The Airplane Game

Imagine you are boarding an airplane for an overseas journey. The flight attendant has told you the plane is not very full, so you can sit wherever you want. Who would you sit beside and why?

• a bald person with multiple piercings.
• a member of a biker group.
• a refugee.
• an ex-convict who spent 27 years in prison.
• a woman in a hijab.

Click each box to learn more about your choices.

• a bald person with multiple piercings.
  Photograph: A young woman wearing a pink bandana on her head with earrings.
  Background: This woman is a breast cancer survivor who lost her hair as a result of her medical treatments.
• a member of a biker group.
  Photograph: A side view of two males riding motorcycles down the road. One is wearing a leather vest and sunglasses and the other has a vest, bandana, and one arm covered in tattoos.
  Background: These are members of Bikers Against Child Abuse. They reach out to young victims who were abused and support them when they are scared – at home, on their way to school, or even during court appearances. They believe that they can offer them security and protection.
  Photo and backstory
  http://www.azcentral.com/news/azliving/articles/2012/07/13/20120713bikers-against-child-abuse-make-abuse-victims-feel-safe.html?page=1 .
  
• a refugee.
  Photograph: Michaelle Jean wearing a blue sash while standing at a podium with a microphone. Story: Michaelle's family fled Haiti because of the dictatorship after her father was arrested and tortured. After attending university in Canada, Michaelle became a filmmaker, television news reporter, and in 2005, was appointed Governor-General of Canada.
  Background: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michaelle-jean/
  Photo: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/08/04/michaelle_jean_faces_skepticism_in_bid_for_head_up_la_francophonie.html
• an ex-convict who spent 27 years in prison.
  Photograph: An image of Nelson Mandela later in his life.
  Background: Nelson Mandela became involved in the African National Congress in 1942 and began to work as an anti-apartheid activist. These activists utilized boycotts, civil disobedience, and non-cooperation to further their cause. Mandela was arrested in 1961 as a result of a three-day worker's strike that he had organized, but while in prison was sentenced to life in prison for other crimes, including sabotage.
  Photo citation: http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017
  For More Information: http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017#mandelas-imprisonment .
• a woman in a hijab.
  Photograph: Woman wearing a loose black hijab.
  Background: As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai, defied the Taliban to become a vocal advocate for the right of females to receive a formal education in Pakistan. Because of the attention that her activism was garnering, she was targeted and shot one day while traveling home from school, but survived. She later became the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize for her work.
  Photo citation: https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2015/07/malala-yousafzai-speaks-in-santa-barbara
  For More Information: http://www.biography.com/people/malala-yousafzai-21362253