| By Justin Elliott - Oct 19th, 2007 at 7:08 pm EDT |
| Also listed in: Campus Progress Blog |
I’m gonna have to agree with Phi Beta Cons’ George Leef’s disbelief on this one:
An organization called the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators has come up with and markets THE GAME OF OPPRESSION. …
If you want to see for yourself, or perhaps buy a copy, go here.
And this, from the official description, just smacks of self-parody:
The game provides a "safe space" for authentic dialogue around the issues of oppression.
Unfortunately NASPA’s image for the game board is too small to make out every square, but there appears to be an “Oppression” deck of cards, a “Reality Check” deck, and a “Moment of Privilege” deck.
Unlike Leef, I fully appreciate the importance of various kinds of diversity. But, in my experience, these heavy-handed, regimented, top-down schemes to “foster” “diversity” or “dialogue” or whatever are bound to be painful for all involved.

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