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Prejudice is another concept.
00:07
People often misconstrue
prejudice with racist.
00:11
We can have prejudice within
the same affinity groups.
00:14
So it's preconceived
judgment or opinions.
00:17
And they're usually
adverse informed
with insufficient
knowledge or information.
00:21
So we become prejudice based
on stereotypes and stigma.
00:26
Again, there's a cycle.
00:27
That happens when we think
about these particular terms.
00:31
And then with stereotypes,
it's a widely held image.
00:35
So we have assigned something
to a person that's negative.
00:40
An image or an idea of
either a person or something,
but we label people.
00:45
And that's what a stereotype is.
00:47
And again,
it feeds into that prejudice
and marginalization of people.
00:51
So what can we do about that,
especially with stereotypes?
Information literacy is
another one of the terms
that we need to be familiar with.
01:01
Just being real about
in today's world,
so many conspiracy theories,
so many different stories
that oftentimes we're all confused
and don't know what to believe.
01:11
So information literacy,
encourages us to think critically,
and make balanced
decisions and judgments
about information we find and use.
01:21
So if we hear something,
we don't want to
take it at face value
and take that as facts and true.
01:26
We want to do our own research
and critically think about it
and think about
how to apply it to all situations
so that we don't continue
to have divisiveness,
especially in the space of
talking about anti-racism,
anti-oppression and equity.
01:42
It's important to think about
the human side of that, again,
I keep saying it,
because that's how important it is.
01:49
Creating equity,
including people
does not mean someone else
will lose out on something.
01:55
The goal or the idea is
not to lessen one group
to bring another group up.
01:59
It's just how can we
create that balance,
that I mentioned a few times?
In all of this work, too, when we
have people with the conspiracies or
things that are not
necessarily valid facts,
those of us who may be a little bit
further along in our journey
have the responsibility
of being upstanders.
02:20
So that means we have to
speak up or act, and support
of individuals or causes
and intervene on behalf
of the human being
that's being attacked or bullied
in any type of situation.
02:31
Or when misinformation
is being spread.
02:33
It is our human responsibility,
humanitarian responsibility
to be an upstander in situations
because all of us will
always be a different levels.
02:43
And just because I might
be bold in one situation,
I might be more
intimidated by another.
02:49
So I may not be able to be
an upstander in a direct way.
02:53
But I can indirectly do something.
02:56
I can speak to someone
who may have a little more courage
or bravery in certain situations,
or who do have power
based on their titles,
power to change some policies.
03:07
If it's in an organization,
power to enforce some policies or
procedures within that organization,
so that we do maintain that sense
of belonging that I mentioned.