The classic 1985 Frontline episode entitled A Class Divided is available online from PBS. It covers the daring 1968 classroom experiment a teacher conducted to teach what discrimination is like to third-graders in an all-white community.
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People who still use analog TVs without cable can get instructions for digital conversion over the internet. Like that’s gonna happen.
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I absolutely love your site, but the link you have for the “discrimination test” is as old as they come. I saw this link 8 years ago when I was a freshman in college. Sorry, maybe being a Sociology major has something to do with that. And no, it’s not the same as Psychology. I saw the video and I was facinated.
posted by starla on 10-14-2008 at 5:27 am
starla, I’m not sure what you are sorry for. I have a degree in psychology, and I never confused it with sociology.
posted by Miss Cellania on 10-14-2008 at 6:18 am
The amount of time and energy and money that is being spent to inform people of the change to digital tv. How can anyone not know and most of all, how many people have a tv that is not hooked up to cable or satellite? And worse case scenario, what if people wake up one day and those tv sets don’t work? Big deal!
I’m not usually one that tells people how they should do things, but if all those resources were put to something good, they could really make a difference. Instead I see 30 commercials a week and have a constant scroll across my tv telling me that they are switching to digital.
Aaargh!
posted by Karen on 10-14-2008 at 7:07 am
i’m using an analog tv and i’m reading this!
but then again, i’ve already bought that worthless converter. the only channel i can get with it is cbs. guess i’ll have to turn to piracy even more since i can’t afford cable.
posted by amanda on 10-14-2008 at 8:20 am
Quote: guess i’ll have to turn to piracy even more since I can’t afford cable.
….ah yes, I can see how you are being forced to steal! Pffft!
posted by Karen on 10-14-2008 at 8:39 am
I just hooked up our digital converter here in Chicago. I know get 8 stations from the network affiliates (2 are weather related), 6 PBS stations, and more local stations. When the signal strength is good the picture clarity is amazing. Unfortunately, when the signal strength is low Ron Majors head becomes pixelated and the sound cuts out.
posted by Ryan on 10-14-2008 at 9:07 am
i also do not have cable or satellite, why is that such a big deal?
i just hooked up my converter though. really easy hookup actually. i redid the autoscan option a couple of times and got a few more stations. yes, half of them are weather channels, but i don’t watch that much television to begin with. (gotta watch “The Simpsons” though!!)
you’re right about the signal strength, Ryan. when the signal is poor the picture becomes a lovely impressionistic-styled painting.
posted by the creature on 10-14-2008 at 10:42 am
You know, there are places where you can watch TV legally online. I’ve never missed out on my Family Guy, even though I haven’t watched anything except the debates on TV in about a year. Or, you know, you can stream from the Chinese sites, that also works *shrug*.
I may take part in that 10:15 idea. It’ll be 5:15 am around here and I don’t have good lighting, but something good might come out of it.
posted by NicoNico on 10-14-2008 at 11:37 am
After reading a bit from that Frontline documentary, it reminds me of how sad that such a thing is relevant today. I remember back when I was little, my parents wanted to move to West Virginia. We were driving around looking at the different houses for sale, and decided to take a break at a DQ. My dad had to adjust his shoes (he injured his foot years ago), so my mom and I went ahead in. My father was Hispanic, BTW, while my mom is a blonde American of Irish/English descent. When my mom and I went in alone, it was crowded, but no one looked up at us. When dad came in, however, the place became quiet all of a sudden. All eyes were on him, and not all of them were friendly. Needless to say, we didn’t move to West Virginia. Nowadays, I live in an area with a very small Hispanic minority (4-5% of one small town in the region). Even with such a small population, people around here still talk about how they’re “invading” the country and how they should just go back. That is very insulting to me, considering I wouldn’t be here if my father didn’t have to leave his home country due to political upheaval. I know how it feels to be discriminated against, and I’m glad that there are people out there like Jane Elliott.
No offense to anyone from West Virginia. I only described one instance, and it really is a beautiful state.
posted by NicoNico on 10-14-2008 at 1:48 pm