With my second novel coming to an end, I am finishing up my Honors Portfolio task and I am extremely proud of it. I truly felt as though anything I wrote about the topic of race would be semi-cringy, as was this novel, therefore I decided to embrace it. The big question Tim Wise asks in the first chapter of "White Like Me" was "what does it mean to be white, especially in a nation created for the benefit of people like you?" (2). The first day I read the book, I underlined this sentence and continued with my reading, but this question stuck with me throughout the duration of the novel. Things that I had never thought of being "White privileges" suddenly answered the question of what it means to be White for me. I honestly felt like I was being enlightened when I read things such as "Geneology itself is something as a privilege" (5) because the idea that many African Americans can not trace their lineage due to slavery had never crossed my mind.
Up until the very end of my novel, I felt like I was learning. I was learning how lucky I was to live in the racial majority in my country, how much I take for granted every day, and how much more work needs to be done to end racial inequality in the United States and the world. I am excited to share my Honors Porfolio project because it is a very vulnerable and honest depiction of what being White means to me now that I have read this novel. While this novel definitely felt cringy at times, I began to ease into as I got used to Wise's writing. If I were to do it again, I do not think I would read this book because I am much more interested on learning about racial issues from minorities, rather than the majority group. However, I am glad I got the chance to learn about a perspective near to my own because it caused me to think deeper into the things I believe in. I can't wait to start my new book next week! Happy Friday!
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AuthorAmy Granick is a senior at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. She plans to continue her studies at North Carolina State University in the fall with a major in Psychology. Archives
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