Team is considering a baby photo guess who game. While most of the team has a similar ethnic background, there are only a few of us that ‘stand out’. I have always hated this activity as a minority in the group. Obviously that is me, no need to pretend to struggle or call out how easy it is to guess. If I don’t participate, I may look like a spoil sport, but I don’t feel like playing along with this nonsense. How do I voice my discomfort to the organizers in a productive way?

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I’m a minority as well but I just see this activity as something light hearted and fun. Unless they’re forcing you to participate, just don’t. I don’t think people should see it as being a party pooper

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Confuse them.
Do some editing - make it B&W and mess with the exposures. Add a mustache.

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Who cares if you’re ethnically different? Everyone loves baby pictures. Are you saying it’s too easy for everyone to pick yours? Again who cares

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Is being one of the first picked a shame of some sort?

Propose another game if this one is too upsetting. To me this seems like a very insignificant thing to care about.

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Actually, I am with OP. Things like that can be very insensitive. I have a family member that was born with a hair lip. Every time the baby pictures come up, it’s very uncomfortable and leads to conversations that don’t need to be have in the workplace.

Maybe you can tell your team what you just said and try to deflect and suggest another game to play instead… “Everyone has played that game before, let’s try something else…”

and if this doesn't work, mess with them by submitting someone else's baby pic lol

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Submit a picture that’s not you

I think the point of the game is to see how adorable everyone looked as a baby. Sometimes it’s easier to just go along to get along, there’s better battles to pick, I hate all kinds of office things and I just do them anyway lol

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