Celebrity/Race Discussion 9/24/14

Today in small groups we did an activity on celebrity identity.  The main purpose was to show ourselves how many judgements we give off without even knowing it.  In the activity, we looked at a picture of a celebrity and were asked to guess his/her race.  After that, we saw the celebrities actual race, which in most cases, surprised the majority of the class.  For example, we looked at a picture of the celebrity "Alexa Vega" a former star of the movie Spy Kids and were asked to predict her race.  At a first glance, she looks American.  However, we found out that she was of Colombian and European decent. This clearly shows us that simple looks do not determine a persons ethnicity or heritage.