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04-13-2016, 08:06 AM
New video ****** asks white millennials about race — and it gets complicated
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In the age of social media and Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/category/black-lives-matter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), conversations about race seem more visible and accessible than ever before. But*many Americans are still uncomfortable with joining the discussion themselves.
In fact, millennials, who are often characterized as the "most tolerant" generation, have a hard time ack**wledging (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/05/millennials_racism_and_mtv_poll_young_people_are_c onfused_about_bias_prejudice.html) the significance of racial identity — especially when they're white. But a new ****** of video interviews gets white millennials to confront their privilege in a simple way — by asking them about it.*
SEE ALSO: 5 initial ways you can be a better ally to people of color (http://mashable.com/2016/01/10/ally-to-people-of-color/)
Award-winning filmmaker Whitney Dow and American Documentary / POV (http://www.amdoc.org/) released the second installation of the*Whiteness Project (http://whitenessproject.org/)*on Wednesday —*an "interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as white, or partially white, experience race." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/whiteness-project-race/)
More about Millennials (http://mashable.com/category/millennials/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Racism (http://mashable.com/category/racism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/category/black-lives-matter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Race (http://mashable.com/category/race/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Social Justice (http://mashable.com/category/social-justice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/bpmyE-4TrxU
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In the age of social media and Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/category/black-lives-matter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), conversations about race seem more visible and accessible than ever before. But*many Americans are still uncomfortable with joining the discussion themselves.
In fact, millennials, who are often characterized as the "most tolerant" generation, have a hard time ack**wledging (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/05/millennials_racism_and_mtv_poll_young_people_are_c onfused_about_bias_prejudice.html) the significance of racial identity — especially when they're white. But a new ****** of video interviews gets white millennials to confront their privilege in a simple way — by asking them about it.*
SEE ALSO: 5 initial ways you can be a better ally to people of color (http://mashable.com/2016/01/10/ally-to-people-of-color/)
Award-winning filmmaker Whitney Dow and American Documentary / POV (http://www.amdoc.org/) released the second installation of the*Whiteness Project (http://whitenessproject.org/)*on Wednesday —*an "interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as white, or partially white, experience race." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/whiteness-project-race/)
More about Millennials (http://mashable.com/category/millennials/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Racism (http://mashable.com/category/racism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/category/black-lives-matter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Race (http://mashable.com/category/race/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Social Justice (http://mashable.com/category/social-justice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/bpmyE-4TrxU