Session looking at polarities that exist behind dynamics between groups (e.g. Asian Americans and African Americans, communities of color and LGBTQ communities, etc.) and within groups (e.g. racism in class movements, sexism in racial equity movements, etc.)

1. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Intra Group and Inter Group Polarities
The Equity Exchange
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School

2. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
A “Middle Child” Story
Korean and American
44 Years Old and Ambiguous
Looking
Raised with Buddhism and
Christianity
Spiritual and Not Religious
Queer/Bisexual and Married to a
Heterosexual Man
Female Bodied/Identifying and
Gender Nonconforming
Differently Abled and Invisibly So
Raised Working Class and Now
Wealthy
Immigrant and Now US Citizen
Working in an Independent School
and Dismantling Them a Little
Rule Follower and Anarchist
And Probably Other Stuff…

3. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Distracted from the Finish Line
 African Americans and Asian
Americans
 Communities of Color and Queer
Communities
 Divide and Conquer Classism
 (White Cisgender Straight Wealthy)
Feminism
 Sexism in Activist Groups
 Colorism Within US and Globally
 And MANY More…

4. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Barriers of Solidarity and Coalitions
 Ranking of Oppressions
 Intersectionality Dismissal
 Myth of the Zero Sum Game
 Myth of Not Enough
 False Binaries
 Internalized Oppression/Dominance
 Performative Allyship

5. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Maybe It’s a Polarity!
 Recurring
 Interdependent
 One Cannot Exist Without the Other
 Unsolvable
 Manageable and Leverageable

6. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Identify It!
 What is the observable challenge?
 What are some the individual,
interpersonal/institutional beliefs
and actions pertaining to the
challenge?
 What is the polarity (there may be
more than one) that undergirds the
beliefs and actions?

7. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Map It!
 Please find a blank polarity map in
your binder (after daily reflection
pages)
 You have 20 minutes to map the
polarity individually
 You have 10 minutes to talk with
your partner

8. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Reflections

9. Intergroup and Intragroup Polarities
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Seattle Girls’ School
Presenter
Information
Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee
Outreach Specialist
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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