Visit the PBS Web site and view, Race: The Power of Illusion > Sorting People, and then select: Begin Sorting. See if you can sort the people into racial classifications just by the person's...

Visit the PBS Web site and view,
Race: The Power of Illusion
> Sorting People, and then select:

Begin Sorting.

See if you can sort the people into racial classifications just by the person's appearance. Check your results and describe what you found. There will probably be many misclassified people. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

What does this exercise tell you about assumptions on 'races'? Write at least 2-3 sentences about your findings.

Link: http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm