http://ericstoller.com/blog/2006/01/22/the-game-of-oppression/ | social justice | higher education | technology | Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:32:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2006/01/22/the-game-of-oppression/#comment-11255 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:06:34 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2006/01/22/the-game-of-oppression/#comment-11255 I have played this game and met with the creators. I did not find it lead to tokenizaton or marginalization. The "goal" of the game is enlightenment, but by playing the game one really finds out how hard it is to achieve enlightenment. It really opens your eyes to oppression in all its form, gender, race, sexual orientation and challenges you on how you define oppression. There is the need for a facilitator for the game, which the rules require, but the game is one that is not over when someone wins, the challenge is continuing the discussion of reactions to the game once the game ends. Please consider playing the game yourself or talking to more than one friend before determining your opinion. I played the game with a large group of people of color and no one expressed negative reactions, but then again that was one group. I have played this game and met with the creators. I did not find it lead to tokenizaton or marginalization. The “goal” of the game is enlightenment, but by playing the game one really finds out how hard it is to achieve enlightenment. It really opens your eyes to oppression in all its form, gender, race, sexual orientation and challenges you on how you define oppression. There is the need for a facilitator for the game, which the rules require, but the game is one that is not over when someone wins, the challenge is continuing the discussion of reactions to the game once the game ends. Please consider playing the game yourself or talking to more than one friend before determining your opinion. I played the game with a large group of people of color and no one expressed negative reactions, but then again that was one group.

]]> http://ericstoller.com/blog/2006/01/22/the-game-of-oppression/#comment-225 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:27:39 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2006/01/22/the-game-of-oppression/#comment-225 Have you read Road to Wigan Pier? I really liked it and the book addresses poverty and oppression quite intelligently I think. Have you read Road to Wigan Pier? I really liked it and the book addresses poverty and oppression quite intelligently I think.

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