Paul Blog

The Construction of My Race (534 words) My race is constructed by the societal expectations associated with my physical traits and past-experiences. To start, my white skin, fluent English, and positive interactions with public actors are clear notions that I am white. My physical appearance is a clear notion to anyone walking past me that I am white. My fluent English is another notion to how others would perceive me as white as typically it is assumed that all white people in America speak English. Finally my positive experience with public actors is another clear notion to my whiteness. While most of my school officials were ones without any racial prejudice, they still all were very kind to me as I was kind to them. However whenever looking back at my interactions with authority figures, specifically with police officers, it is made clear that I am white.  One of the two times I was detained in my life I was with a group of all white men, and we got called on because gunshots w...