I was thinking about what I was going to talk about today and I happened to remember this thing I had seen. I say thing because I'm not sure if it was just a report or a sixty minutes thing, or something else entirely. But, it was a study about what people would do if they were face to face with racial discrimination. They had a black woman go into a store and had an employee harass her and make racial comments about how she shouldn't be in the store because all she's going to do is steal. Both the woman and employee are in the know, it's the other shoppers that don't know what's going on.
What's interesting is that women were more likely to stand up for the woman than men, especially if the men had a gf/wife with them.
So, what would you do if you came face to face with racial discrimination? Would you walk away or stand up for a stranger?
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I remember seeing something similar to this a while back as well, that put strangers in awkward situations, whether it be witnessing a staged domestic dispute, actors pretending to steal something, etc. and it was really shocking to see how many people stood by and did nothing to help the people being victimized in the various situations. There were a few people who made an effort and tried to do the right thing, but for the most part people just acted as if nothing was happening. It was really surprising!
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