Kim Haynes, a teacher in our social work program, has an exercise that will move almost the hardest among us to rethink how we view our society. The class is divided into four or five groups. Each group is given a packet of supplies and a list of items to make from those supplies. She tells them to win at all costs. The winning group will get donuts and a day off from class.
Students eagerly open their packets and begin.
What no one knows is that only one group has all the supplies it needs-correct tools, correct colors. The other groups are missing important tools and may have inadequate pieces of paper, even wrong colors. As they work Kim writes what she overhears. Suddenly, the groups without adequate supplies realize what they lack. We didn't get any.