As I watched Monday Night Football, I was continually assaulted by ads promoting the diversity message “Love has no labels.”
What the heck is going on?
I Googled the ads and found this on the ADL website:
The Ad Council’s Love Has No Labels is a public service advertising campaign that encourages people to examine and challenge their own implicit bias. The PSAs feature real people filmed at a live event in which a large x-ray screen depicts the people only as two skeletons embracing. As the skeleton images separate and walk out from behind the screen, the audience discovers who they really are. This process occurs a number of times, each highlighting different pairings of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, ability and age to encourage viewers’ to take a closer look at their own expectations and implicit bias.
ADL has developed two resource guides to facilitate conversation and deepen young people’s thinking on these topics.
Family and Caregiver Guide
The Family and Caregiver Guide provides information about how to have these discussions at home and includes conversation starter questions, tips for how to rethink bias at home and additional resources.
Download Family and Caregiver Guide (PDF)
Educator’s Guide
The Educator’s Guide provides information about how to bring these discussions into your classroom and includes key words, discussion questions, extension activities by grade level (grades 3-12), tips for rethinking bias in school and additional resources. You may pick and choose the questions and activities that work for your classroom and time allotted.
Download Educator’s Guide (PDF)
