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    This document discusses culturally sensitive and bias-free language. It provides guidance on using inclusive language when referring to different groups in five categories: race and ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, social class, age, and disabilities. The key principles are to avoid stereotypes and language that reinforces biases, refer to societal groups in the way members prefer, and focus on the person rather than their attributes. Students will research and present a short speech on one category as a practical test of these guidelines.

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    This document discusses culturally sensitive and bias-free language. It provides guidance on using inclusive language when referring to different groups in five categories: race and ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, social class, age, and disabilities. The key principles are to avoid stereotypes and language that reinforces biases, refer to societal groups in the way members prefer, and focus on the person rather than their attributes. Students will research and present a short speech on one category as a practical test of these guidelines.

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    CULTURALLY

    SENSITIVE AND BIAS-


    FREE LANGUAGE
    PREPARED BY: J.D. GARCIA
    • WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND
    WHEN YOU SEE OR HEAR THE WORD
    “CULTURE”?
    CONCEPT OF CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
    •Awareness of cultural
    differences and similarities
    between people without
    assigning a value – positive
    or negative, better or
    worse, right or wrong.
    BIAS-FREE LANGUAGE
    •Terms that treat people with
    respect; Leaving out certain
    words, such as not describing
    someone's physical
    characteristics when doing so
    serves no purpose.
    •GENERAL PRINCIPLES
    TO FOLLOW WHEN
    REFERRING TO
    DIFFERENT GROUPS
    OR CATEGORIES:
    •CATEGORY 1
    •RACE AND ETHNICITY
    •RACE - a group of
    persons related by
    common descent or
    heredity.
    •Example: Asian Race,
    African Race
    •ETHNICITY- Belonging to a
    social group that has a
    common national or
    cultural tradition.
    •Example: Mangyan Tribe
    of Mindoro, Yakan Tribe of
    Basilan Mindanao
    MANGYANS OF OCCIDENTAL MINDORO
    YAKAN BRIDE IN BASILAN
    •ISSUE OF RACISM- FORM
    OF DISCRIMINATION
    AGAINST A PERSON OR
    PERSONS OF A
    DIFFERENT RACE.
    EXAMPLE
    •NATURALLY, THE
    ASIAN STUDENTS
    WON THE MATH
    CONTEST.
    •THE WORD NATURALLY
    REINFORCES THE
    STEREOTYPE OR
    GENERALIZATION THAT
    ASIANS HAVE SUPERIOR
    APTITUDE IN MATH.
    CONCEPT OF STEREOTYPE
    •A set idea that people
    have about what
    someone or something
    is like, especially an
    idea that is wrong.
    •DESCRIBE STEREOTYPICAL
    IMAGES…
    •ACTION STAR-MALE
    (PROTAGONIST)
    •CHARACTER ROLE-MALE
    (ANTAGONIST)
    PROTAGONIST VS. ANTAGONIST
    •POLITICALLY CORRECT-
    NATIVE AMERICAN
    •OLD LABEL- RED
    INDIAN
    •PHILIPPINES:
    •FROM TSINO
    •TO CHINOY
    •TO FILIPINO-CHINESE
    ETHNIC GROUP
    •NOT ALL ARABS ARE MUSLIMS
    •NOT ALL CHINESE ARE
    BUDDHISTS
    •NOT ALL FILIPINOS ARE
    ROMAN CATHOLICS
    •WRONG TO SAY…
    •ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS.
    •ALL ILOCANOS ARE STINGY.
    •ALL SEAFARERS ARE
    WOMANIZERS.
    •COULD YOU THINK OF OTHER
    EXAMPLES?
    •1 PRINCIPLE:
    ST

    •WORDS THAT
    REINFORCE
    STEREOTYPES SHOULD
    BE AVOIDED.
    •CATEGORY 2
    •GENDER AND
    SEXUAL
    ORIENTATION
    •GENDER- the state of
    being male or female.
    SEXUAL ORIENTATION
    • Person's sexual identity in relation to
    the gender they are attracted;
    Heterosexual, Homosexual, or
    Bisexual.
    •SEXISM- MEANS
    PREJUDICE AND
    DISCIRIMINATION
    BASED ON SEX OR
    GENDER
    •OBJECTIVE IS TO USE
    GENDER-NEUTRAL
    WORDS, NOT GENDER-
    BIASED WORDS
    •1.MAN-MADE
    •MANUFACTURED,
    SYNTHETIC, ARTIFICIAL
    •2.LAYMAN’S TERMS
    •ORDINARY TERMS
    •3.CHAIRMAN
    •CHAIRPERSON
    •4.STEWARDESS
    •FLIGHT ATTENDANT
    •5.BELLBOY
    •ATTENDANT
    GENDER-RELATED TERMS
    •GAY- HOMOSEXUAL
    •GAY WOMEN- LESBIAN
    •TRANSGENDER- GENDER
    THEY IDENTIFY AS…
    TRANSWOMAN, TRANSMAN
    •CONCEPT: PRONOUNS
    MAY ALSO BE
    GENDER-BIASED.
    •HOW TO AVOID:
    •1.DROPPING PRONOUNS
    THAT SIGNIFY GENDER
    AND RESTATING THE
    SENTENCE.
    •2.CHANGING TO PLURAL
    CONSTRUCTION
    •3.REPLACING MASCULINE
    TO FEMININE PRONOUNS
    WITH “ONE” OR “YOU”.
    GENDER-BIASED EXAMPLE

