racism

Tonight on “What Would You Do?” we cast actors to play children bullying their classmates because of race. Two white friends make fun of their white male peer for spending time with a black girl from school. We brought our hidden cameras to Alabama, where a child named McKenzie Adams died by suicide late last year. Her family says the fourth grader had been receiving derogatory remarks from classmates because of her race and friendship with a white student. In addition to bullying in schools, cyberbullying has also become a serious issue for children. According to a report that was released in July by the National Center for Education Statistics, online bullying had a 3.5% increase from the 2014-2015 school year to the 2016 school year for 12 to 18 year olds. In tonight’s episode, we see how customers react when a child is told by her classmates that she…