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There was this thing on TV where a black male actor was cutting a bike chain with a saw or something like that. Many people confronted him. He said "The bike ha

by jrs99 13y ago

There was this thing on TV where a black male actor was cutting a bike chain with a saw or something like that. Many people confronted him. He said "The bike has been here for a long time." And they told him: "It's not your bike. You can't just take it." Then they showed a white female actress doing the same exact thing. A couple people asked her what she was doing. She said to one person "I'm stealing the bike." They offered to help her.

jmaygarden 13y ago
I don't trust those things on TV. They seem so easy to slant in a direction that suits the producers. That's not to say that a bias wouldn't exist in that scenario. However, it's not like you can conclude that most people would stop a black man from stealing a bike, but help a white woman do the same, from the sample set that they CHOSE to show.
- lsiebert 13y ago
  I think you could conclude that from common sense. People are much more racist then they think they are.
- jrs99 13y ago
  That's very true. It wouldn't be too surprised if the whole show was fake. Especially after finding out about Breaking Amish.
seoguru 13y ago
I think it is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7i60GuNRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7i60GuNRg
- briandh 13y ago
  Among many issues: * contrary to the narrator's statement, the two males are not dressed similarly * they speak differently * there is no black female control And of course, being a TV show, there is no systematic statistical analysis. Now, TBH even with more rigorous protocol I suspect the conclusions drawn would be similar, but as it stands, this "experiment" is not altogether useful.
- pcurve 13y ago
  That was disturbing watch, but not necessarily because of the racist aspect. I felt 70% of the reason why the Hispanic guy was confronted by people was because he was a much smaller than the white guy. Had it been similarly sized black guy, nobody would've dared scolding him. It's socially unacceptable to be racist, but we think being 'sizist' is ok.
  - DanBC 13y ago
    Uh, are you really saying that big black people are not victims of racist abuse?
    - akerl_ 13y ago
      It sounds like he's saying "people are more likely to intervene if they think they could take the other person in a fight". If you're afraid because of a size differential, you're more likely to stay silent (not "you" specifically, but the societal "you")

by jrs99 13y ago

jmaygarden 13y ago

I don't trust those things on TV. They seem so easy to slant in a direction that suits the producers. That's not to say that a bias wouldn't exist in that scenario. However, it's not like you can conclude that most people would stop a black man from stealing a bike, but help a white woman do the same, from the sample set that they CHOSE to show.

lsiebert 13y ago
I think you could conclude that from common sense. People are much more racist then they think they are.
jrs99 13y ago
That's very true. It wouldn't be too surprised if the whole show was fake. Especially after finding out about Breaking Amish.

seoguru 13y ago

I think it is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7i60GuNRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge7i60GuNRg

briandh 13y ago
Among many issues: * contrary to the narrator's statement, the two males are not dressed similarly * they speak differently * there is no black female control And of course, being a TV show, there is no systematic statistical analysis. Now, TBH even with more rigorous protocol I suspect the conclusions drawn would be similar, but as it stands, this "experiment" is not altogether useful.
pcurve 13y ago
That was disturbing watch, but not necessarily because of the racist aspect. I felt 70% of the reason why the Hispanic guy was confronted by people was because he was a much smaller than the white guy. Had it been similarly sized black guy, nobody would've dared scolding him. It's socially unacceptable to be racist, but we think being 'sizist' is ok.
- DanBC 13y ago
  Uh, are you really saying that big black people are not victims of racist abuse?
  - akerl_ 13y ago
    It sounds like he's saying "people are more likely to intervene if they think they could take the other person in a fight". If you're afraid because of a size differential, you're more likely to stay silent (not "you" specifically, but the societal "you")