    •EACH STUDENT
    SHOULD SUBMIT HIS
    TERM PAPER BY
    MONDAY.
    RESTATEMENT
    •EACH STUDENT
    SHOULD SUBMIT A
    TERM PAPER BY
    MONDAY.
    PLURAL CONSTRUCTION
    •STUDENTS SHOULD
    SUBMIT THEIR TERM
    PAPERS BY MONDAY.
    USE OF “YOU”
    •YOU SHOULD HAND IN
    YOUR TERM PAPER BY
    MONDAY.
    •2 PRINCIPLE
    ND

    •ONE SHOULD REFER TO


    SOCIETAL GROUPS IN THE
    WAY THAT MEMBERS OF
    THESE GROUPS PREFER TO BE
    REFERRED TO.
    •CATEGORY 3
    •SOCIAL CLASS
    •Division of a society based
    on social and economic
    status.
    CLASS DISCRIMINATION
    •FORM OF PREJUDICE
    AGAINST A PERSON OR
    PEOPLE BECAUSE OF
    THEIR SOCIAL CLASS.
    WHITE TRASH
    •Poor white people, living
    in southern US.
    •Seen as criminal,
    unpredictable, without
    respect for authority
    TONDO, MANILA
    PHL- JOLOGS
    •Someone from the
    lower class of society,
    tries to be cool but ends
    up a failure; Trying-hard
    copy cat
    CLASSISM
    •OWNING CLASS- PRIVILEGED
    CLASS
    •UNDERCLASS- LESS
    PRIVILEGED
    •SQUATTERS- INFORMAL
    SETTLERS
    •3RD PRINCIPLE
    •A MORE SENSITIVE VOCABULARY
    USES TERMS THAT MORE
    PRECISELY PORTRAY THE ACTUAL
    CIRCUMSTANCES OF PEOPLE
    WITHIN THE CLASS STRUCTURE.
    CATEGORY 4 - AGE
    •AGE- Length of time
    that a person has lived
    or a thing has existed
    •AGEISM- FORM OF
    DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
    PEOPLE BECAUSE OF AGE.
    •LESS PHYSICALLY, INTELLECTUALLY
    OR EMOTIONALLY ABLE THAN
    OTHER AGE GROUPS.
    • COULD YOU GIVE AN
    EXAMPLE WHEREIN A MAN
    OR A WOMAN CAN DO A
    DIFFICULT PHYSICAL
    ACTIVITY INSPITE HIS OR
    HER AGE?
    THE MASQUERADE, CONTESTANT
    AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
    •CAPABILITIES OF
    YOUNGER PEOPLE
    SHOULD ALSO NOT BE
    UNDERESTIMATED DUE
    TO AGE.
    •4 PRINCIPLE
    TH

    •IT IS IMPORTANT TO REFER


    TO A PERSON’S AGE ONLY
    WHEN THAT INFORMATION
    IS PERTINENT TO WHAT IS
    BEING DISCUSSED.
    CATEGORY 5 - DISABILITIES
    •DISABILITY, IMPAIRMENT,
    HANDICAP- a physical or
    mental condition that limits
    a person's movements,
    senses, or activities.
    •MENTALLY RETARDED- PERSON
    WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
    •BLIND- PEOPLE WITH VISUAL
    IMPAIRMENTS
    •CANCER PATIENTS- PEOPLE
    BEING TREATED FOR CANCER
    CONTESTANT WHO HAS PHYSICAL
    LIMITATIONS
    CONTESTANT WHO IS HEARING-IMPAIRED
    •NOTE THE DIFFERENCE
    BETWEEN THESE TWO
    SENTENCES…
    •DISABILITY FIRST: THE
    BLIND STUDENT USED
    A SPECIAL KEYBOARD
    DURING THE EXAM.
    •PERSON FIRST: THE
    STUDENT, WHO IS
    VISUALLY IMPAIRED, USED
    A SPECIAL KEYBOARD
    DURING THE EXAM.
    •5TH PRINCIPLE
    •WHEN REFERRING TO
    PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,
    THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON
    THE PERSON, NOT THE
    CONDITION.
    •TO BE AN EFFECTIVE WRITER OR
    SPEAKER, ONE MUST NOT
    STEREOTYPE, DEMEAN, OR
    EXCLUDE ANY MEMBER OF HIS OR
    HER AUDIENCE.
    •STEREOTYPES AND BIASES ARE
    BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION.
    •CATEGORIES:
    •1.RACE & ETHNICITY
    •2.GENDER & SEXUAL ORIENTATION
    •3.SOCIAL CLASS
    •4.AGE
    •5.DISABILITIES
    •NEXT MEETING:
    •1.RESEARCH A SPEECH IN ONE CATEGORY.
    •2.INDIVIDUAL SPEECH; PRACTICAL TEST
    •3. 2-3 MINUTES ONLY
    •4.TIMER WILL BE USED.
    •5.SPEECH COPY WILL BE COLLECTED AS
    ASSIGNMENT
    •LET US LOOK AT AN
    EXAMPLE…

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