand the language whenever one of my family member

speaks to me in it. Tagalog was a great part of me because it allowed me to communicate better
with my friends back in the philippines, as well as my grandparents today. Not being as fluent as
I was back then has always made me so upset because I'm missing out on something that has
always been apart of me and my culture. It has allowed me to make connections that I'm trying to
regain today.
At home, with my mother's side and my father's side, I've noticed as I grew up our range
in the social class scale is average. My parents have always been great supporters to me, whether
if it was I wanted something, or supporting me in whatever I do. Knowing if I was financially
stable, or if my family ever needed extra support has never been a problem to my family. I know
that this is a great privilege that I have and still am going through because not everyone does not
need to worry if they are ever going to have enough money, or whatever it is they may need.
Experiencing being female has had its up and downs. I've always been treated special
whenever it came to certain situations, like when it came to doing certain jobs such as lifting
heavy things, or toughing gross things such as taking out the garbage. I've always been able to
avoid those types of situations, and it was nice but now as I'm getting older I tend to want to be
more independent and me being a young girl it has been a struggle. I remember in middle school
and as of right now in highschool people only judge me for the way I look, feminine. I've had
guys tell me that there shocked that I'm able to get straight As and maintain it, or that they
always question whenever I choose to do something independently.
Growing up coming from a very independent woman, my mother, she has always taught
me that being an independent woman is a powerful thing to be. I wouldn't ever need to depend
on anyone, I could hold myself up better. Experiencing those negative situations being a female

has only pushed me to do better and show everyone that I am able to do things I want to do if I
set my mind to it. In my opinion, gender doesn't matter.
Looking back on my past experiences with these different privileges I have to say that I
am grateful. I've been able to go through things that has made me who I am today. Even though I
may have experienced some negative things throughout my experience figuring out who I am,
and what i can do. It has been worth it. I still am trying to figure out who I am, and I want to
learn more about how other privileges have affected me in any way. I feel like everyone should
be able to appreciate who they are, and what they were brought into. After really studying about
different privileges, I want to encourage others to discover more about themselves and their
personal identity because they could end up learning more than what they thought.

Gloriann Flemens
MLB Team
Privilege Interview
AM

rEvolutionaries Privilege Interview


Beyond the Lines
We recently had started a new project that focuses on privilege and probability. For this
part of the project each student needed to interview someone who does not benefit from a
privilege that you already benefit from. I choose to do my interview based on race. When it
comes to my race, I have the benefit of being a white and filipino (asian) female. Studies
currently show how these are the top two ranking races in education. These two races are most
popular when it comes to entering and attending college.
I have chosen to interview my aunt's boyfriend, Jarrin Mashar Futae. Jarrin was born in
San Diego, California identified as an african american male. He has grown up in San Diego all
his life. Jarrin enjoys playing video games, performing while playing the drums, and going for
walks. I chose to interview Jarrin because he as society claims, does not have the same privilege
as I due to his race/ culture. His race is one of the cultures that do not benefit when it comes to
school show that the African American and Latino cultures have low percentages when it comes
to the acceptance of college. I wanted to ask him how he felt about his race, his experiences, and
his thoughts on discrimination.

Interview:
Q: Could you explain/ describe some of your experiences being an african american male?
A: To be completely honest, as an african american male living in american society, I find it
very integrated. Normally it's common for most people of a particular race to stick among their
own race, but I feel like I've had a slightly different experience. I've been exposed to different
cultures and they have generally accepted me just based off of who I am. Not any perceived
difference, or If I hang out with him then he will act in a particular way. I always found that it's
naturally better to be myself and have people accept me that way, rather than for the color of my
skin or any associated stereotypes that might be perceived from my culture."

Q: Have you never had a negative experience based off of the way you look?
A: "Well unfortunately it's impossible to never be completely unjudged by a person you have
never met before, so there have been experiences where I was being treated slightly differently
but never to the point to where it became violent or from a place of hatred. It would always be
something along the lines of, "Oh you're an African American or (Black) and you don't do
"___"?. Or people would be confused onto why I don't act a certain way, but once I explain to
them why I act in this certain way, or explain to why I am the kind of person I am, they see it
through my actions and perceive to treat me as a normal person from then."

