Comments on: What Would You Do?: Racism in America https://contemporaryracism.org/179/what-would-you-do-racism-in-america/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Mon, 19 May 2014 20:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alexa https://contemporaryracism.org/179/what-would-you-do-racism-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:49:57 +0000 http://www.professorwolfe.com/blog/?p=179#comment-45 In reply to Lexie.

I definitely agree with you. I was really happy to see this program on a major network show such a relevant issue. There is actually a different video from this program that sets up a similar situation dealing with race-based discrimination. I think showing a social experiment like this displays the realities of every day racism and can be very eye opening to someone who does not think racism exists today.

]]> By: Lexie https://contemporaryracism.org/179/what-would-you-do-racism-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:35:43 +0000 http://www.professorwolfe.com/blog/?p=179#comment-20 This video was so interesting. It really shows how the public reacts to certain situations. I was completely shocked to see that more people called 911 on a group of Black kids sleeping in a car than White kids actually vandalizing somebody’s private property. The Black kids were sleeping, and they were seen as more of a disturbance! I think that this was a really important thing for people to see. I am not sure that many people would believe this would happen without actually seeing it occur. I understand that stereotypes occur and it’s a natural reaction for the human brain, but I would have never expected to see something as disturbing as this. I think shows like this are important because they show how prevalent racism still is today.

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