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OPENLY ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE
DO ABOUT THIS.
>> YOU WOULD NOT BE SHOWING
RACISM BY JUST THINKING IT, BUT
YOU WOULD BE SHOWING IS IMPLICIT
BIAS.
THIS IS WHAT THIS CONVERSATION
HAS GENERATED.
IMPLICIT BIAS IS WHEN, BECAUSE
OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN PROGRAMMED
TO THINK, WHEN YOU SEE A YOUNG
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN IN A
HOODIE, OR IN SOME JEANS, YOU
IMMEDIATELY START TO THINK THIS
SILLY STATISTIC THAT THERE ARE
MORE BLACK MEN IN JAIL THAN
THERE ARE IN COLLEGE.
WHEN THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.
THERE ARE 400,000 MORE BLACK MEN
IN COLLEGE THAN THERE ARE IN ALL
THE JAILS.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN
PROGRAMMED INTO OUR HEAD.
YOU SEE FAR MORE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN PORTRAYED
AS CRIMINALS ON TELEVISION.
WHY ARE THEY NOT PORTRAYED AS
TE
TEACHERS?
>> WHEN YOU'RE DOING AN AD AND
SHOWING CRIMINALS, YOU NEVER
SHOW A BLACK PERSON AS A
CRIMINAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE
SOMETIMES.
THAT'S A FORM OF RACISM, ALSO.
>> TV IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
DEPARTURE OF REALITY.
SO THE ROBBERS ON TV CAN BE
WHITE, BECAUSE IN REAL LIFE,
THEY'RE BREAK.
>> BECAUSE THE ADVERTISERS ARE
WORRIED THEY SHOW A BLACK MAN IN
AN AD, THEY'RE STEREOTYPING.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A
RACIST, BUT I THINK THAT
ASSUMPTION WOULD BE RACIST.
>> IT WOULD BE.
>> BUT I GUESS I'M BEING HONEST
ABOUT THAT.
HOW DO WE --
>> THE ASSUMPTION IS RACIST.
SO MANY WHITE FOLK AND PLENTY OF
BLACK FOLK HAVE THE SAME KIND OF
PAUSE.
>> IF I SEE A WHITE GUY WITH A
HOODIE, I'M ACTING A CERTAIN
WAY.
BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OF A
CHANCE --
>> THERE ISN'T MORE OF A CHANCE.
WE HAVE TO RECONCILE THAT
DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT WE FEEL
AND WHAT'S RATIONAL.
ALL MY KIDS AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY WALK THROUGH THE
CAMPUS WITH HOODIES ON.
AIN'T NONE OF THEM ROBBING
NOBODY.
>> AND WE LIVE ON THE UPPER EAST
SIDE.
MY NEPHEW WEARS A HOODIE AND
HE'S PLAYING BASKETBALL RIGHT
NOW.
MY NEPHEW LIVES WITH ME.
SO IF HE COMES OVER AND WALKS BY
YOUR HOUSE TO BRING SOMETHING
DOWN TO YOU, YOU SHOULD BE
THINKING OH, THAT COULD BE S
STAR'S NEPHEW RIGHT THERE,
INSTEAD THAT COULD BE A
CRIMINAL.
>> I HAVE TO SAY THIS, I THINK
WE TRY TO USE THE HOODIES AS
THIS METAPHOR.
BUT 35 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE NOT