Racism and Self-Deception

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Directions: Using the situation given below, fill out the diagram. Then decide how self-betrayal changed the way the bus driver saw himself and how he saw the black passengers.

Setting: Montgomery, Alabama 1955 Scene: A bus driver is asked by an officer to move the color board further back. The bus driver feels that he should refuse this request, since that would mean that black passengers would have to stand unnecessarily. However, the bus driver betrays this feeling and does what the officer asks him to do.