WOULD YOU TRADE PLACES WITH A BLACK PERSON?

There are many ways to raise awareness about racism - including being invited out to dinner! A group called Race to Dinner, run by US social justice campaigners, offers White women the chance to confront their prejudices and privilege during a soirée of fine wine and food. (The fact that participants can each afford the $2,500 attendance fee might be their first clue to their privilege!)

In this clip from one such dinner, the women round the table are asked if they’d trade places with a Black person. Most refuse - a clear indication that they are in fact already well aware of the advantages their Whiteness gives them. While the few that do say they would, appear to be naive - or feigning naïveté - about the realities of racism… something the Race-to-Dinner organiser quickly schools them on.

Have a watch and then let us know: would you ever trade places with… a White person?