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Hello. L privilege. Karen. Sorry I was meted. All right. Sorry about that. Yeah. So, um and that in the world that you live in in general, being male, it means that the world has been designed for you, considering you as a normal. So these are privileges that I think are kind of day to day for a lot of people who may not consider but actually put you a lot of advantage that if you're in these positions, you may not realize until it's been pointed out or were having these discussion's. We talked about having straight and suspender privilege. Person is a gender queer person. Um, I will 2nd 2nd think about whether I share personal details. If I'm going to a place where I don't know the people that I'm working with because I'm worried about their judgment or being discriminated against or being ridiculed about my gender identity. It means that having this privilege means that your name and your pronouns are respected and not questioned, and that you can use bathrooms without possibility of being discriminated against or having violence against you or threats. Having this privilege means that when you attend a doctor's appointment that you people will be questioning about your genitals about your sex, about how you have sex, which has nothing to do with the health condition that you presented with. It means not having inappropriate curiosity about your body rather than the health issues. And in terms of able body privilege, it means that you're able to walk, talk and see and access physical spaces and buildings and parks. It means that people, when they speak to you, will speak to you respectfully. They won't talk down on you that you're being represented in media and pop culture. Having able body means that you do not need any assistance in communicating or getting around, and you can just go around the world independently. It also means that people will look at you just the same as them and that your life is worth living. So if you identify with any of these characteristics in the middle of this circle, then it's probably that you have some sort of privilege and and with that comes um, and when that comes power and I think when we are in a position where we are within society, where the other people from different demographics, then we need to think about the privileges that we have and how it can change improving on situations and by checking our privileges and recognizing our own privileges and being open with them. This generally lowers other people's defensiveness and demonstrates an awareness of your privileges and sets a tone for inclusive behavior. So with your privilege that and you have you also come to power and it gives you an advantage and has a look up, and it gives you the power to support those who are disadvantaged and to stand up. For those who are oppressed and allows you to empower individuals who may be disadvantaged to use your privilege to challenge oppression and to build an equitable future, it can be very difficult. And just because you're privileged, it doesn't mean that you may not also experience marginalization. For example, identify the gender Queer person, which is my marginalization but also benefit from privilege of being able bodied and does. It doesn't mean that they cannot coexist at the same time, but your hardships and your marginalization are not related to your privilege identities, and we need to see these from an intersectional approach looking at all overlapping identities of religion, race class, gender able is, um, sexual irritation and more. But having understanding and recognizing your privileges is the first step. So how can we use our privilege to challenge oppression and build an equitable future? First, identify. Acknowledge it. And it can be difficult because you may not be aware of your privileges and your biases. And when you start to realize them, you may come to understand that sometimes your inaction and if in overtly means that you are part of the problem and the system of oppression. But we're not people. Then we don't generally think about of ourselves of people who are pressing others, but through inaction, we may inadvertently be doing so so by identify, acknowledge it, allowing people around you to know that you recognize this. It gives people a sense that you are working in support with them, and you're trying to empower them, talking about your privileges. It is very hard and just looking at a brief look about the number of books that is about white privilege and books about male privilege. You can see it isn't easy, but we need to start to learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable about talking about these issues. Learning about them is part of using your privilege to empower and using your privilege and the power that you have to empower others. So listen and learn and listen to others who may not have the privileges that you have and learn about their lived experiences. Listen to the people around. You have been darkly impacted by racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and a bliss Attitudes. Try to diversify the content that you consume so that you're listening to a broader range of lived experiences and approach these conversations with empathy and openness and be and expect yourself to maybe not get it right every time but be open to learning. It's uncomfortable to discuss this, and it's uncomfortable to acknowledge your privilege. But this is the first step. Learn and listen and read about in books about in society, about talks about the people's lived experiences, but also don't and you can speak to people who, maybe in these marginalized groups, but don't expect everyone to those individuals in those marginalized groups to do the work and to educate all of them for or educate you because for people who belong in marginalized groups. It can be exhausting to relive this trauma daily and to engage in difficult conversation that may have gone through generations of this trauma of oppression. And it means that us or yourselves, as allies need to do the work and to do learning yourself. 