Racism at GM

Racism at GM

By Tuere Ganges

Open Ended

Do Now: Do you think someone who has never experienced racism can understand it and its effects? Explain your response in 2 to 3 sentences.

Today's objective:

Scholars will analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact through watching a video and discussingif issues of race are still relevant today.

Focus question: Based on the video, how are issues of race still relevant today?

Multiple Choice

Where did the incident take place?

• At a car dealership in Wisconsin.

• At General Motors transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio.

• At PepsiCo in Baltimore.

Multiple Choice

What were black workers finding at the GM plant?

• Nooses.

• Broken equipment.

• Dead flowers.

Multiple Choice

Why did Brooks and Boyd stay at their place of employment?

• There weren't many job openings in the city.

• They were making over $100,000 a year and had families to feed.

• They wanted to prove their point.

Multiple Choice

The reporter asked when Boyd noticed "overt racism" on the job. What does overt mean?

• Racism has been around forever so just get over it.

• Racist comments had double meanings so people could deny offending others.

• Obvious racist things were said out loud without fear of getting in trouble.

Multiple Choice

What was GM's response when the black workers reported the racism they experienced to their bosses?

• "Igore it or show proof it happened."

• They fired all the racists for creating a hostile environment.

• They fired all the black people for being too sensitive.

Open Ended

What do you infer the reporter and interviewees mean about General Motors having a "culture" of racism?

Open Ended

What is an example of General Motors having a culture of racism?

Poll

Exit Ticket part 1: Do you think General Motors will ever improve their culture? Or, do you think the black employees are just too sensitive?

• If General Motors continues diversity training, they'll improve their culture.

• Racism always existed and will always exist.

• The black employees complaining about nooses are way to sensitive to jokes.

Open Ended

Exit Ticket part 2: Explain your response to the previous question in 2 to 3 sentences.