Barbie Savior: A Lesson in Intercultural Empathy

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

1 hour

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity created by Annette Benson and Dr. Lindsey Macdonald, CILMAR, Purdue University, based on the following:

Barbie Savior [@barbiesavior]. (n.d.). Posts [Instagram profile]. https://www.instagram.com/barbiesavior/?hl=en

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). (2009). Intercultural knowledge and competence VALUE rubric. https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/intercultural-knowledge

Tags:

  1. CILMAR staff collection
  2. COIL
  3. cultural humility
  4. empathy
  5. preparation for study abroad
  6. study abroad
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  1. User dcjones's profile picture dcjones 4:05 pm 11 December 2020

    I strongly recommend that this activity only be used in one of two scenarios: a) working with an all white, all christian group for whom this parody will cause reflection on ingrained, subversive racism and/or prejudices and implicit biases or b) a heterogeneous group for which the objective is to cause discomfort in order to confront topics of racism, white fragility, white savior complex, etc.