http://www.understandingrace.org/lived/who_is/index.html
This is a link to the reason why Professor Randall created this survey that asks you what countries are white and which ones are not white. I picked this for my media item because it is interesting to take the survey and see how your results are compared to other people.
Professor Randall states that she made this survey for a couple different reasons, “I created this survey to help show that we make judgments not only about who is white but also about what countries are white (or predominantly white), and to call attention to some of the questions this raises. For example, when someone is not considered white and is a citizen of a country that is considered white, that person is often perceived as a foreigner. For instance, even though the families of many Japanese Americans have been in the U.S. much longer than the families of European Americans they are often viewed as outsider’s. Our opinion of who is white and who is not can affect how we relate to one another. Race matters because discrimination based on perceived racial grouping continues to exist.”
This response by Professor Randall relates to the article “Yellow” written by Frank Wu. Professor Randall stated, “Race matters because discrimination based on perceived racial grouping continues to exist.” Likewise Wu stated, “Others cannot invent themselves by sheer will, because no matter how idiosyncratic one’s individual identity, one cannot overcome the stereotype of group identity” (415). Both of these quotes are talking about how people have stereotypes of different races and when people see someone that they think is from a certain group, they just assume all the stereotypes are true about them. This affects how they treat the person. For example, after September 11th many Americans think that all the people from the middle East are terrorists. They try to avoid them and treat them as if they were terrorist. This is not fair to the people from the middle East. They are American citizens and they are being treated as if they are murderers.
I thought that this survey was very interesting and made me think about how I really do consider white and how is not white. I agree with Professor Randall, that we do tend to do a lot of racial grouping. Americans love to make groups and categories for everyone to fit into so we can see the social classes, and actually, to make it easier to do racial grouping. I think that we should try to work on not racially grouping and actually getting to know the person.
This is a link to the reason why Professor Randall created this survey that asks you what countries are white and which ones are not white. I picked this for my media item because it is interesting to take the survey and see how your results are compared to other people.
Professor Randall states that she made this survey for a couple different reasons, “I created this survey to help show that we make judgments not only about who is white but also about what countries are white (or predominantly white), and to call attention to some of the questions this raises. For example, when someone is not considered white and is a citizen of a country that is considered white, that person is often perceived as a foreigner. For instance, even though the families of many Japanese Americans have been in the U.S. much longer than the families of European Americans they are often viewed as outsider’s. Our opinion of who is white and who is not can affect how we relate to one another. Race matters because discrimination based on perceived racial grouping continues to exist.”
This response by Professor Randall relates to the article “Yellow” written by Frank Wu. Professor Randall stated, “Race matters because discrimination based on perceived racial grouping continues to exist.” Likewise Wu stated, “Others cannot invent themselves by sheer will, because no matter how idiosyncratic one’s individual identity, one cannot overcome the stereotype of group identity” (415). Both of these quotes are talking about how people have stereotypes of different races and when people see someone that they think is from a certain group, they just assume all the stereotypes are true about them. This affects how they treat the person. For example, after September 11th many Americans think that all the people from the middle East are terrorists. They try to avoid them and treat them as if they were terrorist. This is not fair to the people from the middle East. They are American citizens and they are being treated as if they are murderers.
I thought that this survey was very interesting and made me think about how I really do consider white and how is not white. I agree with Professor Randall, that we do tend to do a lot of racial grouping. Americans love to make groups and categories for everyone to fit into so we can see the social classes, and actually, to make it easier to do racial grouping. I think that we should try to work on not racially grouping and actually getting to know the person.
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