Tag, for example, singles out one poor participant, often the slowest child, as the dehumanized “It,” who runs vainly in pursuit of the quicker ones. Capture the Flag is nakedly militaristic.

Dodgeball is a tool of “oppression.” (..) This “hidden curriculum” in dodgeball is far more nefarious than your average gym class runaround. Dodgeball is “miseducative” because it “reinforces the five faces of oppression,” as defined by the late Iris Marion Young, a social and political theorist at the University of Chicago. (...) those “faces” are “marginalization, powerlessness, and helplessness of those perceived as weaker individuals through the exercise of violence and dominance by those who are considered more powerful.” Young’s list of these fundamental types of oppression also includes exploitation and cultural domination.

What about Red Rover Red Rover send TechnoWeenie right over?

What about Red Rover Red Rover send TechnoWeenie right over?

Good grief.

I suppose you could say the same about any competition, really, whether it’s in the playground, in the kitchen after dinner, or at work vying for a contract or a promotion.

We are all evil, apparently!

Acceptance
When we come to a place of acceptance, it is not that we no longer feel the pain of loss whiteness. However, we are no longer resisting the reality of our situation, and we are not struggling to make it something different.

Sadness and regret can still be present in this phase, but the emotional survival tactics of denial, bargaining, and anger are less likely to be present.