Because of my unique experience with race, I do not think I was ever on the contact stage of the white identity development theory, instead I think that I was on the pseudo-independence stage where I had increased experience with people of color and knew of the existence of racism. I think that after I realized how other white individuals treated minorities, such as the police officer, I moved to the immersion stage and started to think of ways to address the privileges I have that others do not (Helms, 2014). I noticed that when I am at the store, I am not followed closely around to make sure I will not steal anything. There is a higher level of trust placed on me based on the color of my skin alone. Anything bullying I faced was superficial compared to the level of societal prejudices placed on people of color. No one is surprised when I am articulate, I will never have to worry about the law enforcement, I will not be just a statistic used to back up some political
Because of my unique experience with race, I do not think I was ever on the contact stage of the white identity development theory, instead I think that I was on the pseudo-independence stage where I had increased experience with people of color and knew of the existence of racism. I think that after I realized how other white individuals treated minorities, such as the police officer, I moved to the immersion stage and started to think of ways to address the privileges I have that others do not (Helms, 2014). I noticed that when I am at the store, I am not followed closely around to make sure I will not steal anything. There is a higher level of trust placed on me based on the color of my skin alone. Anything bullying I faced was superficial compared to the level of societal prejudices placed on people of color. No one is surprised when I am articulate, I will never have to worry about the law enforcement, I will not be just a statistic used to back up some political