Joy Degruy: Prejudice And Racism

This short clip describes an experience that a woman, Joy DeGruy, had in the supermarket, while she was with her sister-in-law and her daughter. Joy was shopping and when she went to the checkout line the young woman that was ringing up her groceries, Joy noticed the different interactions between Kathleen, Joy’s sister-in-law, and the checkout girl and herself and the checkout girl. The checkout girl was much friendlier to Kathleen then she was to Joy, so much so that Joy’s daughter noticed the difference. This interaction is what the quote above refers to. The video goes on to describe the way that the checkout girl went through the “bad check book” to see if Joy’s check matched and only stopped when Kathleen stepped in and question the …show more content…
I think that these types of courses are important for everyone to take to be able to learn about race and about how race is a social construct. I find that these courses challenge the way that I look at the world and that challenging one’s world view is the fist step to opening that person’s mind and expanding his or her way of thinking about the world around him or her. I think that exposure and to people who are of a different race and education about race is the first step to changing the way that people think about race and how people interact with those of a different race. I do not know if education and exposure is how we are going to change friction between those of different races. I do not know if anything can change relationships between those of different races due to the history of the United States, along with histories of other countries. I also do not think that the depictions of different races in media will make the friction between the races any easier to eliminate, but I do hope that one-day that will