I sit in the cafeteria surrounded by white people, black people, Hispanic people, Asian people, and others that I do not know their race. I sit there and wonder if people are judging me because I’m white or because of the clothes I am wearing. I engage in conversations with people every day that are different than me and I wonder if they see me differently because of my skin tone. I am a white American female. I grew up in a family where we were all white. I have never been a racist individual and neither has anyone in my family. People of different races are still humans and should be treated with equality.
I have always been around people of different races in school and never understood why they had always been treated differently. I see black students and Asian students and I make conversation with them. To me it is no different than if I were to be talking to someone that was white. I never had an issue with race or my encounters with people of different races because I was outgoing and didn’t let a minor detail stand in my way of having friends. For example, when I was in the fourth grade there was one young female in the class that was black. She always took it personal when we learned about black history, and I never understood why. I thought racism had been abolished and couldn’t figure out why she was so upset over …show more content…
After reading thoroughly her depiction of each stage I do not think I have left the first one. I have been blindsided by personal happiness and friendship that I never took into consideration the effects race still played in today’s society. I didn’t realize what people of other races went through or are going through now. I look around at people I communicate with and they never speak of it or act like it is going on. I never thought that it was just not mentioned. However, I do branch out and talk to people of any
I have always been around people of different races in school and never understood why they had always been treated differently. I see black students and Asian students and I make conversation with them. To me it is no different than if I were to be talking to someone that was white. I never had an issue with race or my encounters with people of different races because I was outgoing and didn’t let a minor detail stand in my way of having friends. For example, when I was in the fourth grade there was one young female in the class that was black. She always took it personal when we learned about black history, and I never understood why. I thought racism had been abolished and couldn’t figure out why she was so upset over …show more content…
After reading thoroughly her depiction of each stage I do not think I have left the first one. I have been blindsided by personal happiness and friendship that I never took into consideration the effects race still played in today’s society. I didn’t realize what people of other races went through or are going through now. I look around at people I communicate with and they never speak of it or act like it is going on. I never thought that it was just not mentioned. However, I do branch out and talk to people of any