00.35 – 00.50: Privileges
Exercise 4a3: Step forward
– Identification and recognition of (unconscious) discrimination and privileges, breaking stereotypes
– Insight into the mechanism that characteristics and needs of the dominant groups often become the “norm” and determine the policy, guidelines and working methods within a sports organisation
– enhance understanding and empathy for privileges (and the impact for those, who do not have them)
What do you need?
– different roles described on cards
– statements
What should you do?
– Ask all participants to line up in a horizontal line.
– Give everyone a card describing a certain type of person and ask the participants to put themselves in the shoes of this person
– Ask participants to respond to the statements from the perspective of the character of the person described on the card
– Roles can be for example: middle-aged native man, middle-aged native woman, young native woman, young native man, native boy, native girl, middle-aged man with migration background, middle-aged woman with migration background, young man with migration background, young woman with migration background, boy with migration background, girl with migration background. Or make the roles even more specific, in accordance with the actual population composition in the environment of the sports organisation.
– The facilitator reads out statements and people move forward according to whether the statement is true for them or not. The statements have to do with inclusion of migrant women and girls in and through sport.
The statements may be something like, “take a step forward if ……
- I have experienced little or no hesitation and barriers to join this sports organisation
- I already knew a lot of people from the sports organization before I joined myself
- When I visit the sports organisation I see people like me very well represented
- I have never been the only person of my race in a team or room.
- I have never felt unsafe because of my gender.
- I feel privileged because of the identities I was born with.
- I think the facilities of my sports organisation are tailored to people like me
- I have never felt the victim of jokes
- I do not feel strange or abnormal with regard to my clothing or lifestyle
- I feel that I belong and that I am appreciated for who I am and what I contribute
– View the result
– Ask what it was like to do this and how participants feel where they are now and what lessons we can learn from this?
– Participants can explain their choices and their role during the debriefing
– Extend the results of this exercise to your own sports organisation and ask: How is this in your organisation? To what extent are the wishes and needs of women and girls with a migrant background taken into account within your sports organisation?
Trainers advice
– Schedule enough time for the group discussions. Discussing many different opinions promotes reflection and awareness-raising. Provide a safe and respectful atmosphere and discussion
– Roles and perspectives should be deliberately composed in such a way that eg gender, origin, etc. are well distributed