The Ins and Outs of Cherish McWhorter

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The In's and Out's of Cherish McWhorter
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About Me

• White-Female
• Catholic and Baptist
• Scotch-Irish
• Apache Indian
• Single-Parent Household
• Middle-Class

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My Culture

• Typical White, Southern Female
• Advantages
• My ethnicity holds me back from nothing.
• White advantage
• Disadvantages
• Lack of experience with other cultures
• Female disadvantage politically
• Lack of school funding

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A lower-class African-American Male

• Advantages
• Being a male is an advantage
• More scholarships and Grants.
• Disadvantages
• African Americans could be discriminated against.
• Less opportunities being lower class.

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My Sex and Gender

• Female Athlete
• One Brother
• Always a tom-boy
• Traits considered masculine
• Behavior not traditional, but becoming more, and
  more so

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Teaching Diverse Students

• Advantages
• Lack of negativity
• Very open to new cultures
• Disadvantages
• Lack of experience
• Not familiar with different cultures

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In The Classroom

• Bring in diverse guest speaker
• Assign biographies and projects involving
  different cultures
• Always be open to new ideas
• Understand that very student is different