White-Out: The Outing of Whiteness

White-Out: The Outing of Whiteness - The experimental movie is an intriguing mix of extensive one-on-one interviews with whites and Blacks from Africa and the U.S., compelling scenery, and an innovative and unflinching historical perspective. Ms. Bradford has produced an incisive examination of how whites automatically assume their race and culture to be “normal”, all others “abnormal” to varying degrees, and how the absence of whites' examination of their own identity helps keep racism locked into place. She says, “Stepping out of our conditioning as whites and taking an honest look at our whiteness is one of the most important things we can do to end racism."

Although that description suggests that this movie uses Black people to represent all “Others” – excluding Asians, Latinos, and native peoples, as is too often the case when race is discussed – it still sounds like it could be useful for introducing a white audience to their own racism. I’d love to see it.