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Re: Racism experiment for you all
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Originally Posted by Rasta4eye
Following on from the Racism thread...just wanted you all to try a little experiment.
Next time you are infront of the TV for about a hour, just count the number of times you see a racial stereotype especially in the adverts.
A rough example:
Medical adverts where non white staff are just the medical help/nurses..and all doctors are white.
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if there are actors on TV... the black person (nearly always the black MAN) will be at the back of the group or positioned slightly lower in height than the white person.
or
In a news report..if it is something bad like unemployement or violent crime count the ratio of non-white to white.
It is always subtle but there will be a negative/subservient image attributed to non-white people.
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what do you make of government attempts to re-dress the balance (both in racism and sexism) through those job adverts that say 'we welcome applicants from ethnic minorities' etc. when i worked for social services they employed a childrens counsellor for the kids in the unit i worked. a much needed post and a well-qualified individual - however when he started he was introduced as Young Peoples Black Counsellor (this was SOCIAL SERVICES!!!). this was hastily re-worded after an uproar. now i work for the fire service (another largescale government institution) im told that out of every 10 firefighters they recruit, 2 HAVE to be women to meet government guidelines. personally as a woman i would like to be given a job on my merits not on my gender because of patronising government legislation.
Last edited by LadySizzla : 06-27-2008 at 07:26 AM.
Reason: missed a bit. got a hangover so brain gone awol!
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