Justice Studies for ESL Center for International Studies at Huey Deng High School （慧燈中學國際交流中心） T. Kathy

Guiding Questions: Think about your understanding of bias, stereotype, prejudice, discrimination and privilege. These concepts work in collaboration with justice. Can we have a just world where prejudice and discrimination exist? What part does privilege play?

Contents:

Vocabulary

How privileged am I?

What is Justice?

5 Anchor Standards

Taiwan’s Secret Cancer

BIAS: automatic preference 見；偏心；偏袒

The government has accused the media of bias. 政府指責新聞媒體有偏見。

Reporters must be impartial and not show political bias. 新聞記者必須公正，不應有政治偏見。

There was clear evidence of a strong bias against her. 有明顯證據顯示，她受到了嚴重不公平的對待。

There has always been a slight bias in favor of/towards employing arts graduates in the company. 公司內部一直有點偏向聘請文科畢業生。Biases 101 Video

Stereotype: overgeneralization of a group（尤指錯誤的）刻板印象，老套俗見，成見

racial/sexual stereotypes

陳舊的種族偏見／性別成見 He

doesn't conform to/fit/fill the national stereo-type of a Frenchman. 他不符合一般人心目中法國人的形象。

The characters in the book are just stereotypes. 書中的人物毫無新意。11 Worst Stereotypical Asian Males in Movies

Prejudice: reinforced bias 成見，偏見，歧視

Laws against racial prejudice must be strictly enforced.

禁止種族歧視的法律必須嚴格執行。 [+ that] The campaign aims to dispel the

prejudice that AIDS is confined to the homosexual community.

這項運動旨在消除愛滋病僅限於同性戀群體的偏見。 He claims that

prejudice against homosexuals would cease overnight if all the gay stars in the country were honest about their sexuality.

他主張如果國內所有的同性戀明星都能對自己的性向開誠布公，那麼對同性戀者的偏見就會立即消失。

Discrimination 歧視；區別對待

racial/sex/age discrimination

種族／性別歧視 Until 1986 most companies would

not even allow women to take the examinations, but such blatant discrimination is now disappearing.

直至 1986 年大多數公司甚至還不允許女性參加這種考試，但目前這種明目張膽的歧視做法正在消失。

Prejudice and Discrimination Video

Privilege（特定個體或群體的）特權，特別待遇

Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. 醫療保健應該是權利，而非特權。

Senior management enjoy certain privileges, such as company cars and private healthcare. 高級管理階層享受公司配車和私人醫療保健 等特權。

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Vocabulary Matching

A. Privilege 

1. a fixed idea of someone or something that categorizes a group of people.

B. Discrimination

2.an automatic choice, preference about someone or a group, unconscious

C. Prejudice 

3. treating people poorly because they are different from you, have a difference skin color or race

D. Stereotype 

4.  choosing to support or oppose a particular person or thing in an unfair way by allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment, reinforced bias 

E. Bias 5. an advantage that only one person or group have because they a re rich or powerful

Activity: How Privileged Am I?

Reflect:

What was your score?

The closer to 20 your score, the more opportunities you have in your life.  

What do you understand about privilege and justice from this exercise?

What is Justice?

Example sentences:

1. There's no justice in the world when people can be made to suffer like that.

如果人們被迫遭受這樣的痛苦，那麼世上就沒有公平正義可言了。 2. The winner has been disqualified for cheating, so justice has been done (= a fair situation has been achieved).

獲勝者因舞弊而被取消了資格，正義得以伸張。

Example sentences:

1.The sight of people suffering arouse a deep sense of injustice in her.

看到人們身陷苦難，她深感世道不公。2.They were aware of the injustices of the system.

他們知道這種體制的不公正之處。

 3. ______________________________________________________________

4._____________________________________________________________________________________

Examples in History:

 

Examples in History:

 

The 5 Anchor Standards: Talking About Justice

1. Recognize stereotypes and relate to people as individuals rather than representatives of groups.

2. Recognize unfairness on the individual level (e.g., biased speech) and injustice at the institutional or systemic level (e.g., discrimination).

3. Analyze the harmful impact of bias and injustice on the world, historically and today.

4. Recognize that power and privilege influence relationships on interpersonal, intergroup and institutional levels and consider how they have been affected by those dynamics.

