Free Narrative Essays: Prejudice And Racism In America

In the first WWYD I learned that there is still bias and racism in America. In the first scene there was a white male that only got called out by 2 people after 100 people had already passed. When the black male started to steal the bike, 1 person started calling him out and then everyone started calling him out. In the third scene with the pretty girl, the girl was asking for help and guys were helping her steal the bike. In the first scene the white male told people that he was stealing the bike, and no one did anything. Someone said, "Most people don't want to get involved." If people didn't want to get involved then why did so many people get involved with the black guy? Someone said this about the black guy, "It seemed like the right thing to do." If it seemed like the right thing to do, then why did so many people just stop and stare at the white guy as he did the exact same thing that the black guy was doing? They both admitted to stealing the bikes almost instantly, but more people started calling out the black guy. In the pretty girl scene, the guys actually stopped to help her steal the bike, and some of them even knew that she was …show more content…
Everyone of every age stopped to confront the woman. Someone that stopped there to video tape and take a picture of the kids said, "It's not my place [to get involved]." There was a teen with a behavioral issue and she had a harness as a kid, but was not treated like a dog. She turned out fine. Only 2% of people stopped for the girls tied to the parking meter. One of the women that stopped was very upset with the woman and called the cops. The woman tied the children to the pole, but ended up taking her dog inside the store, switching the roles. The woman that called the cops said, "Not my business, but my duty to get involved." This proves that some people don't like seeing kids getting tied up and treated like