The interview TMWYA: Lita stuck out to me. It sticks out because I haven’t really witnessed pure racism, but the fact that college students host no black girl parties astonishes me. It's amazing- and not in a good way- how much power the dominant culture has. I feel as though people forget to put themselves in the shoes of the minority. Lita’s boyfriend Jay, as she described, has been marginalized on multiple occasions as well, so much so as to the point where he gets excited when a white person talks to him, because they usually marginalize him. They do this because of common stereotypes. To put someone in a stereotype is to put someone in a category based on common or personal observations. Think of the common phrase ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’. The amount of privilege that the dominant culture has is too much, and a sum of them think that it's alright to put themselves above others. Everyone should have equal power and an equal amount of choice as to what happens around them. There is no scientific evidence that proves that the minority has less power. A common mistake made by anyone is making a microaggression. A microaggression is when you make a hurtful statement that you may not know that you are making. Sometimes these are powered by common stereotypes, although sometimes they are completely by mistake. I believe that people (whether they know they are doing it or not) should be informed about why the said statement is wrong.
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