Overt Racism: Intentional and/or obvious harmful attitudes or behaviors towards another minority individual or group because of the color of his/her skin.
Media Links and Discussion
Each of the following topics includes a link to a piece of media and discussion questions that can be used in discussion.
Racism in a bakery in New York

Audience: high school, college and beyond
Discussion questions:
- Have you ever seen anything like this in your community? How did you respond?
- If you have never seen anything like this in your community, how did you respond when you saw this clip?
- Would you have spoken directly to the owner of the bakery?
- What would you have said if you would have?
Dave Chappell - "Open Racism"

Audience: 10th graders and beyond
Discussion questions:
- What terms used stand out to you?
- How do you feel about these terms?
Dave Chappell on putting racist beliefs out in the open

Audience: College students and adults
Discussion questions:
- What are covert and overt racist and prejudicial behaviors?
- What are the racial stereotypes we hold in our heads? What are the things we think but don’t say?
- Do we act on these thoughts/beliefs? How do you know?
- What would happen if we respectfully discussed our thoughts on and questions about different ethnic groups in a multiethnic setting? What would you ask? What would you say?
Boondocks - Teacher Calls Student the "N" Word

Audience: 9th graders and beyond
Discussion questions:
- Have you ever been belittled because of the color of your skin?
- Has someone from within your race ever called you the N word?
- What are the benefits of using the N word?
- What are the disadvantages?
- Has someone from outside of your race ever called you the N word?
- Have you ever been called an N word by your teacher/supervisor/etc?
- What was that experience like?
- How can you share your views about the N word?
Campus parties to mock black people on MLK Day at Tarleton State University in Texas

Audience: 9th graders and beyond
Discussion questions:
- What is the responsibility of the white students to respond to an incident like this?
- What should be the consequences of such an event?
- How should administration respond?
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