Racism and Discrimination: Interview Project and Role-Play

1. In your community, ask people if they have been victims of or have perpetrated racist actions. To do this, follow these steps:a) Determine the questions you will ask.

b) Establish how many people you will interview and who.c) Decide on the place and date of the interviews.

d) Help interviewees realize that when they use phrases like "We need to improve the race" or "Work like a black person," they promote racist attitudes.

2. Share and discuss the findings of your interviews.

3. Conduct research in various media, such as books,newspapers, or reliable internet pages, about how racism and discrimination affect us socially.

4. Investigate which sectors of the population are more likely to suffer acts of discrimination and racism.

Speaking

In communities, role-play.

a) Act out one of these situations.

0Pretend you're at a job interview and the interviewer is rude because of how you look.

8Imagine you're eating lunch, and someone says mean things about a friend's skin color:

0Pretend you are shopping. and someone is not nice to the worker because of their race.

b)Decide who will play each role. Switch roles.

c)Act out the story using words and actions that seem natural for the situation.

d)When you'ne done, share what you learned about discrimination.

e)Act out another story and keep taking turns until you try them all.

f)Finally, talk with your classroom community about what you learned from playing. Discuss ways to be kind to everyone, no matter how they look.

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Max Jovan Longo Resendiz. EsTADo DE MExIco




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