Online Interactive Training

Instructions:  Watch this award winning short film produced in 1989 by Adam Davidson.  Hurrying down the platform to catch a train in New York’s Grand Central Terminal, a well-off white woman bumps into a black man, and as a result, the woman not only misses her train but also her wallet. Under those circumstances, the anxious woman trying to bide some time while waiting for the next train, she buys a salad for lunch which pays for it with some pocket change, however, after leaving for some cutlery, when she returns to her table, a homeless black man is eating her lunch. How dare he?

Debrief Questions: After watching the film with your team use the following questions to engage in intergroup dialogue.

1. Who was poor? Who was rich?
2. What perceptions did you develop as you watch the film?
3. What stereotypes were being played out in the interactions you observed in the film?
4. Did you observe any acts of privilege and/or oppression being play out?  If yes, with whom and when?