I’ve been following the online conversations about race (particularly in the US) via AJ+ on facebook. This morning I saw this video shared by AJ+ about a white guy opening up about his prejudice and asking for advice on how to get over it.
Now the other day I was going through the train station and saw this ad from Calvin Klein;
It was placed slightly above my eye level it almost felt like they were looking down at me and I actually felt a little intimidated/scared by this group of people. I know Calvin is trying to make their products seem cool but this was the first time I was consciously aware of a group of black people making me feel intimidated.
This realization surprised me, I often have a curiosity for other people and love hearing their stories. Sometimes I make up my own stories about them in my head. When was the last time you became aware of your own prejudice? What did you do to counter it?
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