Hello to all ka.....hope you're enjoying your long weekend na ka.
A little bit about my podcast episodes to share na ka....last Tuesday and tomorrow, I'll share my thought and stories about 'Diversity', which has 'stretch meaning' drawn from Baldrige/EdPEx to get started ka.
It was unbelievable how long it could be so I have two episodes on this particular issue, the first focusing more broadly and the second on Thailand ka.
For those who aren't so familiar with the definition, it is as follows ka: 'Personal differences among workforce members that enrich the work environment and are representative of your hiring and student communities.
I focus more on this part about the differences which 'address many variables, such as race, religion, color, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, age and generation, education, geographic origin, and skill characteristics, as well as ideas, thinking, academic disciplines, and perspective.
Quite a few stories told were from my own experiences!
Can't just tell from the look .... when a Japanese-American friend felt very frustrated as he got lots of compliments about his English proficiency, a little Thai girl speaking English with her mom was mistaken (by me:)) as a foreigner. A few Thai schools hire blue-eye teachers to gain parents' confidence in their English programs when not every farang can speak English
Don't judge from education level....I was sharing about my maid who got only Grade 6 certificate. Yet, she knows so many things I have no ideas about. I turned on the section for her to listen too and she blushed....I believe she felt a bit shy yet proud ka.
Care a bit more for changing contexts ..... to me, the term 'dek dek -- เด็ก ๆ' is so cute to show how we care for our younger ones but it turned out that once I was repeatedly asked not to call them so. I thought Thais staying abroad for a long time must have forgotten how it meant to our hearts. When in Thailand, I still prefer calling the junior ones dek dek and to date, I do with my students who are almost 60:))! They love it ka.
However, time has changed a lot. These days, I'd want to ask the younger gens for their preference and I'll follow without any reservations ka.
Listen to learn..... Once we had a cleaning day with street cleaners to combine lunch and discussion. It enabled us to learn more how excited/ frustrated they felt as we served hamburgers for lunch. More interestingly were their opinions and stories.... how they felt awkward to sit at the same table with the highly educated. One shared that she felt people didn't trust that street cleaners could be neat to use the restrooms as she saw facial expressions occasionally which made her upset.
I also got to read a research article on, 'The Unintended Consequences of Diversity Statements' by Sonia Kang, et. al in Harvard Business Review, March 2016. It was very interesting to learn that people of color 'whitened' their resumes to be called for interviews like changing a name from 'Jing' to 'Jenn' or dropping the word 'black' from "Black Engineering Students' Association". Half of applicants of color still did so to apply for entry level jobs and twice the number were invited for interviews than the ones that didn't tone down their resumes!
After all, one takeaway I wish to encourage my podcast audience is to go with respect and increase awareness of our own bias and sense of discrimination to promote diversity. Eventually, besides being role models for global citizens, it could potentially lead to creativity and innovation.
Will have to start working on my next episode laew la ka...any suggestion mai ka?
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