Q: Are you proud of race/ culture?

A: "I am proud of my race and culture in general. I feel as an African American people do
assume things like "Oh the African American race is only good at sports or music", which I am
not gonna lie guilty, I do like music and to perform, but not the kind of music that would be
perceived from my background. People generally assume I probably like rap or hip hop, general
stereotypes, but I'll say "No I like rock and roll, punk, hardcore music" and they're shocked,
they're just like "What, I would've never expected that!", and it's like well the more you know."

Q: What are your feelings towards the Martin Luther King movement? How did you feel as an
African American learning about that?
A: "I feel like to truly understand that movement you would need to do more studying of
research of your own personal interest like outside of the school environment. Unfortunate I still
feel, as my personal opinion, the public school systems still gives a "saftey version" of the events
of that movement and civil rights in general. Not that they discriminate, but facts are still often
left out and not always out there. The general idea is still there which is important, people should
understand what came from that movement, but I feel like it would never hurt and take personal
interest and get all the facts behind the story. There's more to it, and in general I do feel that we
as a society have a long way to go for everyone to truly have equal rights."

Q: What is your opinion on discrimination?


A: To be honest I feel like discrimination in general is something that starts off at home. I dont
think anyone just starts off natively hating a person its something thats taught to them as they
grow up. The only way discrimination towards others people is going to be stopped is if people
teach others around them and teach the new born generation that you shouldnt discriminate for

looks but for the content of the heart. I think that discrimination starts off with by the influence
of others actions because no one is trained immediately to hate someone of a certain way.

Reflection:
1. How was your interview experience? How did it make you feel?
My interview experience was really calm and smooth. Since I've known my uncle Jarrin for a
while now all the questions that I asked him came out well and he seemed comfortable when
answering the questions. It made me feel excited, and amazed because he was really truthful
during the interview, I suspected that he maybe feel uncomfortable when answering the questions
but he took them like nothing. I didnt know what would his answers be and it made me wonder
how he really felt when the interview was in progress. I soon got to her the truth on how he feels.

2. Did anything about your interview surprise you?


When he had answered the first questions where he stated that other cultures have accepted him
for who he was, that shocked me because I suspected maybe people judge him before hand but
I'm glad that others have had accepted him for himself. I also thought the interview would be
really goofy and we both would be laughing when asking the questions and him answering them,
but that was not the case. It was very professional, during the recording he sounded very truthful
and serious.

3. What are your reactions to what was revealed in your interview?


I was a bit shocked. I never thought that he would feel still that us as one society have yet a long
way to go regarding discrimination. He expressed his feelings and emotions to his opinions on
the school systems and it turned out that we both have the same ideas and opinions when it

comes to the full truth not being told about the school systems. I was happy to hear his ideas on
how discrimination could decrease. It was nice to hear that others outside of me doing this
project think about these things as well.

4. What did you learn from the interview?


I learned that yes, America as a society has grown and changed from way back then from the
Martin Luther King movement, but we still have a long way to go. I realized this after the
interview that still, we don't really have equal rights for everyone. Things may not be like how it
was in the past but there are still some similarities that the african american race still feel live to.
I learned that these actual topics that we learn today in class are still being thought of to this day.
I now know I shouldn't take them for granted because they still do happen today.

Gloriann Flemens
Jordan Damond
Jalani Taylor
Caitlin Wasielewski

Project Proposal: Prejudice Visibility

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Essential Question: What social issues are given more priority in a school setting and how does that
differ between students of different grades?

