{"id":3797,"date":"2022-01-04T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T20:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/?post_type=resource-toolkit&#038;p=3797"},"modified":"2022-01-04T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T20:27:51","slug":"recognizing-and-owning-our-privilege-why-is-it-so-hard-for-so-many","status":"publish","type":"resource-toolkit","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/resource-toolkit\/recognizing-and-owning-our-privilege-why-is-it-so-hard-for-so-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing and Owning Our Privilege: Why is it so hard for so many?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This 60-minute audio explores the difficulties of recognizing privilege while being apart of a marginalized identity or group. This audio discusses the difference between individual experiences and recognizing our own systematic power. This audio challenges listeners to think about their experiences and access to resources or opportunities and how people within additional marginalized groups may experience limited access due to systematic power dynamics. This audio asks:<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>TO REFLECT ON<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why is it so hard for so many to acknowledge their privileged identities?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why is it critical that people \u201cown\u201d their privilege?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What are some approaches that help others more effectively identify and explore their privilege?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What could be different if most everyone in organizations acknowledged their membership in both their marginalized and privileged identities?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> How could this accelerate creating greater equity and inclusion? (Obear, 2019)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 60-minute audio explores the difficulties of recognizing privilege while being apart of a marginalized identity or group. This audio discusses the difference between individual experiences and recognizing our own systematic power. This audio challenges listeners to think about their experiences and access to resources or opportunities and how people within additional marginalized groups may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19144,"featured_media":3798,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-toolkit\/3797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-toolkit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource-toolkit"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-toolkit\/3797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3799,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-toolkit\/3797\/revisions\/3799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}