An Oppression Role Play

SUBJECT Social Studies

NUMBER OF DAYS LONG One hour.

YEAR/GRADE Advanced secondary education students or post secondary.

CURRICULAR TOPIC Chicana/Chicano issues; institutional discrimination.

TOPIC OBJECTIVE To help students understand racism and institutional discrimination through an easy interactive simulation exercise. To help students comprehend how basic resources are connected, i.e. how discrimination within one institution (housing) affects resource allocation in another (education).

SOCIAL JUSTICE OBJECTIVE To develop empathy for disenfranchised people.

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