3 Responses

1. Exercises
   1. Try…Ask everyone to recount an incident when they last felt they were in a minority group.What did it feel like,emotions etc
   2.GIve everybody a list of professions/chracters from history/jobs.Ask them to place a male/female name by each
   3. Disability RIghts Commission have turned perceptions on their head – they have an athletic male in one of their videos walking into a world for disabled.People in wheelchairds stare at him or patronise him, door handles too low, You can create an exercise where a person/tream have to identify how this feels, gender,race or disability
   4. Create an interview for employment panel- tell the panel members they have to dream up every possible reason for not giving job to…?gender/race/disabled applicant
   5. You are the editor of Sun newspaper – use a male/female opposite word for

   BUTCH
   MISTRESS
   STUD
   think of others=stacks of them
   You see where it is going?

   I used these when national head of training for the Equal Opportunities Commission and now extensively developed these and more as a freelancer!
   chadwick@bill81.fsnet.co.uk
   Bill

2. Stereotyping exercises
   I find that these days you need to be a bit more subtle when getting people to stereo type as alot of people are aware of obvious ones. I have a number of exercises and would be glad to share/ swap with others who may be interested.
   You can e-me if you want to know more

3. Equal opportunities
   I have a couple of group activities that focus on ethnic, racial and sexual diversity.

   ewn1@cant.ac.uk