Alcohol, Hotdogs, Sexism, and Racism
Posted by The Situationist Staff on May 6, 2008
Via a terrific blog (the latest addition to our blogroll), Sociological Images, here is a remarkable video from a recent television episode of This American Life.
Lisa from Sociological Images writes: “This clip . . . shows what happens when (mostly) black women and (mostly) white men living in racially-segregated Chicago are brought together and the social rules of decorum are suspended. It is highly, highly disturbing.” She then calls for some comments from social psychologists. To read those comments, click here. We urge our readers to join that discussion.
May 6, 2008 at 4:04 pm
It’s amazing to see the behaviour of people when they’ve been given that kind of freedom. Great video, i think i’m going to start watching that showtime show.
Greetings.
May 6, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I’d suggest changing the title of the post to include the word “sexism”…
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