This workshop is designed to address the fact that there are a dearth of API voices in racial equity work. Often, we are either left out of the conversation altogether, our struggles are minimized, or we are used as a wedge between other People of Color and White folks ("There is no racism - look at the successful Asians!" "How come we don't talk about Asian Privilege?"). Furthermore, there are some API folks who for cultural reasons or for having achieved a measure of success feel that they have nothing to contribute to or benefit from racial equity work. Participants will: 1) Gain a greater understanding of the dynamics that keep our voices from the table 2) Examine the internal pressures that keep us from engaging in the conversation 3) Learn the opportunities contained in our participation in diversity, inclusion, equity, and cultural competency work I hope to achieve this through presentation, small group conversation, and large group share-outs.

1. AsEA Conference 2016
Seattle Girls’ School
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Leading While Asian:
Adding Our Voice to the Race Conversation
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2. About Seattle Girls’ School
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3. About Seattle Girls’ School
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What Calls You into Leadership
and the Race Conversation?
Reflect on what calls you to add your voice
into the race conversation. Reflect on your
relationship to leadership. What keeps you
from going for it? What happened when
you went for it? If you are there, how did
you get there? What keeps you going?

4. Dimensions of Identity and Culture
This model of identifiers and culture was created by Karen Bradberry and Johnnie Foreman for NAIS Summer Diversity Institute,
adapted from Loden and Rosener’s Workforce America! (1991) and from Diverse Teams at Work, Gardenswartz & Rowe (SHRM 2003).
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5. My Full Self
Person of Color
Asian
Korean
American
41 Years Old
Raised with Buddhism
Raised with Christianity
Spiritual
Bisexual
Female Bodied
Female Identifying
Gender Nonconforming
Mostly Able Bodied
Mostly Able Minded
Raised Working Class
Professional Class
Immigrant
Boston Native
English Speaking
College Educated
Educator
Activist
Loving Partner
Daughter, Sister, Aunt
Learner
And More…
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6. Challenge: Pulled from All Directions
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7. Challenge: Ranking of Oppressions
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8. Challenge: Leadership Oppression
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9. DISTRACTED FROM THE FINISH LINE
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10. Discussion Break
In what ways do you see
these dynamics play out in
your life?
Being Your Full Self
Pulled From All Directions
Ranking of Oppressions
Leadership Oppression
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11. A Way Out
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12. Intra-Group Competency
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13. Ladder of Empowerment for
Marginalized People
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Ladder of Empowerment for
Marginalized People
Empowerment and Liberation
Community of Resistance
Collective Action
Challenging
Self Awareness & Investigation
Exclusion and Immersion
Rage/Depression
Not dominant
Internalized Oppression
“***Ism”
pushes us
down
Resistance,
awareness,
education
empowers us

14. Ladder of Allyship for
Members of Dominant Groups
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Ladder of Allyship for
Members of Dominant Groups
Allyship and Liberation
Community of Resistance
Collective Action
Challenging
Awareness & Investigation
Distancing Own Group Members
Dissonance and Resistance
Ignorance and Passivity
Internalized Supremacy
“***Ism” limits us
and separates us
from others
Allyship,
awareness,
education
liberates us
Done in
conjunction
and
relationship
with members
of oppressed
group
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15. Discussion Break
Where are you in your own
journey to liberation?
How can you be more
understanding, inclusive,
and empathic toward other
members of your own
group?
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16. Inter-Group Competency
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17. The Power of Empathy
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19. An Ally Is…
“a person who is a member of the dominant or
majority group who works to end oppression in
his or her personal and professional life
through support of, and as an advocate with
and for, the oppressed population”
Washington and Evans, Becoming an Ally
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20. An Ally Is…
“Someone who doesn’t have to stand up for
someone else, who might even lose something
if they do, but they do it anyway because they
know it’s the right thing to do”
Anna, 6th Grader
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21. Bystander to Ally
Karen Bradberry, PhD
Active Passive Passive Active
Agent Bystander Ally
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22. Discussion Break
What are ways you can be
more understanding,
inclusive, and empathic
toward other members of
other groups?
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23. My Story: A New Path
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The Power I’ve Found… Together

24. My Story: A New Path
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Creating Change… Together

25. Re-Defining “Leadership”
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26. “Leadership”
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27. “Asianness”
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28. “Asianness”
 Deference to authority figures, respect for elders, self-
effacement, restraint, avoidance of family shame, and
placing others’ needs ahead of one’s own. These
values are slow to change across generations. (Kim,
Atkinson, Yang)
 In surveys, only 15 percent of Asian-American chief
academic officers have participated in leadership
programs, compared with 57 percent of African
Americans and 30 percent of Hispanics.
 Asian Americans have the lowest rate of rise to
management when compared with Blacks, Hispanics
and women in spite of having the highest educational
attainment.
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29. “Asianness”
 Within a few years of employment, many Asians find
themselves pigeonholed into dead-end careers with no
path for advancement to upper-level corporate careers.
 Asian Americans are less likely to aggressively
network, self-promote, and speak up at work meetings
with concern and ideas when compared to their
coworkers.
 Unconscious physical trait bias (height, eyes,
expressiveness, warmth, engagement) affects
perception.
 Though Asians report widespread workplace
discrimination, many do not report these instances.
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30. Things You Can Do
 Envision your “ultimate goal” or “dream role”
 Seek mentors and sponsors
 Enter leadership programs
 Practice with mid-level leadership
 Be adaptive without losing yourself
 Own and speak your accomplishments
 Seek opportunities that have a growth potential
 Leave situations without growth opportunities
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31. Presenter Information
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
6th Faculty and
Professional Outreach
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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