5. Identify key figures and groups, seminal events and a variety of strategies and philosophies relevant to the history of social justice action around the world.

Scenario 1

Shawna timidly approaches her teacher, Mr. Bradley, after school. She explains that her uncle, who picks her up from school, frequently says negative things about Western people, and it has been making her feel uncomfortable. “He says that I shouldn’t be friends with Renee and Jeffrey anymore because their fathers are American,” Shawna says, “but I love all my friends!” Mr. Bradley tells Shawna that he’s proud of her and is sorry that she has to deal with something so difficult. He knows that Shawna’s parents would never approve of the way her uncle is talking and promises to call them that evening to discuss the situation.

Think about Shawna’s story. Which of the five Justice anchor standards are demonstrated?

Scenario 2

A class is discussing products made in China and products made in Taiwan. Kelly mentions seeing on TV that most of the clothes sold are made in other countries where workers aren’t protected the way Taiwanese laborers are.  She notes that even though workers’ conditions have improved, it doesn’t mean that we should ignore injustice elsewhere. She and several other students are inspired to go home and talk to their parents about purchasing clothes from companies that practice ethical manufacturing. They also plan to set up a clothes swap to help reduce wastefulness.

Which of the five Justice anchor standards are demonstrated in Kelly’s story?

Scenario 3

While Mrs. Douglas’s class is discussing immigration, some of the students start talking negatively about a Vietnamese student in another class, accusing his family of immigrating illegally. Julian speaks up, telling his classmates that it’s not appropriate to use stereotypes and spread rumors about others.  Julian tells them that the student’s family immigrated because they believe life in Taiwan offers more opportunities. He urges his classmates to respect their decision and says that the family’s status is none of their business. “Life must be hard enough moving to a strange new country,” he says. “Don’t make it harder for him by saying that he doesn’t belong.”

Think about Mrs. Douglas’s class story. Which of the five Justice anchor standards are demonstrated?

Scenario 4

Karen notices that many of her school’s facilities are not accessible to those with disabilities. Many students have difficulty navigating the school and are often late to class as a result. Karen decides to look into building plans to determine if any accommodations are available for those in the community with physical limitations. She forms a focus group of students and faculty to come up with effective solutions to the situation.

Taiwan’s Secret Cancer More than 1,500 former workers at a television factory

in Taiwan have been diagnosed with cancer. The company admits that it dumped hazardous

waste, polluting the land and poisoning groundwater. But did RCA (Radio Corporation of America) recklessly

expose its employees to cancer-causing chemicals? For nearly two decades, sick workers have been

waging a David and Goliath battle as they seek justice in the courts for their suffering.

David and Goliath ( 5 min animation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS9-0kmA90I

Watch Taiwan’s Secret Cancer Video (25 min.)

Vocabulary:

Whistleblowers （尤指政府部門或公司裡的）告發者，揭發者 Labor activist,

lawsuit 訴訟 ,

carcinogen 致癌物質 , carcinogenic,

contamination, contaminate 污染；弄髒；毒害 , compensate 賠償；補償

Timeline:

1975-1991 RCA failed 8 Taiwan Labor Ministry health tests

1984- fire in RCA warehouses destroy all company and government records

1992 RCA factory closed down

1994 Workers begin to link sicknesses with RCA

1998- 1000 workers sue RCA

2006- Volunteer Legal Team file Taiwan’s first Class Action Lawsuit against RCA and parent companies

2009- First worker testifies in court

April 15, 2015- The court ruled in favor of the victims but for only 1/5 the amount and not everyone was compensated

Questions 1. What was the dark side of Taiwanese economic development?

2. Who is the company? Parent companies?

3. RCA took 3 environmental surveys and didn’t tell their workers. What example of injustice is this?

4. Why couldn’t Taiwan hit RCA on legal penalties for polluting the soil and water?

5. How were white collar workers privileged over blue collar workers?

6. Not only was groundwater contaminated, but so was the _____. RCA was recirculating contaminated air and not f________ it out.

6. How was Taiwanese scientific methodology different than those from RCA?

7. Why didn’t the workers think justice was not done?

8. What did the workers unanimously vote to do? What is the risk of that decision? What would you do?