The Everyday Response to Racism
Project LEARN Category
E-Educate
R-Respond
N-Network
Intended Audience(s)
Theme/Focus
Activism
Racism
Website Details
Sociologist Lamont and colleagues examined how minority group identities help sculpt how they handle discrimination
An African-American man in New York gets on an elevator with a group of white men, one of whom proceeds to tell a joke that includes blacks and monkeys. What happens next? In this case, the black man struggles to keep his composure, comments that he’s not a fan of jokes, and steps off the elevator before reaching his destination.