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Independent Lens - Guess Who?: The Race Car Driver and The Pilot

Guess Who?: The Race Car Driver and The Pilot Guess Who?: The Race Car Driver and The Pilot
Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children?s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2340848150/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children?s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs. /episodes/get/8201 /episode/8201 Independent Lens: Guess Who?: The Race Car Driver and The Pilot /episode-player/8201
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