In action for discrimination

Aims of the tool

•to identify different types of discrimination
•to raise awareness about prejudices and preconceptions
•to empower a sense of human dignity and social responsibility
•to encourage communication

Description of the tool

The trainer/ facilitator must choose from the types of discrimination:
-age
- racial/ ethnic
-nationality
-disability
-language
-religious
-sex/ gender/ gender-identity
-etc. (more can be added according to the topic)

On strip of papers will be written different quotes that reflect the types of discrimination that are going to be discussed:
i.e.:
 “The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime.”Johnny Ball
 “One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.” Franklin Thomas
 “Our true nationality is mankind.” H. G. Wells
 “Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.” Martina Navratilova
 “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.”Rita Mae Brown
 “I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business.” Maya Angelou
 “When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.” Bette Davis

The papers are cut in halves. The participants will randomly select one half of the paper. They must find their partner that has the other half of the quotation. Then, they must identify the type of discrimination. If the time allows, they can share examples from their experience.

Instead of quotations the trainer/ facilitator can find images that reflect different types of discrimination and to cut them in halves and to ask to the participants to do the same task.