Analyse your options before acting

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Short description

This activity is about training one’s ability to regulate emotions and analyse the best approach whenever encountering online hate speech.

Aims & Objectives

  • To train one’s ability to regulate emotions and analyse options for intervention.

Material and equipment needed

Table Actions, Gains, and Risks

Requirements for facilitators

As the topic of hate speech in general may elevate arousal and spur disagreement, it is important to set a scene of seriousness and empathy.

Instructions

Step by step explanation

Activity 1. Analyse options (60min)

  • Present the participants with the following cases. Ask them to imagine they have decided to intervene, but beforehand they are going to analyse their options for acting.
  • When online gaming with a couple of friends and some strangers, you notice on voice chat that one of the players whom you don’t know is a girl. One of your friends apparently notices the same and asks her: “How much do you charge for a blowjob?”
  • Below a public video on Instagram depicting celebrations from a Pride Parade, one of your friends tags you while commenting: “F****** freakz 😵👈”
  • The participants may use the table in the annex to fill in possible gains and risks from particular responses. Also encourage the participants to reflect on ways to avoid or circumvent the possible risks they have designated.
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