Films with: Floyd, Jami

ABCs of discrimination

Programs examine various forms of discrimination by race, sex, age, physical appearance, and voice.

DVD 8731

Linguistic profiling

Examines the concept of linguistic profiling: the idea that people can determine the race of a speaker by their voice alone. Explores several cases of linguistic discrimination where African Americans believe they were discriminated against when calling to make appointments for houses and apartments. Interviews Stanford University linguistics professor John Baugh who studies linguistic profiling.

DVD 6756