In Class:
Welcome! Binder set-up and organization.
Journal-- Respond to (agree, disagree, qualify, explain, re-word, connect, reflect) the following quote:
"The love of family and admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege." -Charles Kuralt
Students participated in a gallery walk of 17 images, responding to what they saw and what it made them think by writing on the images themselves. The class shared out responses afterwards to try to ascertain the thematic connections: how are these images related? 
privilege: a systematic, social advantage belonging to a group or groups of people.
Discussed the existence of privilege in our society:
- How is privilege designated?
- Is privilege always bad?
- Is privilege universal?
- Is privilege always apparent?
Noted that those who are privileged have not necessarily done anything wrong: those with white privilege are not necessarily racist, nor are those with male privilege necessarily sexist. Therefore, we should not shy away from these terms as 'accusatory'. Rather, it is the responsibility of the privileged as well as the non-privileged to acknowledge, discuss, and act upon social inequities.
intersectionality: the concept that a person's identity is made up of an infinite number of intersecting identity traits.
Noted that our racial, sexuality, gender, ability, and class identities are important, but far from the only defining factors that make us up.
Began reviewing class syllabus and expectations. (We will continue doing so next class.)
Homework:
Read "The Love of My Life" by T.C. Boyle by Thursday.
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