Good oppression 101 book/webpage (workplace edition)
December 29, 2016 1:21 PM Subscribe
I try to speak up about sexism/racism/etc at work (I'm a scientist) and would like to finish by saying something along the lines of:" you too can educate yourself, here are some resources..." Can you help me to follow through with actual resources?
The problem is that I don't know the resources. Books or well collated collections of articles in a website would be great.
What do you recommend?
The problem I've having is that the level of knowledge is approximately zero -- someone who has never noticed that his colleague stares at women's breasts -- not someone who is interested in the intersection of race with gender and how it plays out in some specific setting.
Of particular interest are thing related to performance and evaluation, job hiring and biases therein, and making open and welcoming spaces.
Yes, I know this is unlikely to work (if you haven't noticed blatant sexual harassment, you're unlikely to care about more subtle forms of oppression), but I'd like to try none the less.
The problem is that I don't know the resources. Books or well collated collections of articles in a website would be great.
What do you recommend?
The problem I've having is that the level of knowledge is approximately zero -- someone who has never noticed that his colleague stares at women's breasts -- not someone who is interested in the intersection of race with gender and how it plays out in some specific setting.
Of particular interest are thing related to performance and evaluation, job hiring and biases therein, and making open and welcoming spaces.
Yes, I know this is unlikely to work (if you haven't noticed blatant sexual harassment, you're unlikely to care about more subtle forms of oppression), but I'd like to try none the less.
Here's a great A-Z on hiring from University of Wisconsin: http://wiseli.engr.wisc.edu/docs/SearchBook_Wisc.pdf
The staring at someone's chest is textbook non-verbal sexual harassment. Do you have someone in HR, EEO or Title IX compliance that has some information on training and may be able to talk to your department? Not to throw people under the bus, but to help colleagues understand the norms of professional behavior. There are plenty of high-profile male scientists who have spoken up - Neil Degrasse-Tyson, and Phil...from Bad Astronomy maybe? who may have a story or two about speaking up to bring colleagues up-to-date.
If your work is aligned with any sort of US federal funding, including research grants, it's best to partner with those already working on this to get in alignment - asking a Title IX Coordinator or faculty diversity specialist to give a presentation to a large-enough group (such as a department) is GREAT.
posted by childofTethys at 4:17 AM on December 30, 2016
The staring at someone's chest is textbook non-verbal sexual harassment. Do you have someone in HR, EEO or Title IX compliance that has some information on training and may be able to talk to your department? Not to throw people under the bus, but to help colleagues understand the norms of professional behavior. There are plenty of high-profile male scientists who have spoken up - Neil Degrasse-Tyson, and Phil...from Bad Astronomy maybe? who may have a story or two about speaking up to bring colleagues up-to-date.
If your work is aligned with any sort of US federal funding, including research grants, it's best to partner with those already working on this to get in alignment - asking a Title IX Coordinator or faculty diversity specialist to give a presentation to a large-enough group (such as a department) is GREAT.
posted by childofTethys at 4:17 AM on December 30, 2016
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