True Colors-Racial Discrimination In Everyday Life

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The video True Colors- Racial Discrimination in Everyday Life ½ (2010), was really interesting yet disturbing to watch. This was an experiment where a black and white male, who were equal in everything, such as jobs and education, were to do the same things in St. Louis, Missouri and see if they would get treated equally, and if not, how differently they would be treated. The experiment showed time and time again racial discrimination. Racial discrimination is according to Thefreedictionary.com (2015), “discriminatory of abusive behavior towards members of another race” and “unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice”.
In this video, the black male was not treated equally to the white male. He was not offered assistance

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