When going through my classmate’s self stories, A common theme showed up in people’s experience in school. From the first time realizing race of others or how others are being treated because of their race. In Kiel and Jada’s self stories, the normative narrative was we all noticed someone’s skin colour at a young age at school. But not caring what the skin colour is, rather just wanting to be with friends with them for who they were, and not…
Self-Story #4 I sat at my desk trying to focus on my worksheet, looking at the clock and back to my work. Counting down the minutes on the clock, trying not to look out the window. But I look out the window as I can’t help myself. Seeing a big shadow that covers the ground and looking up to see multiple humongous bounce castles getting blown up on the school field. Seeing bright orange extension cords going through classrooms windows…
Self-Story #3 I sit in a loud noisy classroom, next to my group of friends. We were talking about the Christmas dinner that the school puts on every year and how excited we were. “I can’t wait for the mashed potatoes,” my one friend said to me, which I agreed with her. When all of a sudden there was a “knock” on the door, but the classroom was still loud. Then a louder “knock, knock” happened and the classroom fall…
Race & Whiteness How does the idea of white identity tied up with structural and systemic racism? When thinking of the different ways systemic racism is formed. It shows up in our everyday lives by social, economic, and political systems. Systemic racism is formed in our everyday lives, but it focuses more on how people usually “white” judge non-white people on their colour or other things that are assumed on them, showing racism. One example is “non-white” people of colour…