True Colors - Racial Discrimination in Everyday Life
report by Diane Sawyers: www.youtube.com/watch, part 1, www.youtube.com...part 2
Feb 26, 2010
Documentary
on the "nature of today's prejudices." Follows two men (equal in all
measurable aspects, except skin color) as they participate in a variety
of "everyday" life interactions and situations to test levels of
prejudice based on skin colors. Shows how two young men in St. Louis,
one white, one black, but otherwise similar in background, appearance,
etc., are treated differently in various situations as they go about
shopping, applying for work, and looking for rental housing.
In
the 1960s, black Americans were promised that this country would not
judge people by the color of the their skin. Three decades later, this
video investigates situations in which blacks and whites continue to be
treated differently.
Video raises the question of the relation
between discrimination in everyday social exchanges and what sociology
calls "structural racism," the systematic exclusion of people of color
from full access to social resources. Where does this program root the
problem? In the individual bias of a few people? Or are individuals
expressions of a society based on white privilege? Does everyone who
identifies as white have a stake in upholding the racial hierarchy with
its tendency for white preferential treatment? On the other hand, what
responsibility do European Americans have for eliminating or helping to
eliminate racial preference? How would some of the problems indicated in
the film be addressed or remedied?
I watched the video (both parts) and found it moving and helpful. Worth the time to watch. -DG
See first post on White Privilege
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