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Exercise
To understand the place of humour and its use.
Participants will be able to describe how humour can be used in relation to racism.
Participants will be able to show the role that humour plays in oppression.
Participants were asked to bring three jokes. In groups of four to five, participants share the jokes and compare and contrast them in terms of the following criteria:
· Who was the joke aimed at?
· Who was the joke about?
· What is the joke about? Does it rely on history, myths or stereotypes?
· What is the purpose of the joke?
· What do all the jokes have in common?
Each group has 30 minutes before feeding back its conclusions to plenary. The general discussion should include the handout Humour Can Be Used and the following questions if time allows:
- How are jokes used in oppressive thinking?
- How do they operate in terms of attitudes and opinions?
- Where do young people hear these jokes?
An example of the use of humour was the ‘joke’ made by Silvio Berlisconi to a German colleague in July 2003. Referring to the intention and impact of the joke closed the session.
Check out how people feel listening and telling the jokes.
Posing the following question may help, listening to jokes, passive or active form of racism? What about us?
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This tool is for
Used with 23. Not recommended for young people unless you know the group well and think it appropriate.
and addresses
Anti-Racism
Materials needed:
Jokes, post-its, flipchart, pens, handout
Duration:
60 - 90 minutes
The tool was created by
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The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Unknown (on 14 September 2003)
and last modified
17 December 2008
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