TheConversationUS , 7 days ago to blackmastodon group Canadian-American journalist Sam Forster spent two weeks pretending to be Black to attempt a racial experiment no one asked for. But he is not the first white journalist to try this, and to end up reinforcing stereotypes and failing to address systemic #racism. “To believe that the richness of Black identity can be understood through a temporary costume trivializes the lifelong trauma of racism. It turns the complexity of Black life into a stunt.” https://theconversation.com/theres-a-strange-history-of-white-journalists-trying-to-better-understand-the-black-experience-by-becoming-black-231577 @blackmastodon
Canadian-American journalist Sam Forster spent two weeks pretending to be Black to attempt a racial experiment no one asked for. But he is not the first white journalist to try this, and to end up reinforcing stereotypes and failing to address systemic #racism. “To believe that the richness of Black identity can be understood through a temporary costume trivializes the lifelong trauma of racism. It turns the complexity of Black life into a stunt.” https://theconversation.com/theres-a-strange-history-of-white-journalists-trying-to-better-understand-the-black-experience-by-becoming-black-231577 @blackmastodon
davidhmccoy , 6 days ago @TheConversationUS @blackmastodon @binaryphile What the? I wish I could say I am surprised.
@TheConversationUS @blackmastodon @binaryphile
What the? I wish I could say I am surprised.