I’ve enjoyed some “What Would You Do” segments, but my enjoyment has been limited by how hamhanded and over-the-top they are (and this example is no exception). But at their best, they entertain by showing people in everyday locations acting wonderfully on the spur-of-the-moment.
This “What Would You Do” segment is worth posting because of the last customer shown, whose reaction is so perfect it would be hard to make it believable in a work of fiction. I also enjoyed seeing the two actresses clearly having to go beyond the boundaries of what they rehearsed.
On other WWYD segments, they usually include interviews with witnesses who agreed with the offensive behavior. In this case, no one is shown agreeing with the hairdresser criticizing the white woman – I suspect because they couldn’t find anyone who took that view.
I can’t find the post, but I recall having previously posted this WWYD video, comparing how passerbys react to white and black teens vandalizing a car.
White people getting worked up about black-on-black racism really gets to me.
I’m sure it is a genuine problem, but it often seems like the white people who highlight it are looking for an excuse to tell themselves that racism is something practiced equally by all races. If this problem is going to be solved, it isn’t going to be solved by white people.
(Having said all that, I am not really attacking the video, which seemed to mostly be a conversation by black people with other black people, or even Amp for sharing it, but I’ve seen it shared in a lot of other places in a context that gives me these feelings of unease).
This is a bit odd coming from me, since I posted it, but I completely agree.
Well, what I appreciated about the video was that it showed black people responding to the problem, not white people. I was also happy to see that the presenter was black too.
John Quinones? I don’t think he’s black.