Tunnel Of Oppression Research Paper

Privilege Room
This was the first room that we stepped in. The first people that entered were only people wearing UCM clothing. Those people stood in a triangle and everyone else came in behind them. The people in the triangle were handed balls of paper and the people in the back had to find one already on the floor. Everyone was then told to throw their paper ball into a plastic bin. A majority of people in the triangle made the shot into the plastic bin. This exercise was an example of privilege for people who already lived in America and newer immigrants who came and didn’t have certain rights because of that. This was a very interesting exercise.
Mental
This was the second room for the Tunnel of Oppression. A skit was performed
The moral of the skit was: you shouldn’t label someone because of mental health.
Self-Image
In this room there were about 7 drawings that discussed body image. There was also a slam poet doing a slam poem about body image on a laptop. This room was interesting because there are so many body types out there and it seems no one knows what to do with themselves. People are also judged because of their bodies that they should feel comfortable in.
Tunnel of Oppression The Tunnel of Oppression was an interesting experience. The rooms that the Tunnel of Oppression consisted of were Privilege, Mental Health, Gender, Self-Image, Alcohol Peer Pressure, and Debrief room. The Privilege room consisted of an exercise where the students were given a paper ball. Students in the back had to find their own paper ball off the floor. All students were then told to throw the paper ball in a plastic bin that was in the front of the classroom. Only people in the front made the shot which was an example of American privilege. American privilege still exists today and you tend to see it a lot with African Americans in the news. The Mental Health