Article
Being Global Means More Than Traveling Around the Globe … So, What Does It Mean?
Understanding and Dismantling Privilege
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2020
Abstract
Being global means more than traveling around the globe. Being global means having a culturally proficient mindset. Having a culturally proficient mindset involves celebrating and advocating for diversity and being willing to face our own conscious and unconscious biases while also accepting the fact that some of us are born privileged. I know I was born in and with privileges. I accept that I have biases because of cultural and familial values and beliefs.
This reflection is a product of teaching a course for future school leaders on diversity in schools, my own educational and leadership journey, and my passion and desire to help create socially just educational systems and societies.
Inclusive pages
58-61
ISBN/ISSN
2152-1875
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
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Publisher
White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Keywords
- cultural proficiency,
- diversity,
- equity,
- bias,
- privilege,
- education
Disciplines
Citation Information
Corinne Brion. "Being Global Means More Than Traveling Around the Globe … So, What Does It Mean?" Understanding and Dismantling Privilege Vol. 10 Iss. 1 (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/corinne-brion/32/
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The official journal of the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, Understanding and Dismantling Privilege is an interdisciplinary journal focusing on the intersectional aspects of privilege, bridging academia and practice, highlighting activism, and offering a forum for creative introspection on issues of inequity, power and privilege.
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