Stereotypes In I Too Am Harvard

The texts “Little Things are Big”, The New York Times Article, and I Too Am Harvard, have opened my eyes. They have proven that many people don’t know how to address races. In this case, Black Americans such as harvard students to everyday adults, state situations they have faced where their race either made them feel uncomfortable, attacked, or stereotyped. For example, in the text, I Too Am Harvard, black Harvard students shared comments they have heard, which they found offensive or stereotypical. Many of the comments were based on black stereotypes such as, all black people listen to rap, all black people can twerk, all black people wish they were white, or even all black people are thugs. I personally don’t agree with any of these stereotypes. …show more content…
This proves that in many cases, people don’t realize that their comments might hurt others or be seen as racist. For instance, in the The New York Times Article: Students See Many Slights as Racial ‘Microaggressions,’ people commented questions along the lines of, “How should we treat race?” “One commenter on a BuzzFeed article on the “I, Too, Am Harvard” project wrote: “Make up your mind, do you want to be seen the same as everyone because you’re a human being, or do you want to be seen as a ‘colored’ girl, since not being seen as a ‘colored’ person is obviously offensive?” This question shows that the commenter is upset, because they don’t know how to make a comment towards a black person, without offending them. In addition, not only are people of other races hesitant to approach black people without offending them, black people also are afraid of being judged or attacked by white people. This is shown through campaigns such as the Black Lives Matter and the text “Little Things are Big.” In this text, a man tells his story when he tried to approach a white lady in need of