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Exploring America's Whitopias

Rich Benjamin took a road trip through some of the whitest towns in America located in Utah, Vermont, and Maine. In these predominantly white areas, known as "Whitopias", he encountered signs of racial bias such as Confederate flags and resistance to immigration. However, he also found that most residents were not overtly racist, but had unconscious biases. He believes America can have systemic racism even without individual racists, and that while progress has been made on diversity since the 1970s, more work remains to be done to overcome biases ingrained in institutions from earlier eras.

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Exploring America's Whitopias

Rich Benjamin took a road trip through some of the whitest towns in America located in Utah, Vermont, and Maine. In these predominantly white areas, known as "Whitopias", he encountered signs of racial bias such as Confederate flags and resistance to immigration. However, he also found that most residents were not overtly racist, but had unconscious biases. He believes America can have systemic racism even without individual racists, and that while progress has been made on diversity since the 1970s, more work remains to be done to overcome biases ingrained in institutions from earlier eras.

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Whitopia

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Answer the following questions about the video of Rich Benjamin’s road trip through whitopia.

What three states did he go to?

Who was Brigham Young?

What is Motel 6 and Red Roof Inn?

Why does he say he made reservations and rentals by phone?

Why does he talk about golf?

What is funny about fishing?

What did the places feel about immigration?

What are confederate flags?

What retreat did Rich go on? What happened to him? How does he describe his experience?

Why does he say most people go to Whitopias?

What does he say he found in each state?

Why does he feel more comfortable in Georgia?

What is unconscious bias?

Why does he say it is possible to have a racist country without racists?

What does he say has not changed since 1970?

What does he say about going forward and backward?


What will happen in 2042?

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