30 how as allies who have privilege, we can learn to speak up and show up and call Bias is when you see them, pledge your support and your ally ship and use your voice, your platform and your privilege to state your support from marginalized groups. It's important to acknowledge that, Alice it can be risky because you may be the only person who is recognizing this and having the bravery to speak up. So I would encourage you to speak up if you feel safe to do so, because sometimes you may be the only person doing it, but at the same time, be thoughtful about the moment that you do. Speak up and careful not to inadvertently take the attention away from the group that you're trying to support. Use your privilege to maximize a leadership and research has shown that with your privilege to speak up. It can be particularly effective to influence the people who may be the oppressors. Amplify your views of people. Um, that may not have their voices heard. For example, in meetings, if there is a female colleague or colleague of From an ethnicity, um, from minority ethnicity and there are speaking up during the meetings, you can be using your privilege. You can address to that person and ask for their views directly and give them the power you can challenge the norm that might work against him and help hopefully build a more diverse and inclusive culture. Um, lastly, I would encourage you to engage in conversation, um, about discrimination, about race, about oppression and encourage others to do so and be on this learning journey together. So too, um, give. And I'm just worried about the time, but I wanted to give a few examples about how we one can use your privilege in certain situations. So it's coming up to International Women's Day in March and, for example, if you are someone who, uh, who is white and you're preparing a presentation on International Women's Day and your two other white colleagues are saying that a black female colleagues presentation is coming across as too angry. Too aggressive is not in tone with your experiences or not the message that you want to send. So in this situation you can recognize that what the your colleagues who are white and female, maybe promoting a certain white feminism view of their experiences. However, this is not inclusive of the experience of all women. And by labeling some black colleagues experiences being angry or aggressive. Then you are invalidating their experiences and putting it down to race so you can use your privilege. If you recognize this, you can use your privilege as a white ally to call it out and to explain that one person's view of feminism is not going to be inclusive of all. And we need to be mindful of different groups of different races and ethnicities, of women's experiences throughout the years and throughout the generations, and how we can accurately portray that. Hopefully, by having this discussion, we can all have meaningfully learn from this and to ensure that we're taking a step forward to creating inclusive feminism, which represents fall. Another example, um like to discuss about CIS gender privilege um, as an in, for example, if there is a transgender colleague who has a chosen name and another colleague has actually used they're dead name, which is the name that have used before the transition. If you correct them and they get really defensive about it, you can use your suspender privilege to stand up for a transgender colleague who may or may not be there. You can point out that it is really important for a transgender colleague to use the name that they've chosen and that it is inclusive behavior and also recognizes and validates them. If people get defensive, you can. I can suggest gently pointing out that when people change names when they get married, no one ever questions them. And when people get defensive about transgender colleagues changing names, it is purely the fact that they are transgender and not the fact that they're changing names and to recognize that oppression. You can be a cyst gender ally to point this out and to encourage other people to try to think about and include our transgender colleagues in society and to empower them. So in conclusion, it's a very difficult topic and even talking about it now makes me a bit uncomfortable, because it is very difficult to engage in these conversations and to speak up as an ally. But in conclusion, a privilege is the invisible package of unearned benefits, where you have special advantages, immunity, permission, right or benefit, which is granted to you but purely by belong in a particular demographic group privilege can manifest in many different ways, including white privilege, male privilege, class CIS gender, heterosexual privilege, being able bodied and, um, certain health conditions. If you hold privilege, then you hold power. Oh, sorry. If you put in your power and I would encourage everyone to check and use your privilege to support and empower. Those are less advantage. Identify. Acknowledge your privileges, learn and listen to lived individuals lived experience of some individuals from marginalized communities. Speak up and show up as an ally and encourage others to engage in the learning journey with you. Ally ship. Using your privilege should be active and authentic, and there's a path that we all go on this together. Well, hopefully create a more just and equitable change for generations to come. Thank you very much. Thanks, Karen. That was great. Um, I don't know if you want to just stop screen sharing for a second. We'll see if we can. Maybe some of the other faculty would like to put their cameras on it.