Doubt, identity and belonging
Imposter feelings, intersectionality and race equality.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 2 hours
- Where
- Leading yourself
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
Some doubt is learned, and some is handed to us by the room. Telling them apart is the thread through three linked parts. The first traces impostor feelings across personal, transitional and structural layers, drawing on Tulshyan and Burey, Eagly and Karau's role congruity theory, stereotype threat and Walton and Cohen's belonging study. The second explores intersectionality from Kimberle Crenshaw's analysis of DeGraffenreid v General Motors, privilege, Friedman and Laurison's The Class Ceiling and the Welsh socio-economic duty. The third covers race equality at work, the Macpherson Report, the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan and Baroness Casey's review of the Metropolitan Police.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Distinguish the personal, transitional and structural layers of impostor feelings, and the response each layer calls for.
- Explain intersectionality using Crenshaw's analysis, and break down data so that disadvantage where characteristics cross is not hidden.
- Explain institutional racism using the Macpherson definition, focusing on what systems produce rather than what individuals intend.
- Explain how role congruity, stereotype threat and social class can shape who is judged competent and who feels they belong.
- Describe privilege as unearned and often invisible advantage, and use your own position to open doors for others.
- Interpret race equality data, including the NHS WRES and Welsh evidence, to distinguish representation from fairness.
- Apply calibration questions to separate what is yours to work on from what you should raise with your organisation.
- Assess how social class shapes progression, including how to measure socio-economic background and judge potential on evidence rather than polish.
The Modules.
2 hours of learning.
- 03Where It Comes From: Personal, Social and StructuralThis module examines where impostor feelings come from across three layers: personal, transitional and structural. It draws on Tulshyan and Burey's critique of the label, Eagly and Karau's role congruity theory, Steele and Aronson's stereotype threat, Friedman and Laurison's The Class Ceiling and Walton and Cohen's belonging study, helping you tell learned doubt from doubt the room hands you.38 min
- 06Intersectionality, Privilege and Social ClassSingle labels can miss real disadvantage, and background still shapes who gets on at work. This module traces intersectionality to Kimberle Crenshaw's 1989 analysis of DeGraffenreid v General Motors, explores privilege through McIntosh and through Davidai and Gilovich, and sets out the evidence on social class from Friedman and Laurison's The Class Ceiling. It covers measuring socio-economic background, the Welsh socio-economic duty and KPMG UK's class targets.40 min
- 07Race Equality at WorkRace inequality in public services is rarely about a few bad individuals; it is built into ordinary decisions. This module examines the Macpherson Report's definition of institutional racism, the development of race equality law, ten years of NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard data and the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan. It sets out anti-racist practice for managers and draws lessons from Baroness Casey's 2023 review of the Metropolitan Police.41 min