A Conversation about Race A Documentary by Craig Bodeker...

A Conversation About Race is a documentary by Craig Bodeker. In the movie, Mr. Bodeker attempts to debunk racism. The film centers on interviews of people in Denver, Colorado who answered a Craigslist posting entitled â€Å"Ending Racism Now† as well as people interviewed on street corners presumably at random. Mr. Bodeker presents clips of these interviews and provides narration. According to Mr. Bodeker, the film’s purpose is to expose the myth of racism and show how the White race suffers from reverse racism and double standards (Dispatch Inc, 2013). The film opens with a quote by Reverend Jeremiah Wright, â€Å"Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!...We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black†¦show more content†¦The question, â€Å"Are Blacks better at basketball than Whites?† is a stereotypical question and does not prove Mr. Bodeker’s claims in the least. Similarly, Mr. Bodeker claimed society cannot give credit to the White race for its successes. Mr. Bodeker points out an area where Whites excel (standardized testing). He further makes a point of saying the interviewees stated it had to be due to cultural bias, as they could not give credit to Whites. It is a proven fact standardized testing is written in a cultural bias manner. Therefore, the results of Whites scoring better is due to cultural bias not their ability to test well. Again, this question does not support Mr. Bodeker’s claims. In fact, Mr. Bodeker’s questions and the man ner in which he framed them only serve to show how one-sided his film is. Clearly, racism exists and is not a myth; history proves this statement. While Mr. Bodeker made some valid statements, racism is a social construct, much of his assertions I found lacked merit. Particularly Mr. Bodeker’s assertions regarding rape and the statistical data he provided. â€Å"According to the US Justice Department for the year 2005 in the USA black men raped or sexually assaulted white women over 37,000 times; averaging 100 time per day†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Dispatch Inc, 2013). While on its face this data may seem to justify Mr. Bodeker’s claims, this statistic is nothing but a measurement of how many rapes were