Justification:
Our topic is prejudice visibility, which is related to all types of prejudice and whether or
not people recognizes those problems. It is important to us because we feel as if people should be
aware of the issues around us. Because, if we dont know what type of problems are happening
in the world how can we solve those problems? This addresses the privilege of having the option
of dealing with prejudice and having the ability to ignore it. Our essential question is what social
issues are given more priority in a school setting and how does that differ between elementary
students, middle school students, and high school students?
We wish to hand how a survey to 3 separate age groups and have an open ended
discussion afterwards about the type of problems they discuss in their classes. A few sub
questions would be What type of problems are they most interested in or What problems do
they value over others? Answering these questions will give us a better understanding of what
problems will be addressed in the future. Each of brings something to the group. Gloriann and
Jalani are both outgoing and very social. They are willing to gather any information whether it
being interviewing someone or doing research online thoroughly. Jordan is very dedicated to the
topic and wishes to find out the answer to each of the questions. Caitlin is very good at
organizing her thoughts and making sense of the information. We feel as if we are a good group
to work together because of how our skills allow us to work with each other. Also each of us are
very open minded to feedback.

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Gloriann Flemens
Caitlin Wasielewski
Jalani Taylor
Jordan Diamond

rEvolutionaries Project Experiment


Topic: Prejudice Visibility
Essential Question:
What social issues are given more priority in a school setting and how does that differ between
students of different grades?

Survey Questions:
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Choose the one issue that your teacher speaks the most about in a positive way (to advocate for
the issue)
Choose the one issue that you hear talked about the most in a negative way (jokes, rude
comments)
Choose the one issue that you hear talked about the most in a positive way
Which of these issues do you wish got more recognition or was spoken more about in a positive
way?
Which of these issues do you want to learn more about?

Sample Size: 75
9th & 10th grade: 37 students
11th & 12th grade: 38 students
Sample Population: Students at High Tech High, from all four grades
Frequency Tables:
Jordan:
Question: Choose the one issue that your teacher speaks the most of in a positive way. (To
advocate for the issue)
Racism
9th&10th
Relative
Freq.

Total

Jalani:
13

Social
Class

LGBT
Inequality

None
4

Total
18

---> 13%

---> 19%

---> 5%

---> 3%

---> 11%

---> 49%

Racism

Sexism

Body
Image

Social
Class

LGBT
Inequality

None

11th&12th
Relative
Freq.

Body
Image

Sexism

10
---> 26%

1
---> 3%

15

2
---> 5%

9
---> 24%

10

1
---> 3%

15
---> 39%

33

37
100%

38
100%
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Question: Choose the issue that you hear talked about the most in a negative way. (Jokes,
rude comments)
Racism
9th&10th
Relative
Freq.

18
---> 48%
Racism

11th&12th
Relative
Freq.

---> 55%

Social
Class
5

LGBT
Inequality
0

None

Total

---> 13%

---> 15%

---> 0%

---> 8%

---> 16%

Sexism

Body
Image

Social
Class

LGBT
Inequality

None

21

Total

Body
Image

Sexism

3
---> 8%

39

4
---> 11%

3
---> 7%

4
---> 12%

37

38

75

---> 7%

Gloriann:
Question: Choose the one issue you hear talked about the most in a positive way
Racism
9th&10th
Relative
Freq.

Sexism
2

Social
Class
5

LGBT
Inequality
4

None

12

Total
12

---> 5%

---> 5%

---> 15%

---> 11%

---> 32%

---> 32%

Racism

Sexism

Body
Image

Social
Class

LGBT
Inequality

None

11th&12th
Relative
Freq.

Body
Image

7
---> 18%

Total

2
---> 5%

4
---> 11%

1
---> 3%

13
---> 34%

37

11

38

---> 29%
25

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Caitlin:

Question: Which of these issues do you wish got more recognition or was spoken more
about in a positive way?
Racism
9th&10th
Relative
Freq.

14

Body
Image

Sexism
8

Social
Class
5

LGBT
Inequality
6

None
3

Total
7

---> 22%

---> 22%

---> 13%

---> 16%

---> 8%

---> 19%

Racism

Sexism

Body

Social

LGBT

None

37

Image
11th&12th
Relative
Freq.

8
---> 21%

Total

4
---> 11%

16

Class

Inequality

3
---> 8%

12

11
---> 29%

5
---> 13%

17

38

14

75

---> 18%
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Question: Which of these issues do you want to learn more about?


Racism
9th&10th
Relative
Freq.

