For National Inclusion Week, GDS Diversity Manager Tia Priest talks definitions of power, privilege, prejudice and intersectionality and how to build an inclusive environment at work.
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Power
noun:
1. The ability or capacity to do something or act in a
particular way.
2. The capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour
of others or the course of events.
3. Physical strength and force exerted by something or
someone.
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Intersectionality
noun:
1. The idea that multiple identities intersect to create a
whole that is different from the component identities.
2. Identities that can intersect include gender, race, social
class, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, age,
mental disability, physical disability, mental illness, and
physical illness as well as other forms of identity
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1 What privilege/s do I have and how does it manifest as
power when working with your team/ other GDS teams/
OGDs?
2 Could my power in these working environments be felt
as prejudice?
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3 Do I evaluate the power and privilege that I may have on
the basis of race, gender, class, sexuality, economics,
religion, physicality, grade, team/programme,
department?
4 Do I avoid difference, in respect of diversity and culture,
in favour of sameness by engaging in covering/
camouflage behaviour? How does my Power and/ or
Privilege impact my behaviour?
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5 How does my cultural conditioning impact the way I work
with others?
6 How aware am I of intersectionality when considering
how I work with others and myself?
Avnesh - Explain that we will split into groups and consider 6 questions (on the next slides and) on posters around the area.
Post it notes and pens will be provided
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All to move between groups and facilitate
Tyronne to facilitate whole group discussion:
What question did they choose and why (if given choice)?
What did they answer/ learn?
What will they take away and/or do differently?
Avnesh to recap and bring back to original question