Petal Power: Empowering The Flower Lovers Of Tazewell

Webthe power flower illustrates our social identities and the ways in which we experience power, privilege, and oppression in society in intersecting ways.

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Each petal of the flower.

Webinterpersonal relations within your group:

Notice who has fewer matching petals and thus less social power, and who has more.

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How can you turn this knowledge to advantage.

The visual shows a flower with 16 petals labelled in clockwise order from the top:

Race, ethnic group, language, religion, education, family, social class, age.

Each “row” of petals represents a specific social identity.

L on the inner most petal, write your own identities (for education, as an example, if grade 12.

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