Total

15

Social
Class

LGBT
Inequality

None
1

Total
10

---> 24%

---> 19%

---> 16%

---> 11%

---> 2%

---> 28%

Racism

Sexism

Body
Image

Social
Class

LGBT
Inequality

None

11th&12th
Relative
Freq.

Body
Image

Sexism

2
---> 5%

8
---> 21%

11

2
---> 5%

15

14
---> 37%

18

2
---> 5%

10

37

38

---> 26%
3

20

75

Circle Graphs:
Jordan:

16

Jalani:

17

Gloriann:

18

19

Caitlin:

20

Caitlin pt.2:

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Gloriann Flemens
Caitlin Wasielewski
Jalani Taylor
Jordan Damond

Privilege Project: Analysis and Implications


Privilege: Privilege Visibility
Essential Question: What social issues are given more priority in a school setting and how does
that differ between students of different grades?
Sample Size: 75
9th & 10th grade: 37 students
11th & 12th grade: 38 students
Sample Population: Students from High Tech High, from all four grades.

1. What is the probability that a HTH student does not hear their teacher talk about
an issue in a positive way?
P(chose none in response to first question AND HTH student) = 33/75 = 44%

2. What is the probability that a HTH student hears racism talked about in the most
negative way?
P(chose racism in response to second question AND HTH student) = 39/75 = 52%

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3. What is the probability that LGBT inequality is the issue talked about the most in
a positive way?
P(chose LGBT inequality in response to the third question ) = 25/75 = 33.3%

4. What is the probability that students at High Tech High which social class got
more recognition?
P(chose social class in response to the fourth question) = 17/75 = 22%

5. What is the probability that students at High Tech High dont want to learn about
any issue?
P(chose none in response to the fifth question AND HTH student) = 20/75 = 26%

6. What is the probability that students at High Tech High want to learn more about
social class?
P(chose social class in response to the fifth question AND HTH student) = 18/75 = 24%

7. What is the probability that an 11th/12th grader heard racism talked about in a
negative way?
P(chose racism in response to the second question| 11th & 12th grade) = 21/38 = 55%

8. What is the probability that an 9th/10th grader heard racism talked about in a
negative way?
P(chose racism in response to the second question| 9th & 10th grade) = 18/37 = 48%

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When analyzing this data, we found that students in HTH are exposed to the subject of
racism much more than LGBT Inequality or Social Class. Out of the 75 students that we gave
surveys over 50% of them have heard Racist jokes more than any other type of derogatory joke.
We also learned that certain students arent being exposed to any of the selected problems. 44%
of HTH students do not hear a problem advocated against by their teachers. 33% of HTH
students hear LGBT inequality talked about the most in a positive way.
When we asked the students what issues they wished got more recognition, the answers
were all across the board and there was no one topic that stood out. Something that surprised us
when we were looking over our data was the number of people who said they didnt want to
learn about any social issues (26% of HTH students) Something else that surprised us was that
zero 9th and 10th graders heard social class being talked about in a negative way. From
conducting this experiment, we can conclude that racism and LGBT inequality are two issues
that get the most recognition, positive and negative at HTH. While issues such as Social Class
get only a fraction of the recognition that those other two problems get. Not only that but we can
also conclude that over 25% of the students included in this experiment at HTH have no interest
on learning about any of the selected issues.
The reason the data we have collected is important is because the answers that High Tech
High students have given us is not only representative of the student body here at High Tech. Its
a possibility that the data we received from our study speaks for our generation as a whole. For
example, if 48.6% of the students we surveyed told us that they hear racism joked about or talked
about negatively often , It is likely that 40 - 50% of students from other high schools would also
say that they hear racism being talked about negatively often or perhaps even on a daily basis. If
this is the case that means we can confidently say that our survey results accurately represent our
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age group as a whole in San Diego schools. And if we can apply that percentage to teens, then
we can most likely apply the rest of our stats as well. Making our project not just about High
Tech students, but about high school students in general.
In hindsight, when conducting this survey, we could have worded the questions better.
Some questions such as Choose the issue that your teacher speaks about the most in a positive
way (to advocate for the issue) or Choose the one issue that you hear talked about the most in a
negative way (jokes, rude comments) were confusing to the people we were surveying. We
didnt take into account speaking of in a positive way can mean agreeing with the prejudice.
We all assumed that the people we were surveying, were against all the issues and believed in
equality for all the issues. We didnt think about the people who might think racism or sexism is
right/justified and how they might interpret the questions. In the survey, we also asked a two
opened ended questions, hoping we might get some interesting story responses. Unfortunately,
we didnt get many good responses and didnt record the ones we did get. We also wanted to
hold an open ended discussion after the surveys were filled out, but that didnt pan out either. We
decided not to include that after we tried to hold the discussion with a class that was unwilling to
participate.

