about this tutorial…

This is one in a series of tutorials on intercultural communication. Anticipated completion time for this tutorial: approximately 80 minutes. If you are completing this tutorial for a course, your score on the included exercises will be recorded. Note that you can stop and come back and your score on completed items will be retained.

Unit Opener: Movie clip – Racial stereotyping

This video excerpt from Crash (2004) introduces some of the key issues we will be dealing with in the this unit, namely perception, categorization and stereotyping.

After watching the video, think about the following:

1. 1. 1. What evidence does the one black man give of prejudicial treatment in the restaurant?
      2. What is the stereotype about tipping that is mentioned?
      3. What happens when the black men and the white couple see each other?
      4. What role does the environmental context play in the encounter?
      5. To what extent are stereotypes refuted or confirmed in this scene?