Races

This week we talked about races and Sal showed us a metaphor used with different kinds of balls. Different colors, sizes, types, etc. We were asked to put these balls in a catagory. People put them in catagories like the colors (orange, brown), sizes (big,medium,small), sports (basketball, football). This relates to the different races in the world. We talked about how, for example, we think dark colored people would be catagorized as black, mexican, or even indian. This is because the society already thinks of people this way. If someone is light skinned then we automatically think of them as white. But sometimes things get tricky. Depending on where someone is from, the skin colors vary. In different parts of Africa, people have different shades of brown. For example, someone from Venezuela can have light skin with light color eyes and someone would think that they're white but they're actually Hispanic.