{"id":662,"date":"2020-06-18T22:43:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T22:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/?p=662"},"modified":"2020-06-18T22:43:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T22:43:42","slug":"week-of-6-15-discussion-prompts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/2020\/06\/18\/week-of-6-15-discussion-prompts\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of 6\/15 Discussion Prompts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. The most interesting and significant information I read in my classmates post is how everyone had their own take on how to define diversity and take what we’ve already learned, and expanded on it. Each article analysis had to do with a different way in which we can define diversity — age, race, ability, education and more. Each post differed in how the lack of diversity was affecting a subset group of people, and further tied it back to the information we had already learned in class. One specific instance that stuck out to me was when I read Mikayla’s article about the gifted education programs and the racial bias within. The graphic she used of a bar chart depicting the percentage of race that made up the gifted program. What shocked me was that\u00a0those who are of the minority in gifted programs make up a little less than 40% of the program while in districts offering gifted programs, they make up 52% of the student body. This was\u00a0<\/span>shocking to me as the gifted program was primarily white students, even though the minority population in schools was larger. With these contributions in mind, my idea of diversity and organizational culture has shifted to believing that change can happen, but it goes farther and deeper than only racial biases in the workplace.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    3.\u00a0The specific passage I am choosing to focus on is the paragraph in which Bogost begins with “Kamau Bobb, the global lead for diversity.” In this passage, Bogost ends with Bobb’s closing thoughts about how in terms of the internet giant Google, they are more focused on bringing more people into the company that changing the rules as of right now. Bogost says that ” In this line of thinking, inclusion is first a problem of economic equity; any resulting social or moral benefits would just be gravy” in which he uses to transition into Charles Isbell’s thoughts. Bogost transitions from one idea of a source to another by analyzing their meaning in their quotes and then further connecting them to enhance his idea. He uses a comparison and contrast as he lays out Bobb’s idea, by then transitioning into the next short paragraph with “But for technical systems to take everyone into account, Isbell contends that representation must shift from an economic imperative to a moral one.” Bogost had previously presented the idea that for Google, the issue that arises with inclusion is one of economic status and any added social or moral benefits would be a bonus. He further develops this idea by using Isbell’s thoughts by transitioning with a solution that Isbell presented. In doing so, Bogost is able to seamlessly connect his ideas he wants to present about diversity, while simultaneously connecting his sources in a useful way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The most interesting and significant information I read in my classmates post is how everyone had their own take on how to define diversity and take what we’ve already learned, and expanded on it. Each article analysis had to do with a different way in which we can define diversity — age, race, ability, education … <\/p>\n

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