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Time Activity
Activity 5.11: Who am I?
Section 5: Stigma and Discrimination
Activity Outline
Objective: At the end of this activity, participants should understand the prejudices that exist
within a community/society.
Duration/Timing: 30 minutes
Materials/Resources: Paper, cello tape, and pens.
10 minutes 1. Divide the participants into small groups and give each person a piece of
paper. Ask half the groups to draw a picture of someone respected in
society. Ask the other groups to draw someone that is not respected in
society, as well as writing their profession. Tell each member of the group
that they cannot draw the same person as anyone else in the group.
2. When all the pictures are finished, ask the groups to explain who they
have drawn and why.
10 minutes 3. Collect the pictures and shuffle them.
4. Ask the group to stand up and move chairs and tables away from the
middle so there is plenty of room for people to move around.
5. Stick a picture on the backs of each person.
6. Ask the group to walk around and to greet each other in the way they
would greet and talk to the person drawn on the persons back. They
should not greet them by name to give away each other’s identities. Tell
them that at the end the participants will be asked to guess their own
identity. Give examples such as “If you met Hu Jintao how would you
act?” “If a beggar stopped you in the street, how would you act?” Once
they have got the idea, ask them to start the activity. Carry on for 10
minutes.
7. Ask the group to return to their seats, but do not let them take the pictures
off their back. Ask the group the following questions:
• How were you treated?
• How did this make you feel?
• Who do you think is drawn on your picture?
8. Ask the questions:
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