Gloriann Flemens
Jordan Damond
Jalani Taylor
Caitlin Wasielewski

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Experiment Reflection

Privilege is a special right, advantage, or immunity, granted to only a particular person or


a group of people. Everyone has different privileges being offered to them, and many people
experience privilege on a daily basis without even noticing it. Little things in life can be
accounted for as a privilege. Such as, in America, we have the privilege of always having access
to clean water to whereas some countries cannot do this. Privilege can come in many forms, and
it is a great part of our lives that can affect us in a positive or negative way. Race, gender, sexual
orientation, social class, etc; are some social structures that affect us in life related to privilege.
Privilege is related to probability. Depending on your chances of something happening, it can be
affected by the amount of privilege someone, or a group of people have.

Probability is the likelihood of an event happening. To find the probability of an event,


we look at the number of favorable outcomes out of the total number outcomes. In probability,
there are two different kind of events, independent and dependent. Independent events are not
affected by previous events but dependent events are. There are also simple events and
compound events. A simple event describes a single outcome while a compound event describes
an event made up of two or more simple events. One way to find the probability of an event is to
test it through an experiment or simulation. Through running experiments, you can find the
experimental probability which is the number of times the event occurs out of the number of
trials. According to the Law of Large Numbers, the more experiments you run or the larger the
sample size, the closer the experimental probability will be to the theoretical probability. The
theoretical probability is the closest to the truth you can get.

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After discussing both probability and privilege its about time we compare the two and
see whether they affect each other or not. As shown in a discrimination profiling experiment, The
Angry Eye, probability is used as a way to access privilege and the lack of privilege. For instance
its more probable that a person who is constantly told to be beneath another to fail than it is for
someone being constantly told they are above another to fail. The privilege that you gain in turn
affects the probability of certain events happening. For instance african americans have a greater
chance of getting into college but they also have less of a chance of meeting the requirements
necessary to apply for college. People who have a better social status have a better chance at
getting into more prominent schools and in turn receiving a higher education. There is also an
issue with morale as those with less privilege are often noticed and given prejudice based of their
lack of privilege. As shown with the Angry Eye experiment where an elementary school teacher
had the students judge one another by their eyesight, the students that were told they were
serperior based off their eyesight not only did better academically but choose to mock others who
did not have the privileges they held. The privileged are given more opportunities and they in
turn have a higher chance of succeeding because of their upbringing. While the no privileged are
constantly being put down whether its emotionally, mentally, economically or physically.
However that doesnt always mean that the non privileged dont succeed and that doesnt mean
that the ones who are privileged are always cruel to the non privileged. It all depends on the
person and whether or not they can see past the material value of people. If they can see the
greater value from within.

Personal Reflections

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Jordans Reflection:
As an African American male I know what difficulties some of the non privileged face
and how they are treated. I have experienced several of those disadvantages, or lack of
advantages myself. How I have been judged based off the color of my skin. The standards that
people set for me seem to naturally be lower because of the false stereotype that all African
Americans are stupid. However I also have recognized the privileges that I do have being an
African American. The privilege of a close correlation and connection to others of my race. The
privilege I have from being able minded. However before doing this project I had not realised
just how much more privilege I have than others. Those that dont have a good social status, or
those that feel shackled by the accusations that come with religion and gender. Those that feel
restricted and honestly held back do to them not being able minded. The privileges that I hold
over others and the privileges that others hold over me. The very things that we use to separate us
can be sacrificed to make us equal. To make all of us realize that as different as we are that all of
us are the same species. Human. However, I dont believe that we are now ready to do that.
Because for years we humans have been taught one thing, to strive for greatness. To be the best
whether it be at our profession or another occupation. We have been taught to do better than
others. Some of us are unable be satisfied with their own current success. They want more that
they dont really need. And until we humans are able to become satisfied with what we already
have we will never be able to sacrifice our luxuries to give others what they need.

