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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsImagine a Twilight Zone where cops suddenly saw all whites as POC's and all POC's as white.
Chances are, some major insights would be gained.
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Imagine a Twilight Zone where cops suddenly saw all whites as POC's and all POC's as white. (Original Post)
Girard442
Jun 2020
OP
Being Black by Jane Elliott. In one minute, Jane lays bare the racism of white people.
alwaysinasnit
Jun 2020
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Remember when congress wouldn't let
(N.O.W. perhaps?) take a picture on the floor with the sexes reversed? (Meaning youd have 409 women and 126 men as stand-ins for your reps)
Similarly, I saw Patrick Stewart play the lead in a reverse Othello, where the racism depicted in the play truly jumped out in a way it hadnt in traditionally cast versions.
Yes, it would be enlightening. Youd have to have black cops arresting/abusing/beating/killing whites, which might terrify people before they got the point.
Johnny2X2X
(24,207 posts)2. White man's Burden movie
John Travolta starred. Was a pretty good take on things if I remember. It was a world where black people controlled everything and white people couldn't get a fair shake.
alwaysinasnit
(5,624 posts)3. Being Black by Jane Elliott. In one minute, Jane lays bare the racism of white people.