Trading Races

Description: This two part programme takes two women, one white, one Asian, and swaps their races. Asian student Sophina, will ... more

Trading Races ... become white and white nurse Carolyn will become Asian to see how their lives change and the way they are treated by others changes.

Newest Review: ... ite guy in a predominately white country then I can dismiss any hang-ups i have about color as pure intimidationry reasons. Maybe my fear about blackmen is just as unfounded as their mistrust of white folks. But did the program really tackle that. Meanwhile our black hairstylist was all dressed up like Star Trek alien and was confronting the ... more

... East End head on. Vinnie Jones country in Walthamstow dogs in not a place for a black face so it was inevitable he wanted to sample the atmosphere as a black dressed in white. But because he had never been as a black guy he couldn’t possibly draw a co...more

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Trading Races: Trading races (1433 words)
by - written on 31/01/02
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I watched what could have been a very interesting TV experiment last night called changing races.The two part shows format enabled two guys to be each others colors.The young black barber became what was supposed to be a bookish nerd type with a dodgy mullet that ended up looking like a cross between Dustin Hoffman in post Tootsie make up disaster.And the Lenny Henry film character that dealt with the same topic . The white middle class thirty something dad though got off easier as a non threatening black middle class dad. To the shows credit though they didn’t look anything like they did, although the black to white transition was very suspect. Such ... Read the complete review

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