Caitlins Reflection:
My privilege is being half white, able-bodied, able-minded, straight and coming from a
financially stable home. In many ways, Id say that I have it pretty great. I dont face
discrimination on a daily basis, partly because I live in a very open-minded/forward thinking
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area and I enjoy many systematic privileges. My non-privileges would are being female and half
japanese but even these qualities dont put me at a severe disadvantage. I, personally, can use my
many privileges to stand up, advocate for, and be an ally to those who do not enjoy the same
privileges I do. It is much more powerful for someone who enjoys a privilege to stand up for
someone who does not enjoy that privilege. Its unfortunate that systematic privilege exists just
to oppress people over things they cant change like their race, gender, or sexual orientation. I
admire how far we have come as a society, but I want to acknowledge how far we still need to go
to achieve an community that treats everyone equally. Im not sure if my generation is ready to
give up our comforts and privilege to make the world more just because I can only speak for
what I see in my community. I dont necessarily know what other teenagers believe in, in other
parts of the country and in the world.

Glorianns Reflection:
Growing up, I've never actually thought about the privileges and disadvantages that come
with my identity. Being able to experience life, as a half white, able bodied and minded, straight
young girl has been always normal for me. But, as I soon started to realize all of the privilege
that I have, which were the ones I mentioned before, I now know that I and everyone else should
appreciate what is given to them. Even though these may be the small things in life, I know they
have a great impact. Having these privileges in life so far have been great for me, I'm living a
good life. Some disadvantages that would come to me would be being female, but even this
disadvantage does not affect me in any drastic way. Starting this project helped me see that I can
use my privileges to help others. I remember hearing in class how its more powerful when
someone stands up for you if they have a particular privilege you don't have. I intend to advocate
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for others whenever I can, if they lack a privilege I have. If everyone does this, in my opinion
that's where I feel like when change will happen throughout the world.

Jalani's Reflection:
The most valuable thing I learned when doing research about privilege is that although I
am a minority, I am still in a position where I can help others because of certain advantages I
have. Perhaps the biggest advantage being that i am male, allowing me to advocate for females
and be heard by all. Another area that many people would consider an advantage is that I'm half
white. Being half white gives me the option to associate with either culture I choose. Although
this is not an advantage in every case. For example , because I am mixed I am not necessarily
black or white, therefor I'm not 100% accepted by either of my races. However this disadvantage
is minor in comparison to all the huge advantages I have. Another major advantage I have is that
I live in an extremely positive environment in almost all aspects. I live with both of my parents
therefor I am not affected by divorce .I live in a community that is for the most part accepting of
all people , so I am taught to eliminate prejudice not create it. And I go to a school that allows me
to do projects such as this and learn about the world from a non traditional standpoint . One very
important factor about going to High Tech High is that the fact that I'm a minority didn't affect
whether or not I got into the school. This means I got in but someone who, by society's terms, is
more privileged than me did not. This is very closely related to another topic we learned about,
privilege and probability. In this case the amount of privilege I have did not affect me getting
into this school, however this is a rare example. What is much more common is when privilege
does affect probability. For example if someone has the privilege of living in a wealthy are, they
are much more likely to get into a nice school, and if they do the probability of them being
accepted into a college they apply forms much higher. I consider having the opportunity to do
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this project and others like it a privilege because it gives me the ability to reach out to people
who can take advantage of their privileges and make the world a better place for all, just as I am
being taught to do.

Research Process & Source Summaries

For my article, I read Beyond Prejudice. Make a commitment to change and


make a commitment to a process of change. I like this quote because it really speaks of
about how or if you want to recognize prejudice then you need to start realizing it
quickly, then try to make change of it. Enter a supportive group or a supportive
relationship for making the needed changes. This quote is important when it comes to
overcoming prejudice because it states ways you can overcome it. Entering a support
group or speaking with some of your close family and friends are great ways to speak out
your mind. The last part of the article that stuck out to me when I read it was, Become
aware of your own "self-talk" about other groups of people. I my opinion this line
sounds like take control of yourself and how you think. Don't think about what others are
saying because in the end it's only what your opinion matters.

