In today’s reading, one term that really stuck out to is cultural ideology. I like this term because it explains why the majority of racist people are racist or discriminate. In summary, it is all about how one is raised. If one is raised to be loving, fair, kind, and understand variety and differences than he will most likely continue to be that way. Racism and discrimination is usually taught. Racist come from other racist. People who discriminate based of sexual preference usually come from anti-homosexual backgrounds or cultures. Some examples of cultural ideology is children automatically expected to receive their dad’s last name, or football teams only for men. Cultural ideology also play a huge role in some microaggressions. In today’s second reading, I believe the reason the African American boy was offended because as an African American sometimes people are surprised how intelligent and articulate we are. The young man most likely thought the professor was mocking him instead of giving a real compliment or praise. Personally, I’ve experienced this kind of microaggression plenty of times. Growing up a lot of my peers would tell me I sound “white” or talk like I’m “white”. In other words, they were telling me I sound too educated or too articulate. As an African American woman it is sometimes degrading for someone to compliment my speaking skills because usually people don’t tell a white person how articulate they are because its expected.
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