I've got a group of friends who like to play a game called "Racism Friday". The group consists of a Redneck, a Philippine, an African American, a Hispanic, and an Irish man. The rules are simple. From 12:00 am until 11:59 pm on Friday, they make derogatory remarks about each others backgrounds and ridicule the stereotypes associated with each persons ethnicity and race. The only other rule is that you can't take offense to any of the comments made. And the strange thing is, no one does. Every comment made slides off their backs and they shoot one back. In a sick way, its kind of entertaining to watch.
Oh, by the way, they also play another game. It's called "Sexism Saturday".
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ReplyDeleteI used to play a game called Bad Anthropologist when I was in college. We would make fun of all the "stupid" things non-Western societies would do, like not having words for numerals above three, for example.
What is it that you and your buddies are learning with this game?
I have witnessed Racism Friday, and it is quite interesting. What I find to be most interesting is that when a comment is made, not only do the "players" in the game let the comment roll off their back, but they usually laugh! To me, that is a sign of acknowledgment. They recognize the stereotype and maybe not agree but they understand the humor in it.
ReplyDeleteAfter taking this class, there is another point I would like to make. The name of the game is "racism Friday"; yet notice the players. Not all of them are classified by race- i.e. redneck. Last time I checked this was not a race. Granted, people from the Midwest, East Coast, West Coast, etc think rednecks live a very different life than them; however, this does not qualify them as being a different race. They just have a different lifestyle, but are not considered a race.