True Colors - Racial Discrimination in Everyday Life 1/2

Documentary on the "nature of today's prejudices." Follows two men (equal in all measurable aspects, except skin color) as they particpate 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?

Descript'n 1 videocassette (19 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 discussion guide Note VHS format Performers Diane Sawyer Note Originally broadcast on ABC's Prime time live, Sept. 26, 1991 Performers Diane Sawyer Credits Producers, Mark Lucasiewicz and Eugenia Harvey

Category:

Education

Tags:

• race
• racism
• study
• white
• privilege
• color
• line
• discrimination

[TensionManORG]

@Ic3Sugar You're a retard.

[Ic3Sugar]

@TensionManORG that was lame, all that time to think of a comeback and thats all u came with? Regardless, your still an ignorant moron cuz u dont even understand why I called u a dumbass. CLEARLY thts not why the black guy was discriminated against, the white boy has dopey glasses too but those was the shit at the time. Ur a dumbass. know discrimination when u see it moron.

[jamessmith3232]

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[BrownsvilleCrook]

@supportjapanwithlove Why don't they take a black to a white area and watch him get tarred, feathered, or hanged.

[BrownsvilleCrook]

@grendel1013 "Really? Every time a White commits a crime it makes national news. A Black commits a crime and it gets swept aside and no one hears about it."

It's the other way around.

[BrownsvilleCrook]

@nyker07 The two people in this video acted the same way. Why did he get treated differently? Oh, because he looks different.

[BrownsvilleCrook]

@Budguy68 The way they talk? African Americans speak English just like you.....

How do you know how they act if you don't associate with them?

I smell racism....

[midatlantic09]

@Budguy68 You don't personally know all that many Black people. Don't lie.

[Budguy68]

@midatlantic09

you're probably just making a baseless assumption

[midatlantic09]

@Budguy68 You probably don't even know 5 Black people.