Could your race be identified just based on what you are wearing? I would assume not. My assumption is that you can not be identified on your race, unless someone is looking at you. Even then it can be difficult. (People look at me all the time and try to figure out what country I am from.) There was a recent study shown that people will attempt to identify others based on clothing. This is worse than judging the book by its cover, because at this point, you are barely even looking at the cover, maybe just the author's name. Basically, the study done by Tufts College, was that people dress a certain race, and that "dressing white" or "black" is common. The experiment was to show a man in a janitors uniform, and people needed to identify his race. More people assumed black than white.
I think this is so important because I cannot believe this. Where does this come from? This article made me think about how people judge others do quickly and not realize it. It is almost as if we have been trained though the years to do so. The article is definitely enlightening, and newsworthy. Racism and how we view people will always be important and never lightly handled.
"Name that Race"
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