Activity 11: Privilege for Sale

Objective: This exercise invites the participants to recognize and examine privilege within society, what the intersections of privilege are and how money plays into it. Micro-aggressions can occur when people are not aware of their privileges, so the goal of this exercise is to acknowledge that not everyone has the same privileges, to bond with each other while becoming more mindful and inclusive in our approach of the people around us. 

Duration: 60-90 minutes

Material: Handout with privileges and scraps of paper

Method: experiential learning

Group size: 12-16, informal game, teamwork

Source: This training is adapted from Privilege-for-Sale-1.pdf (thesafezoneproject.com).

Target groups: Initiators, Observers, Receivers