Definition of Resistance
... someone up in mainstream activities. • About filling up someone’s day with as many activities as possible to “kill time.” • Believing we are all the same or should be the same. • Trying to “fix” someone so they can then fit in. • Giving a group of people token representation to appear inclusive. It goes much deeper… Inclusion is based on the following beliefs: • We are all unique in value. • We can all learn and grow. • We all have abilities, talents and gifts to offer. • We all have contributions to make. • We all have the responsibility to give every person the chance to make a contribution. Inclusion is: • Celebrating our diversity and differences with respect and gratitude. • Accepting and valuing someone for who they are. • Looking beyond the disability and getting to know the person. • Recognizing a person’s abilities and strengths. • Making sure everyone has the opportunities necessary to participate to the fullness of their capacity. • Being willing to accommodate differences and provide options. • Recognizing the value of a person’s contributions. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BE INCLUDED? • When all people participate, everyone benefits. Communities are opened up to the vast array of abilities, talents and gifts of all who are included. • When all people participate, the opportunity for people with disabilities to make decisions about their own lives is more likely. • When all people participate, communities are exposed to a variety of opportunities to learn and grow through creative thinking and accommodation. The next story is an example of how someone thought of a way to accommodate someone. WHAT IS INCLUSION? Token By Gail Bottoms I’ve been called a lot of names, Retard, Simple, downright plain. Now a new one I can claim Add Token to my name A token they say sits on boards and committees and such, You listen to plans but do not touch. They have you there it is clear and plain To be a symbol – consumer: guy or dame. You’re just a token – they want your name. We have a consumer on our board – we’re good birds But you’re not given a chance to say a word. If you say something, you’re not heard. You’re just a token - nothing more. I guess of the names I can recall, I hate Token most of all. Definition of Ghetto Noun 1. ghetto - formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto" quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" 2. ghetto - any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool" life - a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" 3. ghetto - a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions city district - a district of a town or city What is a Minority Group · A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their lives than members of a dominant or majority group · Not limited to mathematical minority: example women, Blacks in South Africa, Blacks in Mississippi and South Carolina in the 1920's · Interchangeable with subordinate group · A group that experiences a narrowing of opportunities (success, education, wealth, etc) that is disproportionately low compared to their numbers in the society Characteristics of a Minority Group · Distinguishing physical or cultural traits, e.g. skin color or language · Unequal Treatment and Less Power over their lives · Involuntary membership in the group (no personal choice) · Awareness of subordination and strong sense of group solidarity · High In-group Marriage Types of Minority Groups Racial Groups who are classified according to obvious physical characteristics, e.g. skin color US Racial Minority Groups: Blacks, American Indian, Asian Americans, Hawaiians Religious Groups who have a religion other than the dominant faith. US Religious minorities - Muslims, Amish, Mormons, Roman Catholics Gender Males are a social majority; women demonstrate four out of five characteristics of minority status. There are no in-group marriages. Definition of Ethnic Group An ethnic group is a group of people who identify with one another, or are so identified by others, on the basis of either presumed cultural or biological similarities, or both. Like race and nation, the notion of ethnicity developed in the context of European colonial expansion, when mercantilism and capitalism were promoting global movements of populations at the same time that state boundaries were being more clearly and rigidly defined. In the nineteenth century, modern states generally sought legitimacy through their claim to represent "nations." Nation-states, however, invariably include indigenous populations that were excluded from the nation-building project, or recruit laborers from outside their borders; such people typically constitute ethnic groups. Members of ethnic groups, consequently, often understand their own identity in terms of something outside of the history of the nation-state -- either an alternate history, or in ahistorical terms, or in terms of a connection to another nation-state. Such identity often expresses itself through various "traditions" which, although often of recent invention, appeal to some notion of the past. Sometimes ethnic groups are subject to prejudicial attitudes and actions by the state or its constituents. In the twentieth century, people began to argue that conflicts among ethnic groups or between members of an ethnic group and the state can and should be resolved in one of two ways. Some, like Jürgen Habermas and Bruce Barry, have argued that the legitimacy of modern states must be based on a notion of political rights of autonomous individual subjects. According to this view the state ought not to acknowledge ethnic, national or racial identity and should instead enforce political and legal equality of all individuals. Others, like Charles Taylor and William Kymlicka have argued that the notion of the autonomous individual is itself a cultural construct, and that it is neither possible nor right to treat people as autonomous individuals. According to this view, states must recognize ethnic identity and develop processes through which the particular needs of ethnic groups can be accommodated within the boundaries of the nation-state. Definition of Diversity Diversity used to be a perfectly good and descriptive word which meant "variety". In the 1990's the racial quota industry co-opted the term Diversity to have a distinctly political, pro-quota meaning. What the racial special interests specifically mean when they refer to Diversity is actually Forced Diversity or Artificial Diversity, i.e., the hiring or admission of the government-defined correct numbers of certain protected classes, i.e., supposedly "disadvantaged" persons of color. Thus, in context, Diversity (forced or artificial diversity) means "having the government-approved number of each race, gender, and ethnicity" in your work force or student body. The racial special interests want you to believe that forced diversity (a.k.a. artificial diversity) is a high-minded, inclusive concept denoting one, big, happy, multi-ethnic, multi-racial, cooperative, tolerant family. Nothing could be further from the truth. Look out w...