J.M is a 65 year-old, White American, German descent, upper-middle class male. He is married and father of three (three boys and a daughter; ages 30 33 and 35). He got married three times, and he has been married with his last wife for five years. He was born and raised in Wisconsin, and never lived in another place. He enrolled a couple of universities and departments, but he finally decided to go to the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He still works in a company as a high-level manager/engineer. By the virtue of his job, he had a change to see several countries all around the world. J.M reported that he witnessed significant social and political turbulence over the course of his life in the USA and his small community. He also added that
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In the long term J.M questioned what being white means in the US. While being extremely against the Black human right movements, over time he turned into different person and began acknowledging their rights. Actually in his early years, he had felt that he was in adverse and disadvantageous position throughout his life as well. Thus, he reported that he assumed life is hard for everybody not only Black people. So what do Black people want more? However, reality was different from he perceived, and in his later life, he understood what truly Black people experienced and want. In fact, the incident happened to him in Asia seems to play an important role his ethnic identity development. Another significant issue is that during 50’s he was not aware of his race. Since, in those years there were only Italians and German descent people living in Milwaukee. Even though they are different, both race have the same social status. So just like Sue and Sue (2011) said, he was unable to indicate what exactly being White means in that period. On the other hand, today he accepts that white privilege is still common and a central issue. Therefore, he supports equal opportunity to each racial …show more content…
During the interview many issues have been covered, but I excluded some unrelated topics in this assignment. I did not record this interview, and rewrite it based on my note I took during the interview.
*Father Groppi (1930-1985): He was Roman Catholic priest and well-known civil right activist. He has Italian origin and lived in Milwaukee. During 60’s, he supported Black civil rights activist groups and became an activist with them (James Groppi,
In the long term J.M questioned what being white means in the US. While being extremely against the Black human right movements, over time he turned into different person and began acknowledging their rights. Actually in his early years, he had felt that he was in adverse and disadvantageous position throughout his life as well. Thus, he reported that he assumed life is hard for everybody not only Black people. So what do Black people want more? However, reality was different from he perceived, and in his later life, he understood what truly Black people experienced and want. In fact, the incident happened to him in Asia seems to play an important role his ethnic identity development. Another significant issue is that during 50’s he was not aware of his race. Since, in those years there were only Italians and German descent people living in Milwaukee. Even though they are different, both race have the same social status. So just like Sue and Sue (2011) said, he was unable to indicate what exactly being White means in that period. On the other hand, today he accepts that white privilege is still common and a central issue. Therefore, he supports equal opportunity to each racial …show more content…
During the interview many issues have been covered, but I excluded some unrelated topics in this assignment. I did not record this interview, and rewrite it based on my note I took during the interview.
*Father Groppi (1930-1985): He was Roman Catholic priest and well-known civil right activist. He has Italian origin and lived in Milwaukee. During 60’s, he supported Black civil rights activist groups and became an activist with them (James Groppi,