This week, we had Kaori and Neesha come to our class to discuss technology and inclusion. In this reflection, I want to talk about an activity she did at the beginning of the class. Before class started, we received a piece of paper that came in one of three colours (green, blue, and yellow). I wasn’t aware of what this was for, but I assumed that I would be writing on it at some point. After Kaori introduced herself, she asked all the people with blue pieces of paper to hold their paper in the air. Then, they were told that they could listen to only half of the presentation, and then they had to leave. Then she asked the people with the yellow paper to hold their paper in the air. While their paper was in the air, they were told that they were lucky and got to stay for the whole presentation. Finally, the people with the green papers were told to hold their papers in the air. Then, they were told that they were not allowed to stay for any of the presentations. I was initially very confused as I thought that Kaori was serious, but then she told us that it was just an activity to show what discrimination feels like. This was very moving for me as I was one of the people with the yellow paper. At first, I was happy that I got to stay because of my paper, and I felt proud to be in that group. Then, I quickly became sad as many of my friends were not in the yellow group and were going to leave. I think the most crucial piece that I picked up while doing this activity was recognizing that it was my friends that I was going to miss. It is very easy to disconnect from people we do not know and not feel bad for them when they are excluded. However, the moment it is a person you know and care about, what is happening to them becomes personal. This is a prime example of why it is so important for students to learn about different cultures, races, religions, and traditions as well as about those who are being discriminated against, so they can see how it is not ok, and they can experience the emotions on a personal level. This activity would be a great one you could use to teach your students about discrimination and how it feels to be excluded based on something as silly as the colour of the paper they were given. I think it can also teach them about how people don’t choose the be excluded, just like how students did not get to choose which colour paper they were given. They could not pick the same colour as their friends or pick their favourite colour, they were given a random piece of paper and had to live with it.