Dealing with Prejudice and Conflict in the Classroom: The Pink Triangle Exercise.

Chesler, Mark A.; Zuniga, Ximena

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ERIC Number: EJ433637

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Publication Date: 1991

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Dealing with Prejudice and Conflict in the Classroom: The Pink Triangle Exercise.

Chesler, Mark A.; Zuniga, Ximena

Teaching Sociology, v19 n2 p173-81 Apr 1991

Describes a class exercise designed to confront homophobic attitudes. Students wear pink triangles to identify with gay/lesbian prejudice and peer pressures. Explores social conflict, prejudice, and oppression using conflict management techniques. Includes excerpts from students writing assignments and finds fear of being stigmatized pervades these accounts. (NL)

Descriptors: Bias, Class Activities, College Students, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Experiments, Experiential Learning, Experimental Curriculum, Higher Education, Homosexuality, Lesbianism, Periodicals, Self Concept, Social Psychology, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Teaching Experience, Writing Exercises

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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