I Am Brown

Selene describes the pain and frustration she experiences as a Latina woman dealing with racism, discrimination, and hyper-sexualization.

For all videos:

  • What did you see in the video?
  • What do you think this video was about?
  • What stood out to you the most in this video?

For this video:

  • How do stereotypes/prejudgments hurt us?
  • Have you ever been mistreated/discriminated against/excluded because of a stereotype?
  • Have you ever stereotyped/prejudged someone and later realized you were wrong?

Materials needed: colored pencils, markers, pen, copies of head template

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Step 1.
Tell students that they should think about the thoughts they have regarding sex. Without the fear of being judged, encourage them to creatively write statements inside their head template that describe the questions, concerns, insecurities, fears, curiosities, dreams, hopes, desires they have about sex.

Step 2.
Tell them that they can volunteer to share some of their thoughts with the class and reassure them that their papers will remain anonymous but will be posted in the classroom wall for others to see and read.