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Interview Highlights & Reflection


I interviewed Eric Stoner. For the interview with Eric, it was
over google hangouts. We got to discuss privilege, and the
different types of prejudice. We got to hear what he got to say
about intersectionality, and he stated ways everyone can
overcome prejudice by always keeping an open mind. One
thing that really stuck me during the interview was that when
he said, Yeah, i mean, young people have more power than
they realize. Nature of school is to teach to conform and to think outside the box and not
challenge authority. This statement really stuck out to me because it did make me realize that I
have more power than I realized. We young people today are the future and we should really take
more of a stand when it comes to these types of things. There is a rich history of young people
affecting change and moving culture in the right direction. This is another statement
during the interview that really stuck out to me. This stating that specifically my generation
has always been affecting history as well as the future. We may need some guidance but deep
down youth has always been the life and power when it comes to making powerful statements.
Something simple is to be open and build relationships and friendships with people outside

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of your circle. Dont form the cliques, this statement that Eric said is one of my favorites
because he really emphasizes on how that we can overcome anything basically by just keeping
an open mind. I remember during the interview he always stated how if everyone were just to act
kind towards one another then there wouldn't be any of those prejudice problems happening.

Latin American Compare~Contrast Assignment

I decided to do my latin american assignment based on gender inequality. I read two


articles regarding this topic, one from Latin America, and one from the United States. After

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reading both articles, I found that both Latin America and the US have some similarities and
differences when it came to gender inequality in their country.
In America, gender inequality really applies more to the women then men. In America
women are underprivileged with workpay. For every dollar that a man makes, a woman only
makes 79 cents. This may not seem like a lot at the moment, but as time passes women in
America are actually losing so much money that they potentially have earned, due to their
gender. Studies show that women in America tend to be under the man more, they don't have the
courage to actually step up for themselves due to the fact that most men in America have the
higher status quo, thus making them more intimated.
Although, through this unjustified situation, there have been women such as, Lilly
Ledbetter, who have stepped out and advocate for all women everywhere. In 2009, Lilly passed
on a bill to congress regarding equal pay for equal work. She's not the only one who is willing to
stand up for equality throughout AMerica, there have been other bills trying to get passed
containing the same ideas with equal pay, or treatment throughout their workspace. What is
unfortunate about America is that whenever a woman does seem to stand up and speak her voice,
she is often looked at as high demanding, or negative.
The simple image of women in America that our society has created for us tells people
everywhere that women are supposed to be the ones that take the easy route, women are suppose
to stay home and cook. As to a man in America, he shall never need to worry about being
questioned by a higher authority when doing something, he isn't judged by his gender, this is a
privileged woman in America face throughout their life.
In Latin America, women are also facing the same, underprivileged that women ace in
America. In latin america, women only earn up sixty percent to then what would a man make,

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ninety percent when it comes to equal pay. There aren't that many differences between women in
America, and women in Latin America. Technically, it still all comes down to what your gender
is when you want a higher pay. Women in Latin America are showed to be stuck in workplaces
that tend to be informal and unprotected. Research shows that women in latin america tend to
work at home with their family, some families work with their own small business while they
could be taking care of their children. Like american women, research shows that the women in
america are more likely to give up work if their family is need rather than the man.
After reading both of these articles and noticing the many similarities that Latin america,
and America have facing gender inequality, I'm not that surprised. I feel like I already had some
sort of an idea that women everywhere are being treated the same due to our gender. I think that
it's absolutely absurd that being a women in anywhere shows that we don't really earn what we
could be having for our full potential. I hope that something does change with throughout the
whole world, I know as of right now that bills are trying to be passed throughout the US. I
realized that no matter where you are, all women everywhere are going through the same thing,
it's a matter of when all of us come together to speak our voices and beat the average statistics.

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