1. Angry Eye Response
A stereotype is a preconceived notion about a people that has no true facts to back it up.
It is an ongoing issue in today’s society. The truth is everyone stereotypes each other. It is a
judgment based on our knowledge (or lack thereof) and personal experiences. I actually think it
is not absolutely horrible to have a stereotype of someone when it’s kept explicitly to one’s self
because the truth is that several people judge one before they even know anything about that
person. I think it is almost natural in a sense. Nonetheless, the issue comes in to play when one
holds that stereotype to that people, discriminates, and lives by it without any involvement
with a person that you classified as a specific stereotype. It is actually a good learning
experience to see how different that person really is from what you thought that person was
going to be like. Unfortunately, not everyone does that.
In the video today, I felt it was a powerful clip. I really think people need to see the
experiment. Not everyone has been properly exposed to what is happening in today’s world.
Now granted that the video is slightly aged and may not be as horrid worldwide, it still happens
today regardless of the assumption that discriminations to that extent do not exist anymore. It
would be an eye opening experience for one who is not familiar with those happenings. Several
people are used to being the ones on the powerful side and never really take the time to think
what the opposing lesser powered side has to experience in a day to day life.
I personally had a connection with the short film for the obvious reason that I am a
proud Black American. I can definitely relate to the prejudice that she talks about in the video.
I myself have experienced prejudice and stereotyping in my lifetime. Now not to the extent of
what my ancestors had to experience but yet and still discrimination towards me. I also know

2. people that have had similar stories of prejudice. So I took the approach of just really analyzing
both sides of the scene and having no sympathy for what the “blue-eyes” were dealing with
because I know all too well of what these teens were being put through.
I really enjoyed the fact that a white American female was the conductor in this activity.
I liked the fact that she felt it was necessary for people to see what others feel like when these
events are taking place. It gives me a slight sigh of relief that there are people who care enough
to make a difference in today’s society that is such a “dog eats dog” world.