Author: QIP1 Added: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:39:43 -0800 Duration: 52Filmed in Lawrence, Kansas, using local actors, What about Prejudice is another in Centron Corporations "Discussion Problems in Group Living" series which presented difficult social questions for audience discussion. More artful than your average "after school special" educational video, the main character Bruce Jones is never shown from the waist up in order to keep his race a mystery to the viewer. This allows Bruce to represent all minorities in the United States who suffered from racial, religious, or any other kind of prejudice. As the film follows Bruce throughout his day, it captures what the majority group of kids - a bunch of well-dressed WASPS - think about him. He is suspected of doing everything from causing fights to stealing sweaters (today minorities are still frequently wrongfully accused of a crime), and the kids say things like, I don't know why they let people like him go to our school anyway," and, Hes not like us and he never will be. At the prom, however, ...
