Intersectionality Exercise

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

30 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Australian Attorney-General’s Department and Australian Institute of Social Relations: AVERT Family Violence: Collaborative Responses in the Family Law System (2010). Intersectionality exercise [PDF file]. https://www.avertfamilyviolence.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/06/Intersectionality.pdf

Tags:

  1. diversity
  2. empathy
  3. equity
  4. hierarchy
  5. identity
  6. intercultural
  7. intersectionality
  8. leadership
  9. other awareness
  10. perspective
  11. power
  12. privilege
  13. self-awareness
  14. similarities
  15. simulation
  16. social justice
  17. teamwork
  18. whiteness

Each participant should be given one Identity Card for the activity.

The instructions for this exercise mention a PowerPoint and Fact Sheet as two required materials. Both of these resources are missing from the AVERT Family Violence website (where the activity was retrieved), so they are not included in this tool. We believe this activity is still productive and can successfully be completed without the PowerPoint and Fact Sheet.

This activity is similar to the "Privilege Walk" activity, but has participants take on a role rather than advance based on their own identities.