If immediate action cannot occur, talk with the student later, in private, or refer the student to a guidance counselor or principal. Your consistent and positive action gives the message to all students that you and the school do not condone discriminatory behaviors. Provide students with a role model worth emulating. Help your colleagues to join with you in creating a safe and bias-free school by modeling effective ways to intervene and promote fairness. Teach students to monitor their own behavior and that of their peers.
Students can learn to recognize and point out offensive and hurtful comments and actions.
Peer mediation, student equity groups, and classroom equity projects can help to create student equity ambassadors. A small amount of preparation, perhaps an outline of events, action, and key statements, needs to be developed by the group. Stay in character. Don't overdo this aspect of the skit, but a well placed prop adds context for the audience and gives the actors added focus. If someone misses a cue or drops a line, that's OK, keep going.