Word Slaps

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

1 hour

External Cost

No

Source

Activity created by Dr. Kris Acheson-Clair, Dr. Lindsey Macdonald, and Dr. Aletha Stahl, CILMAR

Tags:

  1. allies
  2. antiracism
  3. diversity
  4. diversity & inclusion
  5. emotional resilience
  6. emotions
  7. empathy
  8. ethnicity
  9. idiomatic expressions
  10. inclusion
  11. ingroup
  12. language
  13. outgroup
  14. polarization
  15. self-awareness
  16. social justice
  17. taboos

This activity asks students to engage with language that is hurtful and offensive. The facilitator should warn participants beforehand and acknowledge that participants may have emotional reactions to these terms.