To watch and discuss the film "The Help" I recruited my mother Dayle, my sisters Alex and Taylor, and my best friend Jordanne, white women ages 46, 20, 16, and 19 respectively years. I would describe all of their master statuses as white, heterosexual, middle-class, able-bodied females. There was little diversity in our group discussion other than the fact that my mother was out of the normal age range. Our group discussion lasted about an hour. I thought it was very productive because no one was shy or holding back their thoughts, which allowed everyone to express their opinion freely. When discussing focused questions, one question in particular stood out due to the variation in responses received. The question was, “How do you define race?” My mother's answer was "Heritage", Alex answered "Where people come from and the color of their skin", Taylor answered "The color of their skin" and Jordanne answered: "How people think about themselves ". All of these answers were what I expected because they are similar to my answer when defining race before taking this course. I was able to explain that race is a social phenomenon in which people and others perceive themselves as coming from a certain heritage or as having biological traits. When discussing issues of understanding, one of the questions discussed for the longest period of time was: “A person who has an active racist attitude… be excused because of the period in which they lived?” My mother was the only one who had a different opinion than the rest of the group; however, she spoke last in the discussion, so her opinion did not influence anyone else before they spoke: “No, because you look at your elders and want to make them proud, so you carry forward social norms to not dis... middle of paper... of race or racism My sister, who still goes to the high school we all attended, doesn't even get an education about race and racism, clearly. I also learned that I feel very comfortable talking about race within my family circle, but I don't think I would be as open if addressing my peers who I wasn't that way with. close. Race is a difficult topic to talk about because people have many points of view and are sometimes sensitive to the topic of race. I feel that young people only know about race and racism from their parents and the parts of society they are from exposed, but their minds are more open than older individuals who are set in their ways where it is more difficult to shape their minds. In conclusion, I think I would do this experience again, but I would test myself by doing it with colleagues and/or people of different ages from all over the United States.