This lesson plan is focused on the ways people interpret our identities based on what they can see about us. The way they judge our appearance affects their reactions, their treatment and the stories they instantly tell themselves about us, very often unconsciously. These visible identities put people at high risk because they can't be hidden or mitigated. We'll discuss the coping mechanisms that people use to manage the stereotypes about their groups (see Irving Goffman's Stigma for discredited identities). Some examples of these oppressions are Sexism, Ableism, Sizism, Transphobia, Racism.