How racist do you think you are? Racism can often be hidden in our unconsciousness. Even though we try very hard not to be racist, we are socialized in to think of white as good and black as bad. Harvard University has been conducting a fascinating study of how we very subtly (implicitly) associate certain traits with being good or bad. Take the 'Implicit Associations Test' on race. Your results may surprise you.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Is Race Real?
We all know that people look different. Anyone can tell a black person from an Asian person--or can they? Check out this people sorter activity and see if you can classify people according to race. After that, explore other questions and issues about race with the many interactive activities on this website.
Also, Watch this Dave Chapelle video of the 'racial draft'
via videosift.com
via videosift.com
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Class Dismissed
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class examines television’s portrayal of working class people, from early images of the late 1940s to those on display in recent situation comedies, dramas, and “reality” programs. The film focuses primarily on two issues: television’s under-representation of working-class people and their concerns, and the stereotypes that are used when they are represented at all.In the United States, commercial television is a huge corporate enterprise, and the backgrounds and interests of those who control the industry have little in common with those of the working class—who happen to be the majority of the American people. Class Dismissed argues that television misrepresentations and stereotypes help to both create and reinforce negative perceptions of the working class.
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