Page 22 - Let's talk about Racism - Activities for challenging racism

Diversity Diary

• Spend some time imagining that you are an individual from a

particular ethnic background.

• On different occasions throughout the day consider the needs of

different individuals, for example an Black British individual,
Traveller, an asylum seeker or a person in the early stages of acquiring

English as an additional language.

• Consider everything: the posters/messages/signs on the walls, the

resources in the working/learning environment, the messages given

out by managements/staff, the content of the conversations and ask
yourself, “is this workplace/learning environment welcoming to me?”,

“do I feel included?”, “what messages am I being given?”

• Record your thoughts in a diary for the day.

• Prepare to share at the end of the day

Adapted from an activity by Heather Smith, University of Newcastle