3 week

It's odd to read these pieces because the author has easily recognized how they see and how others see their race, gender, social, economic identities. I don't feel that I can recognize what privileges I get daily because I've been told I look racially ambiguous. I've been stopped on the street, at my jobs, at the store, and in class. People have initiated conversation in different languages without knowing if I spoke then. What am I suppose to answer? Often times the answer just exposes the other person's need to categorize me. It feels as if really resonated with Guillermo Gomez Pena was exposing in his performances and how his travels reveal inherit prejudices. Peggy McIntosh also noted that that those with privilege do not want to accept that it is not the norm. It is that society has trained them to believe it is a norm.
 I have just a mix of features: big lips, dark hair,  big almond shaped eye, freckles, a round nose, and a yellowish off white complexion.  I can see some of the privileges I have  because of lighter complexion and feminine appearance. I see some of the privileges I hold that Peggy had listed. Other times, I just feel like I'm passing. I can check different boxes on the form. Sometimes it feels like an advantage. I get to pick a box. I am not as easily targeted. Sometimes the bandaid color doesn't look so off. Sometimes, it feels like a disadvantage. There isn't a group I can strongly identify with. Belong to. I don't feel deeply connected to my Asian heritage, neither do I fully want to embrace my white privilege. They don't see me as theirs.