Black Man Simulator - 5 days to go

[TashaTurner]

"Black Man Simulator" is an experiential learning tool to convey the experience of being a black man in contemporary America.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13 ... experience

idea for this project came from a conversation with a few friends after the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. We talked about some of the systemic issues that contributed to these tragedies and the role that empathy could have played in preventing them. The Black Man Simulator is designed to promote a deeper level of empathy and dialogue.

Using virtual and augmented reality techniques, similar to what is used to create video games, the Black Man Simulator will walk people through experiences black men commonly face. Simulators are extremely powerful experiential learning tools that can quickly put the participant in the mind of a different character. The technology and environment responds to the participant; they are not watching black men face challenging situations, they are temporarily placed in these same situations themselves...

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